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  • RELATIONSHIP MARKETING: Hershel’s New Role

    Hershel B. Sarbin, former president and CEO of Cowles Business Media, has a new job. He has joined Marketing 1to1/ Peppers and Rogers Group, a relationship

  • On the Move

    Paragren Technologies, Reston, VA, has named Anthony Agresta director of product management; James Stafford director of sales consulting; Suzanne Porter-Kuchay

  • Campaign Targets Indulgent Dog Owners

    Heinz Pet Products, St. Louis, will send out samples of Pup-Peroni later this month. While Heinz has been making the dog treats for 10 years, the campaign

  • Building Custom Models for Potential Mailers

    If you own a large active or inactive customer file and you’re not building custom list rental models for potential list users then you’re probably missing

  • DISNEY DIRECT MARKETING

    Michael Eisner, the high-powered CEO of The Walt Disney Co., has a simple formula for his managers: You have to achieve regular annual growth of 20% to

  • Market Research Spotlights Web Commerce

    Internet watcher Forrester Research Inc., Cambridge, MA, launched a service April 28 called On-line Retail Strategies to focus on Internet selling.The

  • Back to the Drawing Board

    Back to the 50’s, a mail order catalog owned by Crowne Ventures Corp., Las Vegas, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on April 8. But this summer

  • Just be yourself: HICKORY FARMS

    When Hickory Farms decided to launch its Web site three years ago, some thought the catalog should feature more exotic fare than the hearty staples that

  • Picture Perfect

    Kodak is relaunching an infomercial for the DC210 digital camera this month, after a successful test for Christmas 1997.The half-hour program will be

  • Foster & Gallagher Springs Up on the Web

    Foster & Gallagher, Peoria, IL, the megabig horticultural direct marketer, has been taking a slow approach to the Web, but made a major plunge in late