Chief Marketer Staff

• Direct Sales Lead Jos. A. Bank’s Revenue Jump

  Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. reported a 16.7% sales increase, from $63.4 million to $74 million, for the four months ended June 1. While the company did

• ComScore Acquires Media Metrix

  ComScore Networks, Inc. has acquired some of the assets of the Media Metrix Internet Audience Measurement service for $1.5 million. The purchase is effective

• DIRECT Listline

  Euro-Pro TV Merchandise Buyers Within the past six months, these 112,932 individuals have purchased a variety of Euro-Pro products after being prompted

• Loose Cannon: A Bird’s-Eye View of Customer Data

  Most of you probably know the joke about old Mrs. Levey (no relation) and the butcher

• Spiegel DM Sales Drop 27% In May

  The Spiegel Group reported sales of $169.9 million for the four weeks ended May 25, a 24% decrease from $223 million for the same period last year.

• First Data Acquires E Commerce Group

  First Data Corp. will acquire E Commerce Group Inc. a New York-based electronic billing company, for an undisclosed sum.

• Mail Stream: A Report on Incoming Direct Mail

  Caribou Coffee The origin and growth of the ten-year old specialty coffee retailer Caribou Coffee bears a great deal of similarity to its competitor Starbucks.

• Go Daddy Sues VeriSign

  Domain name registrar Go Daddy Software Inc. is suing VeriSign Inc. for allegedly deceiving rivals’ customers into transferring their business, according

• Short Cuts

  Priceline.com and One Travel.com have formed a marketing agreement where priceline.com will build and operate a Name Your Own Price booking engine on

• DIRECT Listline

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