Chief Marketer Staff

• Alloy Extends Delia*s Offering Period

  Alloy Inc. and Delia*s Corp. have extended the subsequent offering period for Alloy’s tender offer to purchase all the outstanding Class A common stock

• United Stationers Extends Quebecor Print Contract

  United Stationers Inc. has renewed its printing contract with Quebecor World. The multi-year contract, which will include catalog printing, mailing list

• List and Database News

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• Group Withdraws Offer to Buy Zones

  (Catalog Age) The investor group that wished to purchase publicly traded computer reseller Zones private has withdrawn its offer. The group, led by the

• House Renews Fair Credit Reporting Act

  Financial services marketers received a meaningful break tonight when the U.S. House of Representatives renewed the Fair Credit Reporting Act, reaffirming

• Cigna Opens Chinese Company; Will Sell by Phone

  Cigna has opened a new company in the People

• Live From Insert Media Day: Inserts Boost Norm Thompson Revenue

  Cataloger Norm Thompson increased its revenue from insert programs by more than 200% between 2002 and 2003, and by 400% the year before, reported customer

• CDW Buys Micro Warehouse Assets for $22 Million

  Direct computer marketer CDW Corp. is buying the North American assets of Micro Warehouse, a computer reseller, for $22 million. The deal includes a U.S.

• FreshDirect Raises $31 Million

  FreshDirect Inc., an online grocery, has raised $31 million in a private placement of its equity securities. The biggest investor was an AIG-sponsored

• Live from the DMA B-to-B Marketing Conference: Privacy Looms as B-to-B Issue

  While the landscape for consumer privacy protections has been well established, firms that target business have been slower to embrace the need for customer