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  • Stocking the Mailbox

    TWO RECENT creative packages used foodstuffs to try and cut through the mailbox clutter.Boston’s Direct Response Group developed a campaign to generate

  • SMARTEN UP!

    AMERICAN CONSUMERS CAN hold all a direct marketer could want to know about them in the palms of their hands. All it would take is the acceptance of smart

  • Funny Business

    TOP US IF you’ve heard this one. What do Basil Fawlty and a young Obi Wan Kenobi have in common? Not much-unless you count an authoritative manner and

  • DOOR TO DOOR

    BOB FIORI is riding high on other people’s moving vans. Actually, his clients benefit just after a household move occurs, when their advertisements appear

  • USPS Must Find New Ways to Fulfill Dmers’ Needs

    DIRECT MARKETING in America is undergoing some fundamental changes, particularly regarding the media DMers use to reach customers and prospects.Once upon

  • Hockey Fans

    HOCKEY FANS tend to have greater brand awareness about popular consumer items than the general population, according to results of a recent telephone

  • Making the Most of a Painful Mistake

    IN JANUARY, Christophe Pettus, president of San Francisco adult product DMer Blowfish, broached the idea of scaling back the company’s paper catalog to

  • Another Big Year of DM Deals

    THOUGH IT MAY surprise no one, 1998 was a boom year for direct marketing strategic deals. There were 1,846 transactions valued at $29.4 billion, according

  • Short Cuts

    Teleservices provider Convergys Corp., Cincinnati, is readying a new call center in Killeen, TX. The company will create nearly 600 new jobs and build