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  • CLARIFICATION

    Hogan & Associates initially developed the Butler Roof Group marketing program profiled recently in DIRECT (Web-Based Program Boosts Response, Sept. 15).

  • Simply Put, USPS Is on to Something

    It’s happening like clockwork. With each Tour de France, the U.S. Postal Service comes in for a pasting for its more than $25 million sponsorship of the

  • List Business Rocked By Alan Drey Closing

    Even though moves are under way to pay back creditors, the sudden closure of list broker Alan Drey Co. in August has left a bitter taste in the mouths

  • STUDENT MIXERS

    Travel budgets may be tight, but thanks to regional and virtual seminar and council programs, DMA members can still meet and greet on a regular basis.

  • Con Games

    It took Terri Lynn McEntire three months to save up $75 to apply for a new credit card after she emerged from personal bankruptcy. But she never got the

  • DMer Indicted in Illinois Bribe Case

    A former Illinois state legislator faces money laundering and mail fraud charges after allegedly bribing a local official in return for direct mail and

  • News briefs from Directmag.com

    Oct. 3, 2002 The Federal Trade Commission has settled with American Student List and another firm over allegations of improperly selling student information

  • New Shooters at Harrah’s

    When Phil Satre resigns as Harrah’s Entertainment Inc.’s CEO on Jan. 1, a ripple effect will move direct marketing-savvy executives into several top positions.

  • Ad Ons

    Watch TV next year and you’ll see an important trend continue. Fewer, bigger integrated promotions mean increasing numbers of TV, radio, print, online,

  • Stonewall Kitchen Revamps Web Site

    Specialty foods cataloger/manufacturer Stonewall Kitchen relaunched its Web site last month in an effort to increase visitor-to-buyer conversion rates.