Chief Marketer Staff

• Spiegel Sued Over ‘Elements’ Trade Name

  Spiegel Inc., Downers Grove, IL, is embroiled in a legal battle over use of the term “Elements Exclusively Spiegel” in its catalogs.Elements Inc., which

• Backend Integration Eating 25% of E-Catalog Budgets: Survey

  U.S. companies are currently spending 25% of their budgets for electronic catalog projects on integration with backend systems, according to a recent

• 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

• 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

• J. Peterman Must Sell or Close by Tuesday

  The Titanic-era attire displayed in the window of J. Peterman’s Grand Central Station retail store in New York may foreshadow the fate of the upscale

• Successories Projects Improvement in Profits for 1999

  Successories, Aurora, IL, said it expects to report a significant improvement in profitability for its 1999 fiscal year as compared to the 1998 fiscal

• 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

• 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

• 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