Chief Marketer Staff

• Vermont Teddy Bear Refocuses on Direct and Income Soars

  The Vermont Teddy Bear Company, Shelburne, VT, had third-quarter net income of $1.2 million, compared to net income of $25,000 in the third quarter of

• Peterman Acquirer Paul Harris Sees First Quarter Income Drop

  Paul Harris Stores Inc., Indianapolis, IN, had first-quarter sales of $58.4 million, up from $52.3 million in first-quarter 1998. Net sales were $683,000,

• DIRECT Listline

  Oakstone Publishing Wellness Subs Aggressive List Management has been chosen to manage this 21,727-name subscribers file. Oakstone publishes TopHealth,

• SpeciaLists Appoints Two

  The SpeciaLists Ltd, Weehawken, NJ, has hired two new employees in its list management division.Karen Isenberg has re-joined the company and been named

• Acxiom, Abacus Direct in Alliance, SmartBase Phaseout Begun

  Acxiom Corporation, and Abacus Direct have formed a multi-year strategic partnership aimed at generating new products for customers of selected vertical

• Study Shows Marketer’s Embracing Privacy Policies

  Online marketers may have finally gotten the message and are starting to post privacy policies on their Web sites.A draft study by a Georgetown University

• Metamorphics To Start Mail Preference Service For Gay And Lesbian Lists

  Metamorphics Media, a broker of gay and lesbian lists, will start its own mail preference service by the middle of this month using a special Web site,

• Brookstone to Acquire Williams-Sonoma’s Gardeners Eden Catalog

  Brookstone Inc., Nashua, NH, will acquire the Gardeners Eden catalog from San Francisco-based Williams-Sonoma Inc. in a transaction expected to close

• Hanover Taps ALC of New York for Two More

  ALC of New York LLC has been appointed manager of two more Hanover Direct Inc. titles, The Company Store and Kitchen & Home. The company will handle lists,

• Metris Stock to Split Two-for-One

  Metris Companies Inc., St. Louis Park, MN, has approved a two-for-one stock split of its common stock. The two-for-one stock split, which will be paid