Chief Marketer Staff

• Live From DMA09: Clicks Aren’t The Web Metric to Watch

  “Clickers”—a.k.a. folks who click on at least one online display ad per month—are a dying breed, which means clicks aren’t the Web metric you should be using, according to Gian Fulgoni, chairman and co-founder of comScore.

• DMA Moves Meeting Venue, Pike Says Outsiders Will Count Proxies

  The Direct Marketing Association has changed the location of its Oct. 18 business meeting. While it will still be held at San Diego

• Agencies

  PMG: No Postage Rate Hike in 2010

  Seeking to put postal customers at ease, Postmaster General Jack Potter late Thursday said the U.S. Postal Service would not raise prices for market-dominant products next year.

• Agencies

  Royal Mail Strike Set for Next Week

  The British postal workers union is set to strike Royal Mail next Thursday if the two sides cannot come to agreement.

• Agencies

  Brookstone Names Boire President/CEO

  Brookstone Inc. has named Ronald D. Boire president and chief executive officer. He comes from Toys “R” Us where he most recently served as president, North America and corporate executive vice president.

• Agencies

  Ohio High Court Fines So-Called Living Trust DMers

  The Supreme Court of Ohio has fined two companies and their owners nearly 6.4 million of $6,387,990 against two companies and their co-owners for allegedly illegally direct marketing living trusts and other estate planning documents.

• Agencies

  Meet the Broker: Kathy Duggan-Josephs

  Today we meet Kathy Duggan-Josephs, vice president of multichannel marketing at RMI Direct Marketing, a post she has held since June 2008 when RMI acquired her firm D-J Associates, which she opened in 1981.

• Agencies

  “Wild Things” Hit the Streets of New York City

  New York City this week is running its largest film partnership to date with Warner Brothers Pictures around the launch of the film “Where the Wild Things Are”

• Agencies

  Stores See a Slight Uptick in September Sales: NRF

  Retail sales perked up slightly in September as consumers shopped for back-to-school sales amid comfortable weather

• News Briefs

  CONAGRA FOOD’S: has unveiled a new, free iPhone application for its Parkay brand that uses voice-to-animation technology to bring the brand’s iconic “Talking Tub” to life