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Sharper Image Gives Camelot Venture Bigger Role in DM

The Sharper Image announced that Camelot Venture Group has designed, developed and launched The Sharper Image

Meter-Made To Offer EWayDirect’s E-Marketing Capabilities

Meter-Made Marketing will offer eWayDirect

McCallum Print Acquires ESP Printing & Mailing

McCallum Print Group has completed its acquisition of the graphic assets, clients, programs and equipment of ESP Printing & Mailing.

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EmailAppenders Owner Possibly a Fugitive

The man behind India-based Data Champions/Sloan Marketing—the company that seemingly operates or has operated under EmailAppenders and dozens of other aliases—may be wanted by U.S. authorities on 10-year-old immigration charges.

According to anti-spam blocklisting site Spamhaus, the owner of Data Champions/Sloan Marketing is a man named Subhakar “Sam” Surapaneni.

“Data Champions owner Subhakar ‘Sam’ Surapaneni appears to reside in the physical jurisdiction of India, probably Bangalore,” according to Spamhaus.org

In 1999, the Detroit News reported that Surapaneni was ordered to pay a $450,000 fine under a plea agreement after federal investigators found he had brought in dozens of immigrants from India under false claims and housed some in squalid conditions.

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Christmas Shoppers Paying with Cash, Debit: NRF

Cash and debit cards are apparently in and credit cards are out this Christmas season.

One quarter of Christmas shoppers will pay for gifts this year with cash, a 9.1% increase from last year

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More Evidence E-mail’s Not Dead

Someone forgot to tell small-business owners e-mail is dead.

According to a just-released survey done by Hurwitz & Associates on behalf of e-mail service provider Campaigner, 46% of businesses with 20 employees or fewer use e-mail marketing today and of those who don

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