Chief Marketer Staff

• Catalina Buys DCI Cardmarketing

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

• 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

• Delia’s Confirms Plans for IPO of Internet Subsidiary

  In response to investor and media inquiries, Generation Y marketer Delia’s Inc., New York, said it has, subject to market and other conditions, formally

• Mail Order Woes Downgrade J.Crew Group From Stable To Negative

  Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the rating outlook of J. Crew Group from stable to negative, largely due to “very high debt levels” and “intense

• DIRECT Listline

  Lizell The 19,133 individuals on this list have purchased office or home business furnishings or executive accessories through the mail. Purchase amounts

• Elcom International Sees Fourth Quarter Loss

  Computer systems developer/direct marketer Elcom International, Inc., expects to report an operating loss in the fourth quarter totaling approximately

• ALC Appoints Two

  ALC of New York, LLC, appointed Lyanne Gizzie as list brokerage account executive and Lee Conti as list management production manager.

• McGraw-Hill Technology Lists Now Managed By DMC

  Database Marketing Concepts, Bohemia, NY, is now handling both the United States and international lists for McGraw-Hill Technology. The files include

• Catalog City Adds Brownstone, Lew Magram

  Diplomat Direct Marketing Corp. will offer its Lew Magram and Brownstone Studio catalogs to online shoppers through Catalog City (www.catalogcity.com)