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Agencies

  • Calling Capitol Hill

    With the 1999 legislative season in full swing, lawmakers in 18 states are considering legislation requiring telemarketers to maintain do-not-call lists

  • The Phillips Upgrade

    Phillips Publishing Inc. has expanded its database marketing capacity at its 50-station inbound call center in Potomac, MD, as part of a three-year automation

  • Stocking the Mailbox

    TWO RECENT creative packages used foodstuffs to try and cut through the mailbox clutter.Boston’s Direct Response Group developed a campaign to generate

  • The Art of Renewals

    THERE IS A legend among circulation directors about a renewal pitch done by Mad magazine back in its heyday.Although Mad did not try to acquire subscribers,

  • A Simple Goal: Please the Customer

    SEARS CANADA INC. has managed to solve a database problem that’s confounded many marketers: channel conflict. It accomplished this by putting retail and

  • List Source

    Official U.S. PlayStation Identifies 35,194 subscribers to this magazine for enthusiasts of the Sony PlayStation video game system. The file is updated

  • IRS Overruled

    A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT has reversed the Internal Revenue Service’s revocation of a charity’s tax-exempt status because of the arrangement it had with

  • Funny Business

    TOP US IF you’ve heard this one. What do Basil Fawlty and a young Obi Wan Kenobi have in common? Not much-unless you count an authoritative manner and

  • B-to-B Computer Products Lead Gain

    SHOWING impressive fourth quarter earnings that exceeded many analysts’ predictions, business-to-business computer products catalogers and marketers provided