Chief Marketer Staff

• 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

• Insight Sees Record $1 Billion in Sales for 1998

  Computer direct marketer Insight Enterprises Inc., based in Tempe. AZ, anticipates net sales for1998 to exceed $1 billion, more than a 59% increase over

• DIRECT Listline

  Poor Credit List This list, available for the first time, contains the names of 353,222 individuals who have failed to qualify for a conventional loan

• 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

• 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

• 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

• DM Management Secures Investment Capital

  DM Management Company, Hingham, MA, has secured a $12 million first mortgage loan from John Hancock Real Estate Finance, Inc. The financing will be used

• J.Crew Changes CEO

  J.Crew has named Dick Boyce, a member of its board of directors, chief operating officer of the troubled retail and catalog company. Howard Socol resigned

• 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

• 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