Chief Marketer Staff

• Agencies

  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

  Polk Appeals

  L. Polk & Co., Detroit, has appealed to the Illinois Supreme Court a decision that allows that state to withhold the sale of motor vehicle lists. On April

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  Relationship Marketing and the New DM

  This December McGraw-Hill will publish the third edition of David Shepard Associates’ “The New Direct Marketing.” Over the next few issues we’ll offer

• 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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  Call It What It Is

  He propose that articles about spam in the press and other media ought to be called spam as well. They’re about as prevalent and intrusive. Case in point:

• Big Foot

  Back in the spring of 1997, we began brainstorming and searching for the big idea that would win us the Duracell business for its fourth quarter promotion

• Association News

  A Rose for IMRA Group elects new president. NAPERVILLE, IL – Rosemary Mills Luedke, president of Rose Incentives, was elected president of the Incentive

• Agencies

  Mrs. Butterworth’s hot air balloon starts tour.

  COLUMBUS, OH – Giving new meaning to the term “rise and shine,” Aurora Foods launched the “Breakfast Over America” balloon tour. It features a 30-foot

• Enjoying the Moveable Feast

  LOS ANGELES – Colby Effler & Partners, Beverly Center’s agency of record, has launched a year-long direct mail campaign highlighting the exclusive bonuses

• Agencies

  Hochberg Made SBA Deputy Administrator

  Cataloger Fred P. Hochberg, former president/CEO of Lillian Vernon Corp., was sworn in last month as deputy administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration.