Chief Marketer Staff

• USPS Reports $1 Billion Income in Quarter

  The U.S. Postal Service reported net income of $1 billion for its first quarter, up from a net loss of $1.35 billion last year. Postal Service’s revenue

• New Products and Services

  Email Update: a commission-based e-mail change of address service — TowerData, New York

• Short Cuts

  Fastclick, an online advertising service company, has debuted Fastclick Direct. The new division will focus on e-marketing and customer loyalty programs.

• Brookstone Direct Sales Lead Revenue Gains

  Brookstone, Inc. reported holiday direct to customer sales of $25.9 million, up 8.6% despite a planned reduction in circulation. Same-store retail sales

• Direct Listline

  New World Health These 22,703 individuals have all purchased various vitamins and supplements, including Ginko Biloba and Athechel, during 2002. All orders

• Specialty Catalog’s Bock Joins Unger Software

  Steven Bock, who was Specialty Catalog Corp.

• Novartis Plans TV Campaign for Eczema Treatment Product

  Novartis Pharmaceutical Corp. has begun running a 60-second television spot for Elidel, an eczema treatment cream. The spot features a Web site and a

• DIRECT Listline

  Easter Seals Select Donors by Interest This file has been updated to include 1 million last six-month donors and 2 million last 12-month donors. Since

• Ask Jeeves Ceases Banners to Focus on Targeted Ads

  AskJeeves ceased selling banner ads on Jan. 1 to focus on targeted text-based ads. The Emeryville, CA search engine banned the banners to focus on its

• Ask Jeeves Ceases Banners to Focus on Targeted Ads

  Ask Jeeves ceased selling banner ads on Jan. 1 to focus on targeted text-based ads. The Emeryville, CA search engine banned the banners to focus on its