Chief Marketer Staff

• Coldwater Creek Sells Milepost Four to RKC Mail

  Apparel cataloger Coldwater Creek Inc., based in Sandpoint ID, has sold its Milepost Four men’s catalog to RKC Mail, LLC.Terms were not disclosed but

• DIRECT Listline

  Diamond Essence Catalog Edith Roman Associates Inc., has been appointed manager of a 29,359-name list identifying last-12-month buyers. The catalog offers

• R.R. Donnelley Acquires Freight Systems

  R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., Chicago, has acquired Freight Systems Inc., a privately held print logistics company headquartered in Pico Rivera, CA.Terms

• Study Says Direct Sales to Increase Enormously by 2010

  Sales of products and services delivered directly to the home (Consumer Direct) will realize enormous gains by 2010, and may account for as much as 24%

• Short Cut

  David H. Holt has been appointed president and CEO of the Printing for Distributors division at Mail-Well Inc., Englewood, CO.

• DMA Releases Privacy Promise

  The privacy practices are here. The long-awaited Direct Marketing Association Privacy Promise to American consumers went into effect on July 1.Under the

• Foster & Gallagher Acquires Two, Sells Two

  Horticulture direct marketer Foster & Gallagher Inc., Peoria, IL, has acquired two plant catalogs and divested itself of two other companies.The newly

• USPS Opposes Draft Legislation on Hazardous Substances

  The U.S. Postal Service says its “troubled” by draft legislation the Senate Commerce Committee is considering that would transfer control over hazardous

• DIRECT Listline

  Gooseberry Patch This 109,600-name 12-month buyers file now includes nearly 25,000 first-quarter 1999 buyers.Cost: $90/M (12-month buyers); +$15/M (first-quarter

• Chilcutt Manages Ski Limited List and PIP

  Chilcutt Direct Marketing has become the manager of the Ski Limited Watersports and Marine mailing list and the package insert program.The 12-month buyers