Chief Marketer Staff

• National Service Industries Bought by CA Investment Fund for $112 Million

  National Service Industries, Atlanta, will be acquired by California Investment Fund, LLC, a private investment firm based in San Diego, CA. The approximate

• New Services from Bigfoot Facilitate E-mail Delivery

  Bigfoot Interactive has debuted several new services designed to help permission-based marketers avoid, limit and quickly detect email delivery problems

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• Cendant Buys Trip Network, Discontinues Trip.com

  Cendant Corp. has acquired Trip Network Inc. from an independent business trust. Trip Network is the fourth-largest online travel agent, lagging only

• Few Disruptions Expected as Blyth Closes on Miles Kimball Acquisition

  Blyth Inc., a home fragrance and decorations marketer, has completed its acquisition of the Miles Kimball Company. The all-cash transaction was valued

• JMXI, Formerly Jupiter Media, to Cease Operations

  JMXI, Inc., the Internet research and measurement services firm most recently known as Jupiter Media Metrix, is going out of business. The company will

• FTC Bans Florida Couple from Selling Work-at-Home Schemes

  A Florida court issued an injunction against husband-and-wife team Michael J. Gardner and Rebecca A. Dahl Gardener from selling work-at-home business

• USPS Posts $1.65 Billion Income for Fiscal Year to Date

  The U.S. Postal Service reported net income of $1.65 billion for its fiscal year that began Sept. 30, up from a net loss of $1.95 billion last year. Revenue

• Agencies

  InfoUSA Acquires Yesmail

  InfoUSA has signed a deal to acquire Yesmail, according to InfoUSA chief executive Vin Gupta. Gupta declined to reveal the value of the cash transaction.

• Agencies

  ALL THAT Jazz

  How might Al Franken’s self-help guru/alter ego Stuart Smalley describe Chicago Direct Marketing Days 2003? It’s good enough, it’s smart enough, and doggone