Chief Marketer Staff

• Agencies

  Select Comfort Records Loss In 2008

  Select Comfort Corp. recorded $608.5 million in sales during 2008, a drop from the $799.2 million it generated in 2007. The company took a net loss of $70.2 million during the most recent year, compared with $27.6 million in 2007. More, along with The Marketer’s Take, follows.

• Agencies

  USPS Closes District Offices, Offers Retirement Buyout

  The U.S. Postal Service will close six of its 80 district offices, eliminate jobs and offer early retirement to 150,000 employees as part of a cost-reduction effort. More, along with The Cynic’s Take, follows.

• Listline e-Newsletter 3/20

  Estee Marketing Group has assumed management of file which names 154,651
  buyers of music and video products sourced from direct response TV and the Internet.

• Agencies

  Eddie Bauer Takes Loss, May Violate Loan Agreement

  The bad news for Eddie Bauer is that it recorded a net loss of $165.5 million for fiscal year 2008, compared with a net loss of $101.7 million during its fiscal 2007. The worse news is that it has $193 million in outstanding debt, and is trying to amend the loan terms. More, along with The Disbeliever’s Take, follows.

• Agencies

  FedEx Trims Income In Third Quarter

  Despite falling revenue and operating expenses that amounted to an increasing percentage of its revenue base, FedEx Corp. managed to remain profitable during its third quarter. More, along with The Cynic’s Take, follows.

• Agencies

  Casual Male Has Loss, Cuts Catalog Circulation

  Casual Male Retail Group Inc. generated fourth-quarter sales of $123.1 million, down from $133.9 million a year ago. The company’s net loss for the quarter was $108 million, compared with $638,000 in net income a year ago. More, along with The Entrepreneur’s Take, follows.

• Budco Names Jim Suddendorf EVP of Sales and Marketing

  Budco, a fulfillment and direct marketing company, has hired Jim Suddendorf to serve as executive VP of sales and marketing.

• Agencies

  Meet the Broker: Liz Kistner, Enrollment Marketing Solutions

  Despite the economy, Liz Kistner, founder/CEO of Enrollment Marketing Solutions, reports schools are always mailing and marketing themselves

• Listline e-Newsletter 3/19

  This file names 55,647 subscribers who

• Agencies

  Timberland To Press the Flesh at Earth Day Events

  Timberland is spreading its fundamental core values of environmental advocacy and concern in a setting that supports those values, Green Apple Festival and Earth Day Network events.