Chief Marketer Staff

• Agencies

  Envoy Drives Correspondence Course

  We feel toward serial mailings the way most people feel toward serial killers. However, unlike serial killers, serial mailings are sometimes amusing.

• Good Vibes

  NASCAR racing is less well known in the western U.S. than in the rest of the country. So when Tosco Marketing wanted to help the racing league celebrate

• Agencies

  Have Book, Will Travel

  Eight-year-old retailer Audio Adventures began direct sales this spring, renting (and selling) mostly through a Web site, www.audioadventures.com.The

• 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

• Agencies

  Introducing the Web Call Center

  Then the call center at IDT Corp. gets swamped, the Hackensack, NJ telecom company turns to Communications Service Center, a Margate, FL service bureau

• International

  Birthday Treats BUENOS AIRES – The Cartoon Network celebrated its fifth anniversary here with a program that got kids to show off their artistic abilities

• Agencies

  DM Mergers Increase By Almost 100%

  DM mergers, acquisitions and buyouts in the first quarter of 1998 grew 99% over the first quarter of 1997, according to a study released in June by DM

• Agencies

  Impulse: The Sequel

  Last month we wrote about 1-800-Flowers, Godiva Chocolatier and Eddie Bauer using technology from Narrative Communications Corp. to bring impulse buying

• 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