Chief Marketer Staff

• Agencies

  Catalog and Web Sales Up for Sharper Image

  Sharper Image Corp. reported catalog sales up 16% and Internet sales up 42% for the first quarter ended April 30. Catalog sales were $34.3 million, compared

• List and Database News

  Dartnell Worldata has increased the counts on the Dartnell family of lists, which include female executives (146,405+ names), human resource management

• DMA Launches Two New Counsels at DMD Days

  The Direct Marketing Association is starting two new counsels at the Direct Marketing Days in New York conference next month. A Customer Relationship

• AHA Launches First DRTV Effort

  The American Health Association will launch its first ever DRTV campaign later this month for its Healthy Advantage Healthcare Savings Card. The Stamford,

• HVDMA Hosts Meet the Experts Lunch

  The Hudson Valley Direct Marketing Association is hosting a Meet the Experts luncheon on June 18. The topic is Meet the Circulation Experts. Panelists

• Williams-Sonoma Inc. Posts First-Quarter Direct Sales Increase

  San Francisco-based Williams-Sonoma Inc. reported catalog and Internet net sales of $198.6 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2003, an 11.4% increase

• Petals Files Chapter 11

  (Catalog Age) Cataloger/retailer Petals may have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on May 21, but president/CEO Richard Belenski said that the

• California Senate Passes Opt-in E-mail Bill

  It will be illegal to send unsolicited commercial e-mail to Californians if a bill which passed the California State Senate on Thursday becomes law. The

• Direct Hit: The New Federalism

  Talk about change. Conservative businesspeople who thought of the federal government as the root of all evil are singing a different tune. Even the most

• Staples to Pay $850,000 FTC Mail Order Rule Penalty

  Office supply superstore Staples Inc. will pay the second-largest civil penalty ever for alleged violations of the Federal Trade Commission’s Mail or