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  • This Month in 1992

    IN PART THREE of our mini-look into DIRECT’s first decade of publication, we go back again to 1992, this time taking a gander at the October issue.* “Battlegrounds

  • 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

  • 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

  • THE NET PROWLER

    CLICKING UPSTREAM In the June issue we covered Narrative Communications Corp. (www.narrative.com) of Waltham, MA and its Enliven banner-ad technology,

  • Long-Term Fix

    WHAT IT COST to keep a customer, and what’s it worth over the long haul? These are two of the most important questions DMers can ask themselves these

  • Electronic Promotions Threaten DM Couponing

    WHILE DIRECT MAIL remained a favored method of receiving samples or coupons, ranking second only behind free-standing inserts in newspapers, its popularity

  • Measuring the Loyalty Effect

    ONE OF THE best books I’ve ever read on the subject of customer retention is “The Loyalty Effect” by Frederick F. Reichheld (Harvard Business School Press).Many

  • Cable TV Viewers

    SINCE ITS June 1948 invention in Mahanoy City, PA, cable TV (then called community antenna television) has made it into 58.5% of all U.S. households,