Chief Marketer Staff

• Agencies

  Plaintiff Claims Lands’ End Still Using Web Content Illegally

  A federal lawsuit filed last year against Lands’ End was amended Friday after the plaintiff, Empowerment Enterprises LLC, alleged that violations identified in the original complaint continued.

• ALC Named to Manage ADVO Resident List of Millions

  American List Counsel Inc. has won management of the ADVO Resident List. The appointment takes effect July 23. The file offers 126 million U.S. resident

• InfoUSA Augments Compilation Process

  Data compiler infoUSA will augment its consumer and business databases by increasing its database technology and data source investments, according to

• EBay Buys PayPal

  EBay Inc. will acquire PayPal Inc., a payments platform, for an estimated $1.5 billion. The deal is expected to close around the end of the year. “Payment

• Smithfield Foods Buys Basse’s Choice

  (Catalog Age)–Longtime food supplier Smithfield Foods Inc. has acquired cataloger and retailer Basse’s Choice. The purchase price was not disclosed.

• Jupiter Media Metrix Requests Delisting Hearing

  Jupiter Media Metrix, Inc. has requested a hearing to appeal its potential delisting from the Nasdaq National Market. Jupiter had been notified on June

• Loose Cannon: Anger Management Goes Digital

  Another Fourth of July has passed, and I have kept my streak of ending the day with all my fingers intact. According to a recent New York Times “Patents”

• Deutsche Post Increase Holdings in DHL: Reports

  Deutsche Post will increase its holding in DHL International Ltd. from 50.6% to 75.6%, according to wire service reports. Deutsche Post will pay roughly

• Cohorts Promotes Two

  Cohorts, a consumer demographics and lifestyle segmentation firm, has promoted Mike Fitzpatrick and Maro Casparian to vice president positions. Fitzpatrick

• Concepts Direct Announces Cost-Cutting Measures

  Concepts Direct Inc. will cut 100 jobs, or roughly 27% of its workforce, and trim its catalog distribution plans in a n effort to reduce operating costs