Chief Marketer Staff

• 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

• World Color to Acquire Infiniti Graphics

  World Color Press, Inc., Greenwich, CT, has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire Infiniti Graphics, Inc., a Connecticut-based commercial printer.Infiniti

• DIRECT Listline

  Health Magazine Subscribers Novus Marketing Inc. is the new list manager for the 901,459-name active subscriber list to Health Magazine. The subscribers

• F.Y.I. Acquires Two DM Companies

  F.Y.I. Inc., Dallas, has acquired two direct marketing and printing firms: Sacramento, CA-based TCH Group, and Advanced Digital Graphics, Inc. (ADG) located

• National Media Says Internet Revenues Up 600%

  Infomercial giant National Media Corp., Los Angeles, said revenues from its Quantumtv.com Web site increased by more than 600% for the three-month period

• Catalina Buys DCI Cardmarketing

  Catalina Marketing Corp., St. Petersburg, FL, acquired DCI Cardmarketing, Manasquan, NJ, a specialist in retail card-based loyalty marketing programs.

• Diet and Fitness Dominate Top-Grossing Infomercials

  Half of the top ten grossing infomercials for 1998 fall within the diet and fitness category, according to the annual ranking released by The Infomercial

• House Postal Panel Changes Won’t Affect Reform: Experts

  Minor changes in House postal subcommittee membership are not expected to cause any major delays in passage of postal reform legislation, Congress watchers

• Columbia House Sells Audiobook Club to Audio Book Club

  The Columbia House Co., New York, has sold the Columbia House Audiobook Club to rival Audio Book Club Inc. of Boca Raton, FL and Morristown, NJ.Financial