Chief Marketer Staff

• Drugstore.com to Acquire Custom Nutrition Services

  Drugstore.com Inc., an online pharmacy, will acquire privately-held Custom Nutrition Services (CNS) of Carlsbad, CA for $5.3 million in cash and stocks.

• Hammacher Schlemmer Picks ParadyszMatera to Handle Its List Brokerage

  ParadyszMatera has been chosen to handle list brokerage for Hammacher Schlemmer catalog. The New York brokerage firm will provide list planning, buying,

• Hammacher Schlemmer Picks ParadyszMatera to Handle Its List Brokerage

  ParadyszMatera has been chosen to handle list brokerage for Hammacher Schlemmer catalog. The New York brokerage firm will provide list planning, buying,

• Spiegel to Close 60 Eddie Bauer Stores

  The Spiegel Group plans to close 60 under-performing Eddie Bauer stores as part of a multi-phase reorganization process. The stores will remain open pending

• Hammacher Schlemmer Picks ParadyszMatera to Handle Its List Brokerage

  ParadyszMatera has been chosen to handle list brokerage for Hammacher Schlemmer catalog. The New York brokerage firm will provide list planning, buying,

• List and Database News

  The American Dream-New Home Buyers There are 157,345 records in the quarterly hotline of this file. The universe numbers 503,000. The source for this

• Dell Chooses Agencies for $50 Million DM Billings

  The Dell Computer Corp. has chosen agencies to handle its direct marketing. The billings are estimated at $50 million, the New York Times reported. Haggin

• Hammacher Schlemmer Picks ParadyszMatera to Handle Its List Brokerage

  ParadyszMatera has been chosen to handle list brokerage for Hammacher Schlemmer catalog. The New York brokerage firm will provide list planning, buying,

• Senator to Propose Do-Not-E-mail List as Federal Law

  Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) is about to propose a bill that would create a national “do-not-e-mail” list similar to the Federal Trade Commission

• Email

  Big Three E-mail Account Providers Put Out Anti-Spam Plan

  America Online, Microsoft and Yahoo plan to jointly develop a system to defeat spam. The three leading providers of e-mail accounts said on Sunday that