Chief Marketer Staff

• Fingerhut Buys Into Another Internet Company

  Fingerhut Cos. Inc., Minnetonka, MN, acquired a 19.9% stake in Roxy Systems Inc., Boston, which markets digital technology such as satellite TV, digital

• Kaplan Named Time-Life and Heartland Music’s Alt. Media List Manager

  The Kaplan Agency, Stamford, CT, has been chosen as exclusive list manager of Time-Life and Heartland Music’s alternate media efforts. The Time-Life programs

• JAM, Crosswalk.com to Offer Christian Event Ticketing Over Web

  Crosswalk.com, a division of Chantilly, VA-based Didax Inc., has signed an agreement with JAM Productions, to provide event promotions, exclusive marketing

• InfoUSA Cuts Losses, Costs in 1998 – Consolidation May Follow in 1999

  Despite an increase in revenue, net sales were down during calendar 1998 for Omaha, NE-based InfoUSA Inc., Omaha, NE. Full year net sales were $228.7

• Short Cuts

  Harte-Hanks Inc., San Antonio, TX has increased its regular quarterly dividend to two cents per share, a 33% increase. The increase will be payable on

• Short Cuts

  Shop At Home Inc., Nashville, TN, said its TV-shopping network set a new daily sales record on Sunday. The network posted $1.434 million in call-in sales,

• Advanta Vows to Fight Fleet Suit

  Financial services company Advanta Corp., Spring House, PA, said yesterday that it would “vigorously” fight a lawsuit filed against it by Fleet Financial

• Retailers Moving Online to Follow Consumers: Study

  Ernst & Young’s second annual Internet Shopping study reveals that retailers are hopping on the Internet bandwagon at a record pace in response to the

• USPS Testing New Mail-Sorting Machine

  The U.S. Postal Service is testing a new mail-sorting machine for letters, flats and oversized pieces that combines the work of three machines into one.The

• Ha-Lo Buys Texas Promo Agency, Announces Stock Split

  Ha-Lo Industries Inc., Niles, IL, which distributes promotional and premium advertising products, will acquire Grotte Advertising Co., a privately held