Chief Marketer Staff

• Spiegel Group Sales Fall in August

  A 25% drop in direct sales contributed to a 21% revenue decline for The Spiegel Group last month.

• COURT HEARS MOTION TO BLOCK HERSHEY SALE

  The sale of Hershey Foods is proving to be sticky business. Since announcing it was placing the company on the auction block last month, The Milton Hershey

• FOUR CONVICTED IN MCSCANDAL

  Four men were convicted last week for fraudulently redeeming McDonald’s game pieces in a scheme led Jerome Jacobson when he was security director at Simon

• Sharper Image Reports August Sales Boost

  An 81% increase in catalog sales helped drive August revenue of $34.5 million for Sharper Image Corp., a 40% increase over the same period last year.

• 1 800 CALL ATT PUTS NASCAR FANS IN RACE CARS

  Basking Ridge, NJ-based AT&T’s 1 800 CALL ATT is offering NASCAR racing fans a dream weekend. Users of the calling service between now and Sept. 22 (excluding

• DIRECT Listline

  Alternative Medicine Magazine ALC Data Management has been named as manager of the Alternative Medicine magazine subscriber list. The file includes 55,000

• Michigan AG Accuses DM Firms of Bilking Seniors

  Three direct marketing companies have been sued by Michigan Attorney General Jennifer M. Granholm for allegedly bilking the state’s seniors. The firms

• Vander Zanden Named as School Specialty CEO

  School Specialty Inc., a direct marketing of supplemental educational supplies, has named David J. Vander Zanden as chief executive officer. He had served as interim CEO since last March, when CEO and chairman Dan Spalding died.

• Solomon to Head Rapp Collins NY Office

  Rapp Collins Worldwide has named Robert Solomon as president and CEO of its New York office. The position had been unfilled since February, when Lesley

• Lending Leverage

  Some people would say you can never have too much of a good thing. But when you