Chief Marketer Staff

• Japanese Mail Container Forgotten for Five Weeks

  A freight ship container bearing 31,000 items of mail from the United States remained forgotten and unattended for five weeks in the port of Yokohama

• USPS Withdraws Request PRC Endorse Mailing Online For Now

  The U.S. Postal Service withdrew its request for a Postal Rate Commission endorsement for Mailing Online, an experimental electronic service for expediting

• Short Cuts

  Miller/Huber Relationship Marketing, San Francisco, hired David McDermott as managing copywriter. His background includes work for J. Walter Thompson,

• Barnesandnoble.com Announces IPO

  Barnesandnoble.com, the New York-based online bookseller, plans an initial public offering. It hopes to raise approximately $300 million with the sale

• Liberty Agrees To Federal Curbs

  Liberty Financial Companies Inc., which operates the Young Investor site on the World Wide Web, has agreed, without admitting any wrongdoing, to change

• NCR And Quadstone Launch Alliance

  NCR Corp. and Quadstone Ltd. launched a strategic partnership today. The London-based alliance, led by NCR’s Financial Solutions Group, centers on Quadstone’s

• Movie Ticket Frequency Program Expands to Phoenix

  MovieFone Inc., the movie listing and ticketing service and American Express Co. have brought their jointly developed moviegoer frequency program in the

• USPS Tests Returns Confirmations

  The U.S. Postal Service last week launched a limited test of a program for mailers that combines its Delivery Confirmation and merchandise return services.

• Cendant Names Executive VP-Finance And Chief Accounting Officer

  Cendant Corp., New York, has named Jon F. Danski executive vice president-finance and chief accounting officer. Danski joins Cendant’s senior management

• DIRECT Listline

  Direct Mail Senior Donors This 55,000-name list identifies senior citizens who have donated to a direct mail campaign addressing Social Security and Medicare