Chief Marketer Staff

• Short Cuts

  Smith & Hawken is opening a 3,500 square-foot store in Marlton, N.J. on Nov. 29. The store is the company’s 49th retail location and the fourth Smith

• Microsoft Spends $5 million to Sell Internet TV Service

  MSN TV service from Microsoft Corp. has launched a $5 million holiday advertising campaign using direct mail, DRTV, print and radio. The national consumer

• West Coast Dock Workers, Shippers Reach Tentative Agreement

  (Catalog Age)–Good news for marketers: The West Coast dock workers and The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) reached a tentative six-year contract agreement

• Microsoft Spends $5 Million to Sell Internet TV Service

  MSN TV service from Microsoft Corp. has launched a $5 million holiday advertising campaign using direct mail, DRTV, print and radio. The national consumer

• Limited to Sell its Lerner New York/New York & Co. Business

  Limited Brands Inc. will sell its Lerner New York/New York Co Company business to the unit

• Ebags Pockets Strong Holiday Sales

  EBags, an online luggage, briefcase and urban gear marketer, said that sales during the last two weeks were 84% higher than the comparable period in 2001,

• DIRECT Listline

  Stone Soup Magazine This file is newly managed by Venture Direct Worldwide. Stone Soup is a magazine written and read by children ages 8 to 14. The list

• InfoUSA Launches New Homeowners and New Movers Databases

  InfoUSA has created two new compiled files: A new movers database that contains information on more than 300,000 newly established residences, and a new

• Thane Calls Off Merger Agreement

  Thane International Inc., which had previously hinted at a merger with an unnamed consumer products supplier, has called off the deal, according to a

• Loose Cannon: Amazon Promotes Segway as Cross-Sale Opportunities Slide Away

  A few years ago, The Sharper Image had a huge hit with the Razor Scooter. Sales of the scooter were so dramatic that for about a year afterward the San