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  • TOYS IN THE BANDWIDTH: PHIL POLISHOOK, VICE PRESIDENT, MARKETING

    When it comes to being an Internet-based category killer, many hear the call but few are chosen. One of the latter is eToys (www.etoys.com), which a year

  • Why 2K?

    Ask yourself: After it’s over, what are you going to have to remember it by besides the Y2K debacle?Corporate premium buyers are asking themselves that

  • Mag Sweeps Settlement

    American Family Publishers, Jersey City, NJ, and New York State Attorney General Dennis C. Vacco concluded an $800,000 settlement that will compensate

  • California Toughens Spam Laws

    TWO RECENT PIECES of legislation in California may crack down on unsolicited electronic mailings in that state.The first, AB 1676, has been signed into

  • The USPS Delivers

    CAN YOU TAKE IT?Direct mailers, already giddy from the timing and size of the rate hike, got another piece of good news from the U.S. Postal Service in

  • Leather and Laces

    A QUIRKY MAIL OFFER from software manufacturer Symix generated giggles, interest and more than six times the number of prequalified leads expected. The

  • Wall Street Weak

    IN JULY, THOUGH I hardly belonged in their company, I found myself at a dinner with several investment analysts. All exuded what Mark Twain called “the

  • Brewing Brand

    WHEN GEVALIA KAFFE became more famous for its coffeemaker premium than for its gourmet coffee, the company knew it was time for a change.After percolating

  • Kraft Consolidates

    Kraft Foods, Glenview, IL, named six promotion agencies for ethnic promos. The food giant spent several months reviewing shops to consolidate from 30

  • DEMOGRAPHICS

    TAKE A LOOK around. No matter what mainstream fashion magazines say, every woman is not built like wafer-thin model Kate Moss.This fact isn’t lost on