Chief Marketer Staff

• Agencies

  Dydacomp to Use Stonefield Query System

  Dydacomp, a direct marketing systems provider, has signed an agreement with Stonefield Software Inc. to agreement to use its business intelligence reporting system.

• Direct’s top stories of 2009

  Here’s our list of the most read articles of 2009

• Four Big Ideas Influencing Marketing in 2010

  At a recent conference where word of mouth and social media marketers gathered, four ideas sure to lead 2010 marketing activities dominated the conversation

• PowerPact Hires Chief Strategy Officer

  PowerPact Holdings, the owner of consumer promotion agency PowerPact and digital video solutions company TouchStorm, has hired Robert Mazzucchelli as chief strategy officer, a new post

• Chief Marketer’s top stories of 2009

  Here’s our list of the most read articles of 2009

• News Brief

  HALLMARK: is offering virtual gifts on its Facebook page, one each day via its SocialCalendar

• PC Mall Unit Acquires Data Systems Worldwide

  Sarcom, Inc., a subsidiary of PC Mall Inc., has acquired certain assets of Data Systems Worldwide

• Options Media Acquires Bluetooth Advertising And SMS Technology

  Options Media Group Holdings, Inc. an e-mail service provider, will acquire technology relating to Bluetooth advertising and mass SMS text message broadcasting capabilities from H2O PM, Inc.

• Online Retail Sales Up From 2008: Coremetrics

  U.S. online retailers saw improvement in their sales during the first two weeks of December, when compared with the same period a year ago.

• Agencies

  New Firm Acquires Food Marketer, Food Manufacturer

  MA Holdings, Inc., a newly formed holding corporation, has acquired catalog/Internet marketer M&S Fine Foods as well as Authentic Mexican, Inc., a specialty foods manufacturer.