Chief Marketer Staff

• Sears Sells Credit and Financial Products Business to Citigroup for $32 Billion

  Sears, Roebuck and Co. has reached an agreement to sell its Credit and Financial Products business to Citigroup for $32 billion. The boards of directors

• List and Database News

  Strategic Leadership Forum Through the Strategic Leadership Forum, the 12,054 U.S. members of the International Society for Strategic Management receive

• Don Schultz to Keynote CADM Luncheon Meeting

  Don Schultz, president of Agora Inc., a marketing consulting firm, will keynote the 48th annual luncheon meeting of the Chicago Association of Direct

• Napster Sets the Stage for a Comeback with Daring Kitty

  It’s a good thing cats have nine lives, because the Napster Kitty now only has eight and is likely to lose several more if the first episode in an animated

• Letters to the Editor

  : Your article is a little misleading. The prior

• DMI Starts Consumer Co-op

  Direct Media Inc. launched a consumer co-op database Tuesday comprised of 100 merchandise and publishing response files. And more co-ops are in the offing,

• Short Cuts

  Patriot Communications LLC, a telecommunications service provider in Culver City, CA, has formed a new division to specialize in customer-relationship

• Agencies

  Yoo-Hoo Heads Back to School with The Simpsons

  To many kids it seems like summer has just started, but Yoo-hoo Chocolate Drink this week kicks off its Back 2 School with The Simpsons Sweepstakes. From

• Income, Revenue Up from MSC Industrial Direct

  MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc. reported third-quarter net income of $13.2 million, up from $11.1 million a year ago. The Melville, NY-based maintenance,

• Postal Commission Meet Could Set Stage for Final Report

  Mailing industry groups anticipate that the meeting on Wed. July 16 of the President’s Commission on the U.S. Postal Service will give them a good idea