Chief Marketer Staff

• Donnelley, Experian to Jointly Offer Financial Platforms

  Experian, an information provider, and R.R. Donnelley Financial, a division of R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., have signed an agreement to provide mutual fund

• DIRECT Listline

  Art Educators Some 75,000 card decks are mailed each year to art teachers of kindergarten through grade 12. Other recipients include specialists, classroom

• Venture Named Agency of Record for Drkoop.com

  DM company VentureDirect Worldwide, New York, has been named online agency of record for Drkoop.com (http://www.drkoop.com), a consumer site headed by

• Talbots Reports First Quarter Sales and Income Gains

  Cataloger/retailer Talbots Inc., based in Hingham, MA, reported net income of $19.4 million for the quarter ended May 1, a gain over $14.5 million in

• Shoe Retailer J. Baker To Acquire Repp Catalog, Stores

  Shoe and apparel retailer J. Baker Inc., based in Canton, MA, has received the approval of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware to acquire

• Live From Chicago: J. Jill Aims for Synergy

  Having his team focused on the concept of one brand across several channels is Gordon Cooke’s strategy for catalog-online-retail synergy.Cooke, president

• Fingerhut Takes Stake in 1-800Birthday.com

  Cataloger Fingerhut Cos. Inc., Minneapolis, has acquired a 19.9% equity interest in 1-800BIRTHDAY.com, a direct marketing and Internet birthday gift and

• Brookstone Net Losses and Sales Increase in Quarter

  Tools and giftware cataloger/retailer Brookstone Inc, Nashua, NH, reported a net loss of $4.6 million for the first quarter ended May 1, compared with

• Staples 1Q Sales Up 24%, as Web Partnerships Formed

  Staples Inc., Framingham, MA, has experienced strong first-quarter financial results and announced two partnerships bolstering the company’s Internet

• Catalog and Online Grab Growing Amount of Retail Sales: Study

  Catalog and interactive sales, which currently make up 3.46% of the $2.7 trillion retail market, should see their share grow to 6.25% by 2004. The Internet,