Chief Marketer Staff

• New Harte-Hanks Division Adds to New Media Capabilities

  A new division launched by direct marketing service provider Harte-Hanks Inc., San Antonio, TX, will bring its electronic commerce and Internet services

• InfoUSA Has Profitable First Quarter, Plans to Focus on Internet

  InfoUSA, Omaha, NE, had net income of $6.3 million in first-quarter 1999, a turnaround from a first-quarter 1998 net loss of $1.1 million. Sales for the

• WTO Okays Doubling Tariffs on Limited List of Goods: Catalog Prices May Rise

  With the U.S. set to double the tariffs on selected European imports, Roscoe B. Starek III, the Direct Marketing Association’s senior vice president for

• Fasano and Associates Wins Warner Bros. Files

  Fasano and Associates, Los Angeles has been awarded management of the two Warner Bros. Files.The 135,200 12-month catalog buyers file identifies individuals

• Big Flower to Explore Strategic Alternatives

  Big Flower Holdings Inc., New York, has authorized exploring such strategic alternatives as a transaction involving all or part of the company. Big Flower,

• AutoTradeCenter.com Merges With Walden Remarketing

  Internet car auctioning firm AutoTradeCenter.com Inc., Scottsdale, AZ, has merged with Walden Remarketing Services Inc. The combined companies will keep

• Frequent Shopper Cards Face Legal Curbs In California

  Two bills restricting the collection and use of data acquired from loyalty marketing cards used by groceries and supermarkets are making their way through

• DIRECT Listline

  Trucking Company Owners This database contains 457,428 records of truck owners who are licensed by the Department of Transportation.Cost: $75/MSelections:

• Garden Botanika Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

  Garden Botanika, Inc., Redmond, WA, has filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court

• VerticalNet Jumps Onto Online Auction Bandwagon

  VerticalNet, Inc., Horseham, PA, an owner and operator of industry-specific Web sites, has launched an online auction service.With the service, the company