Chief Marketer Staff

• Agencies

  You Beta, You Beta, You Bet

  A FEW TRENDS have come to light in our semiannual roundup of new database products. Most strikingly, the advent of increasingly powerful desktop computers

• Agencies

  GET promo to give away $164,000 house.

  DALLAS – Giving phone discounts is one thing, but giving away new house to prove your phone rates are worth having?That’s what GTE Corp. is doing in a

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  Hello, You Failed. Would You Like to Buy a Blender?

  This spring, hundreds of thousands of students found out their grades for the semester over the phone. Before they heard the good (or bad) news they listened

• Agencies

  Listen to This-Free Long Distance

  A new service allows people to sign up for “free” long distance service if they agree to listen to advertising pitches over the phone. One company, Eagle’s

• Merger Mania

  NEW YORK – Mergers, acquisitions, and buyouts in the direct marketing industry grew 99 percent during the first quarter of 1998 over same period last

• Dream Team

  SAN FRANCISCO – Sega of America last month announced agency assignments for the $100 million launch of its Dreamcast video game console, slated for introduction

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  THE DEL POLITO LETTER

  Postal rate cases usually center on four basic tasks: defining the amount of new revenue needed to ensure break-even operation; tracing back and attributing

• Agencies

  Sampling Continues to Stretch Out

  The only thing harder than trying to sum up 1997’s sampling programs in a single story is trying to put a value on the category. Programs can range from

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  Net Tax Relief Bill Gains in House

  LEGISLATION DESIGNED TO stop state and local governments from imposing new taxes on Internet transactions for at least three years and creating a special

• Agencies

  High-Tech Firm Starts a High-Tech Campaign

  PeopleSoft Inc., the Pleasanton, CA-based software developer, has begun a high-tech DM campaign targeting Fortune 2000 companies in several major industries.The