Chief Marketer Staff

• Emerick To Advise DMA on B-to-B

  The Direct Marketing Association said that business-to-business direct marketing expert Tracy Emerick will work with the group to further develop its

• Short Cuts

  Hello Direct Inc., San Jose, CA, a direct marketer of telephone productivity tools, will acquire privately held PhoneZone.com, which publishes a Web buyers’

• Toys “R” Us Names Kornblum Marketing Chief

  Toy giant Toys “R” Us, Paramus, NJ, has named Warren Kornblum, 46, senior vice president and chief marketing officer. Kornblum, formerly managing partner

• DIRECT Listline

  Restoration Hardware This new Restoration Hardware catalog list identifies 35,000 last-six-month buyers. They are 100% direct mail sold. The catalog offers

• Jaclyn Acquires Assets of Banner Industries

  Jaclyn Inc., West New York, NJ, which markets ladies’ handbags, apparel and related products, has acquired certain assets of a division of Banner Industries

• Fingerhut Closes On Bedford Fair

  Fingerhut Companies Inc., Minneapolis, completed the acquisition of Bedford Fair. Fingerhut is a direct response database marketing company selling a

• FCB Acquires CM Partners

  Chicago advertising agency Foote, Cone & Belding, a subsidiary of True North Communications Inc., has acquired CM Partners, a Rolling Meadows, IL-based

• Reader’s Digest Declares Quarterly Dividend

  Reader’s Digest, Pleasantville, NY, declared a quarterly dividend of five cents on each share of Class A nonvoting and Class B voting common stock. The

• Despite Settlement, Cendant Still Faces Common Stock Class Action Suit

  Cendant Corp., the firm created from the merger of Parsippany, NJ-based franchiser HFS Inc. and membership package service vendor CUC International Inc.,

• Howard Draft Wins CADM Award While DraftWorldwide Fattens Roster

  Howard Draft, chairman/CEO of DraftWorldwide, Chicago, has been named Charles S. Downs Chicago Direct Marketer of the Year by the Chicago Association