Chief Marketer Staff

• Successories Launches Awards Catalog

  Successories Inc., Aurora, IL, has introduced a 32-page catalog offers a variety of proprietary gifts and awards. The “‘consumable’ proprietary products”

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Peterman Bankruptcy Raises Questions Among DM Vendors

  Cataloger and retail store operator J. Peterman, Lexington, KY, filed on Monday for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the Eastern

• Five New House Bills Highlight Privacy Concerns

  Legislation potentially prohibiting direct marketers, list compilers, financial institutions, credit grantors, state and local authorities from disclosing

• DIRECT Listline

  Chopra Newsletter Subs Some 54,000 paid names to Deepak Chopra Infinite Possibilities Newsletter are available. These names can be selected from the 149,774

• Texasimall Announces $5 Million Direct Public Offering

  Texasimall Inc.,Austin, TX, a new online shopping venue, announced today its first direct public offering for the residents of Texas, with one million

• U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Sampling for Census

  The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Monday that a scientific method of counting Americans in the 2000 census, known as statistical sampling, cannot be

• DIRECT Listline

  Brill’s Content Subs Some 200,000 subscribers to Brill’s Content Magazine are available for the first time. The magazine, launched in June 1998, bills