Chief Marketer Staff
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HSN, Shop at Home Network Have Strong Decembers
Both Nashville, TN-based Shop At Home Inc., and The Home Shopping Network had strong December, 1998 sales levels.Shop At Home Network shipped $19.3 million
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Short Cuts
Shopping.com, a Web-based discount merchant based in Corona Del Mar, CA, has naming Randall R. Read as the company’s new chairman of the board; Frank
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Milcron Launches Industrial E-Commerce Site
Industrial manufacturing equipment company Milacron Inc., based in Cincinnati, has launched an electronic commerce site (http://www.milpro.com) reportedly
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Successories Holiday Web Sales Up 300%: Reports
Motivational products direct marketer/retailer Successories Inc., based in Aurora, IL, reported that holiday sales volume from its Web site had increased
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USPS Watchers Blast Projected First Quarter Shortfall
Despite an increase in overall mail volume, the $611 million surplus the U.S. Postal Service posted for the first quarter of Fiscal 1999 was $159 million
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Boise-Cascade to Run Brand-Building Effort
Direct marketer/retailer Boise Cascade Office Products Corp., based in Itasca, IL, has launched a brand building campaign.In addition to national placements
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Harland Restructures, Announces Layoffs
John H. Harland Company, an Atlanta-based checks, database marketing software, direct marketing campaign management and loan automation software provider,
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Network Holdings International Acquires Links Direct
Network Holdings International, Inc. Fort Lauderdale, FL, has acquired Links Direct, Inc. Links Direct, which was founded in 1996, markets golf products
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Direct Focus Sales Jump on Strength of Bowflex
Direct Focus, Inc., Vancouver, WA, had full-year sales of $57.3 million ($88.8 million Cdn), up 188 percent from $19.9 million ($28.4 million Cdn) in
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New Congress Brings Changes in USPS Oversight Committees
As in the US House of Representatives, the Senate is making several minor membership changes in the committee and subcommittee that has oversight jurisdiction