Chief Marketer Staff

• PRC To Explore Expanding BRC Service

  The Postal Rate Commission set next Monday as the deadline to find out if the U.S. Postal Service is “actively pursuing” the possibility of eventually

• Essex Resource Acquires Internet Gaming Company

  Essex Resource, Vancouver, has reached an agreement to acquire Universal Internet Marketing Ltd. (UIM).The agreement calls for Essex to acquire 100% of

• Web Site for Small Retailers Makes its Debut

  CorporateAccess, (www.corporateaccess.com), Miami, has launched a Web site aimed at providing manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers with

• Sharper Image Sales Up Helped by Internet

  Sharper Image Corp., San Francisco, has reported a sales increase of 14% for May over the prior year, driven by an 11% increase in comparable store sales,

• DIRECT Listline

  State Elective Officials A 7,737-name file that identifies officials at local state address. Telephone numbers are available for most of the records.Cost:

• Office Depot, Harte-Hanks Change Roles on S&P Indices

  Direct marketing firm Harte-Hanks, San Antonio, TX, and Office Depot, the Delray, FL-based office supply products firm, will play new roles in two Standard

• Short Cuts

  Mark Lieberman has been appointed AS account executive in the List Management Division of Novus Marketing, Valhalla, NY. Lieberman comes to Novus with

• Concepts Direct Acquires Assets of the Music Stand

  Concepts Direct Inc., Longmont, CO, has purchased certain assets of The Music Stand, a catalog marketer of assorted music-related gifts, awards and collectibles,

• USPS-Airborne Develop Low-Rate Package Delivery

  The U.S. Postal Service is developing a new reduced-rate, residential package delivery service with Airborne Express, Seattle. The USPS says the move

• AZ Marketing Manages Non-Profit Files

  AZ Marketing Services, Cos Cob, CT, has been awarded management of 10 non-profit files and the Undercurrent Scuba Divers Newsletter list, which total