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  • Phantom Frenzy

    “Six hours of merchandising wiped out in five minutes,” said a fatigued Toys R Us employee in Norwalk, CT, as he restocked Lego toys in the new Star Wars:

  • Their Time Has Come

    JUDGING BY the amount of e-mail being sent, traditional mailers and their list companies can stop preparing for the future. The future is here.The percentage

  • Making (Air) Waves

    Agencies using media to promote is nothing new. But media forming promotion agencies is a groundbreaking innovation. “It’s a whole new concept in this

  • MUST-SELL TV

    NOT SO LONG ago, cable and broadcast networks relegated direct response television advertising to late-night programming.Those days are gone. Now, they’re

  • Living in an Opt-in Environment

    SURPRISES in legislation are rare. Which makes a recent event in the European Parliament quite unusual. Minutes before a debate on the distance selling

  • Directives Debut

    TWO NEW DIRECTIVES on e-commerce and distance selling of financial services were scheduled to be debated in the European Parliament earlier this month.Alastair

  • The Panning of Peterman Panned

    YOU’VE GOT TO give John Peterman this much credit: While his catalog may have gone out in a blaze of glory, the flames have yet to die, judging from the

  • Quill Enters the British Market

    THE QUILL office supply catalog has been introduced in the United Kingdom by parent firm Staples Inc.-the first step of a general expansion in Europe.Since