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  • Well-Done Promotion

    If you plan on popping into one of Omaha Steaks’ grand opening galas for its new retail outlets, carry a big shopping bag.With a $25 purchase you can

  • 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

  • People

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

  • Who’s Gray and Gray?

    Michael Gray will change the name of his agency, Gray and Gray Advertising Inc., as soon as he thinks of a new name.Not that he wants to-he has little

  • 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,

  • Pac Bell Backs Off Telemarketing Plan

    Pacific Bell is backing down from a plan to telemarket its services to customers with unpublished phone numbers.The phone company filed a request with

  • PROMOTIONS: Paint It Yellow and Call It Cheese

    We finally finished digging through all the paraphernalia we brought back from the London DM Fair and came up with this neat item from Outside the Box

  • GO AHEAD They’re Listening

    If a tree falls in a forest and there is no speech recognition software around, does the impact of the tree on the ground make a sound?The question is

  • Right Out of the Banner

    For the Mother’s Day selling season, 1-800-Flowers and Godiva Chocolatier launched Internet ads that allow consumers to order a limited number of products

  • Universal Solution

    In one year, online sales for AnotherUniverse.com have grown from 3% to 25% of the catalog’s total business.Steve Milo, president of the Baltimore-based