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  • TV Guiding

    Searching for that perfect TV tie-in, but just don’t have the resources to hook up with Friends or The Simpsons? Never fear. PROMO is here to give you

  • Loyal Subjects of a Noble House

    A REVAMPED MARKETING FOCUS and a series of customer contact strategies is paying off for Noble House Hotels and Resorts. In the fourth quarter of 2001,

  • Stone Age DM

    OF ALL THE WILD CHARACTERS who have strutted across the DM stage, few were more memorable than John Stevenson. Stevenson, a Brit who died earlier this

  • Reader’s Digest Backs Off Sweeps

    IN A DRASTIC CHANGE for a company often credited with the creation of the sweepstakes offer, less than 10% of Reader’s Digest magazine’s acquisition and

  • FTC Settles with Firm over Inaccurate Reporting to Credit Agencies

    A California firm and its owner have settled with the Federal Trade Commission over allegations that it furnished inaccurate consumer information to credit

  • North Dakota Voters Repeal Data Law

    Voters in North Dakota overwhelmingly rejected a law last month that allowed banks to sell customer information without written permission. It’s surprising

  • Decision Makers

    Denny’s, Spartanburg, SC, named Margaret Jenkins senior vp-chief marketing officer to handle all marketing activity as well as product development. The

  • Squeezing Telemarketers

    The Federal Trade Commission may issue amendments to the five-year-old Telemarketing Sales Rule this fall following June hearings on proposed changes.

  • Vanity, All Is Vanity

    WHEN MY WIFE TOLD ME she had entered a subscription in my name for Vanity Fair, I wasn’t at all surprised. Vanity Fair has spectacular editorial content

  • BASF Builds Farmer Loyalty Program

    FOLLOWING a promising 6% response to a spring test mailing, BASF is rolling out a larger drop this month, encouraging companies to participate in its