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  • Box Top Bingo

    Two straight years of wilting sales have presented U.S. cereal makers with a grim picture. Two of the industry’s heaviest hitters, Kellogg’s and General

  • PR Opt-Out

    SOME PR PERSON just sent us a questionnaire asking, How do you wish to be contacted by us?Thanks for asking, but we don’t want to be contacted at all.That’s

  • The New Select

    ARE YOU WONDERING why that top-performing list you rented in 1997 just didn’t cut the mustard this year?One answer: Take a closer peek at where those

  • Customer-Targeted Marketing Communications

    THIS IS PART three of an excerpt from a chapter on relationship marketing, from the upcoming third edition of David Shepard Associates’ “The New Direct

  • DEAL MAKERS

    Fox Family Worldwide, Los Angeles, created a consumer products division to be run by Elie Dekel, exec. vp of the new unit. The division will include licensing

  • Fur Industry

    WHILE THE FUR industry is changing to appeal to younger customers, another more subtle-and potentially farther reaching-trend is occurring: greater corporate

  • Premium Blend

    SONY PLAYSTATION UNDERGROUND has been anything but subterranean when it comes to reaching its audience.The subscription-driven club-for video gamers who

  • Bean Sprouts Redesign

    IN RESPONSE TO “sluggish sales and stiffer competition,” apparel cataloger and retailer L.L. Bean is refining its catalog marketing operations and is