Chief Marketer Staff

• Pennsylvania AG Cautions Against Do Not Call Fee Scam

  Pennsylvania consumers are being targeted by telemarketers who offer to list them on the Keystone State

• Catalog Sales Pace Urban Outfitters Income Gain

  Strong catalog and online sales helped lead Urban Outfitters to nearly double its second-quarter income. The cataloger and retailer reported income of

• Worldata Debuts Online Count System for Ziff Davis Media Properties

  Real time selection counts for Ziff Davis Media lists and databases are now available through a Web-based service from Worldata. Starting Monday, Ziff

• MaxWorldwide Delays Filing Quarterly Results

  MaxWorldwide, Inc., formerly L90, will delay releasing its second quarter financial results and will likely restate some of its previous reports. The

• School Specialty Acquires ABC School Supply

  School Specialty Inc., an educational supplies direct marketer, will acquire the stock of competitor ABC School Supply for $31 million.

• Equifax Acquires Naviant for $135 Million

  Equifax Inc. has acquired Internet marketing services company Naviant Inc. for $135 million. Through the acquisition, the Atlanta-based credit bureau

• Sharper Image Narrows Losses

  Sharper Image Corp. reported a net loss of $600,000 for its second fiscal quarter, an improvement over $3.7 million for the same period last year. Revenue

• Short Cuts

  DoubleClick Inc. has formed an alliance with Interactive Market Systems(IMS) to integrate IMS’ WebRF reach and frequency products with DoubleClick’s MediaVisor

• AIRLINE, HOTELS BOOK SEPT. 11 FREEBIES

  Spirit Airlines, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, only needed one day to give away all 13,400 seats on its 90 flights slated for Sept. 11 in a promotion marking the

• MICROSOFT SETTLES WITH FTC

  Microsoft Corp., Redmond, WA, last week settled Federal Trade Commission charges that Microsoft misrepresented the security and nature of data collected