Chief Marketer Staff

• Creative Direct Response Acquires The Canterbury Group

  Creative Direct Response, Inc. (CDR) will acquire The Canterbury Group. The two direct mail agencies will be formally merged on Jan. 1. The terms of the

• Flagship Catalog Leads Double Digit November Sales Drop for Spiegel

  The Spiegel Group’s November sales dropped to $195.3 million from $255.2 million in November 2001. Total direct sales fell by 24%, while retail sales

• Concepts Direct Anticipates Profitable Fourth Quarter

  Concepts Direct is anticipating fourth-quarter profits in excess of last year

• J. Jill Expects to Post Lower Sales

  The J. Jill Group Inc. expects to report fourth quarter net sales in the range of $102 to $107.5 million, compared to $91.7 million for the same period

• Agencies

  Four More Years—The Story Behind the Postal Windfall

  You may have heard that the U.S. Postal Service “found” $27 billion. Besides hoping a similar windfall comes your way, you might wonder: Where did they find it and how did this happen?

• DIRECT Listline

  Fortune 1000 Executives Aggressive List Management is offering this newly compiled file of 1,999 CEOs and other top-level risk mangers from these firms.

• Agencies

  Expiring FCRA Provisions Heat Up Privacy Debate

  State preemption provisions for the Fair Credit Reporting Act are set to expire in January 2004. If allowed to lapse, state and local politicians could potentially set up tens of thousands of different regulations governing the collection and dissemination of consumer credit information.

• Sharper Image November Sales Rise 33%

  Sharper Image Corp. reported sales of $56.8 million for November, up 33% from $42.9 million last year. The company’s catalog sales increased 27% to $16.1

• DIRECT Listline

  Fortune 1000 Executives Aggressive List Management is offering this newly compiled file of 1,999 CEOs and other top-level risk mangers from these firms.

• D&B Acquires Hoover’s

  D&B, the information compiler and credit rating service will acquire Hoover’s for about $117 million. Hoover’s, Austin, TX, provides industry and market