Chief Marketer Staff

• Agencies

  Everywhere Merchants Want to Be

  Visa USA will give its retail partners magic for Christmas this year, part of an aggressive slate of consumer promotions designed to drive purchases in

• Agencies

  Brokers Break Bread

  American List Counsel Inc.’s executive vice president Fran Green and president Donn Rappaport welcomed more than 100 brokers in May to the firm’s second

• Agencies

  Peterman Floats Online Ad Test

  The J. Peterman Co. dipped its toe into the online advertising waters this spring with a test campaign for the Heart of the Ocean necklace from its “Titanic”

• Stuck in Test Mode

  The technology-ruled interactive marketing movement is in a state of hyperactive growth. Every time one looks at it is not only larger but has changed

• Deal Makers

  Steven M. Ross was promoted to executive vp and gm, licensing and merchandising, at Twentieth Century Fox. He will assume all global long-range planning

• Agencies

  Kemmler’s Law

  Moments before becoming the first man ever to go to the electric chair, William Kemmler complained about his press coverage. “I’m bad enough,” he said.

• Agencies

  Changing the Rules of the Game

  There was a time not long ago when marketing decision makers regretted they didn’t have enough information.In the world of information, especially database

• Agencies

  R-E-S-P-E-C-T-What Does That Mean to Us?

  Demarcation lines have faded. Direct marketers are respectable at last. Almost as respectable as general advertising executives. Certainly as respectable

• Special Deliveries, on Target

  Specialty printing posted no revenue growth last year, but industry sources say that demand for products including game pieces and high-quality direct

• Coming in next month’s PROMO

  Fresh Look, New Start Fox Family Channel starts the biggest cable TV launch ever this month when it takes control of the former Family Channel. Fox is