Chief Marketer Staff

• Foster & Gallagher Promotes Three Execs

  Cataloger Foster & Gallagher Inc.’s Horticulture Group, which includes Michigan Bulb Co., Sprint Hill Nurseries, Breck’s, Stark Brothers and Flower of

• Acer America Said to Go Direct With Personal Computers

  Computer manufacturer Acer America Corp., San Jose, CA, will stop selling its Aspire line of home personal computers through resellers to focus on direct

• Short Cuts

  R.H. Donnelley Corp. and InfoSpace.com announced an agreement to create and market Internet yellow pages advertising for the Las Vegas market. Under the

• PRC Demands Data From USPS on Document-Delivery Service

  The Postal Rate Commission, considering a challenge to the legality of an Internet-based document delivery service for direct marketers and others, Tuesday

• Metris Completes Acquired Portfolio Conversion

  Metris Cos. Inc., St. Louis Park, MN, announced the conversion of about $725 million in out-of-footprint, non-affinity credit card receivables and nearly

• DIRECT Listline

  Flowers USA Buyers The Flowers USA file names 133,045 12-month buyers who have purchased floral arrangements and plants from a variety of sources, including

• The M/A/R/C Group Reports 4Q Loss

  The M/A/R/C Group, Irving, TX, reported a net loss of $513,000 on revenue of $21.3 million for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 1999, compared with

• And the Caples Winners Are . . .

  The big winner at the 21st annual John Caples International Awards, held yesterday, may be The Martin Agency, Richmond, VA. Martin not only picked up

• Ha-Lo Reports 1998 Net Income of $14.9M

  Ha-Lo Industries Inc., Niles, IL, reported net income of $9.8 million on net sales of $176 million for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 1998, compared

• Sitel Reports Net Loss of $1.1M for 1998

  Sitel Corp., Baltimore, reported net income of $1.1 million on revenue of $154.5 million for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 1998, compared with a net