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  • Anniversary Songs

    TWO VENERABLE LIST companies are celebrating their 20th anniversaries this month-proof that there is such a thing as stability in direct marketing.One

  • DM Goes Global With Charles Prescott

    In July the Direct Marketing Association named Charles A. Prescott, formerly of The Reader’s Digest Association, as its first vice president of international

  • Office Depot Goes to School

    Office Depot is using direct mail, coupons and sweepstakes to target the 6.5 million national parent-teacher association (PTA) members who buy school

  • ONE AT A TIME

    WHETHER YOU LABEL today’s marketing models as relationship, database, loyalty, retention or one-to-one is not of great consequence. They all express the

  • Myth Making

    Imagine being handed the assignment of bringing a legend to life – that famous outdoorsman Yukon Jack. The mythical figure is just that, mythical. What

  • Calling All Rare Talents

    To all of you multi-disciplined creatives who still can’t decide what you want to be when you grow up or can’t describe your occupation in that little

  • Singing a National Anthem

    AFTER AN ENCOURAGING test launch in California and the Pacific Northwest, cataloger Moon Song went national last month with a 100,000-piece mailing.Owner

  • Is Advertising Dead?

    Let’s play a game of Is It Advertising or Promotion?Coca-Cola commits some $50 million of its marketing budget to cash prizes for consumers who find ATM

  • Secrets Revealed

    MAIL ORDER entrepreneur Joseph Sugarman has authored three titles designed as a seminar on marketing.The first volume focuses on how to write powerful

  • Is There a Promotion Exec in the House?

    Promo’s 1998 Annual Report of the Promotion Industry shows impressive growth – up seven billion dollars, or 10 percent, from last year. This windfall