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  • CATALOG CAPITAL

    Experts agree: It’s difficult to generalize about how publicly traded consumer catalogs are doing on Wall Street. For one thing, direct marketing companies

  • The New PMG

    One thing’s for sure: The new postmaster general has a sense of humor.”I originally thought this was an early rate implementation gala,” quipped William

  • DIRECTNEWSLINE

    DM Deals Hit $38 Billion in ’97 The combined value of strategic direct marketing transactions-including mergers, acquisitions and buyouts-reached $38

  • 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

  • National Semiconductor Launches Online Services

    Surprising though it may seem, it took until just last month for one of the world’s leading technology companies to jump on the electronic ordering and

  • The Click-Through War

    Who’s got the better click-through rate on Web banner advertising-Flycast or DoubleClick? And should anyone even care?In March, RelevantKnowledge, Chicago,

  • People

    Yankelovich Partners Inc., Norwalk, CT, named Dr. Thomas E. Vasquez president/CEO. John Struck, former president/CEO, will become chairman of Yankelovich

  • More Than Points

    There’s an old Washington, D.C. adage that an honest politician is one who, when bought, will stay bought. Were this true in the consumer arena, loyalty

  • DM DYNASTIES: Eh, Bob’s Your Father

    REPORTER CALLING Neodata Systems recently was a little confused when the company operator switched him over to Bob Wientzen. Wait a second. How was the

  • All Mail REVUE

    Direct mail doesn’t get Tony Awards, nor does it get caricatured and hung on the wall of Sardi’s. But it has become an integral component in making a