Chief Marketer Staff

• SHORT CUTS

  West TeleServices Corp., Omaha, has announced it will open a new call center in Tallahassee, FL, creating approximately 250 jobs. West TeleServices Corp.,

• House Introduces Sweepstakes Regulation Bills

  With two Senate subcommittees about to launch a joint investigation into the direct mail sweepstakes industry, a pair of bills have been introduced in

• Pat Robertson New Board Member at Laura Ashley

  International retailer and cataloger Laura Ashley Holdings Plc, London, named televangelist and conservative gadfly Pat Robertson a non-executive director

• DIRECT LISTLINE

  Facility Executives This new database of property and facility executives identifies 338,107 of these managerial types. There are 245,367 males and 46,575

• ADVO’s Revenue Up in First Quarter

  ADVO Inc., Windsor, CT, had first-quarter 1999 revenue of $260 million, up 2.5% from first-quarter 1998. The company’s operating income of $20.1 million,

• Fingerhut Net Revenue Up, But Acquisitions Depress Net Earnings

  Fingerhut Companies Inc., Minneapolis, reported net revenue for its fourth quarter of $659.8 million, up 18% from $560.3 million in the same period last

• Garden Botanika Has Top-Executive Shakeup

  Garden Botanika, Inc., Redmond, WA, has made a number of changes to its board of directors and senior management. Michael Luce will step aside as president

• mIn Forms New List Owner Division

  A new list owner/manager services division has been set up by database company Marketing Information Network (mIn), Oklahoma City. The division, which

• Short Cuts

  DMW Worldwide/Philadelphia, Wayne, PA, appointed Wendy Z. Vagnoni creative director. Her background includes positions at National Liberty and GE Financial

• Brad Epstein Joins I-Traffic as Creative Director

  I-traffic, a New York-based interactive direct marketing agency, has hired Brad Epstein as creative director. Most recently, Epstein held the position