Agencies
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AgenciesCircling the WagonsMaybe it’s the postage hike, maybe it’s the stock market. Maybe it’s simple list fatigue. But DMers contacted by DIRECT magazine for our annual forecast 
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AgenciesAll Together Now-Not!A survey of recent and potential attendees of National Center for Database Marketing conferences shows marked differences in ancillary services valued 
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AgenciesOur Version of the Boston Tea PartyMy son Bob has devoted several of his weekly columns in the magazine InfoWorld to proposing a holiday that would benefit not just the United States but 
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AgenciesWe Swear, It Was Thissssss BigIf you’re looking for a big fish story, don’t flounder around the Net. Swim on over to Trout Unlimited (www.tu.org), an organization-and Web site-dedicated 
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AgenciesHarte-Hanks Buys PMSIHarte-Hanks Inc., San Antonio, has acquired PMSI of Bellmawr, N.J. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Curt Byerley will continue to run PMSI, 
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AgenciesEasy to Give, Hard to WrapLooking for the ideal holiday gift for that special someone?How about Opie, the Holstein steer? He’s touted as a 1,500-pound “party animal” that animal 
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AgenciesStudy Shows Direct-to-Consumer Ad GrowthDirect-to-consumer (DTC) promotional spending by pharmaceutical companies, mostly in the form of direct response ads, grew by 16% to $631 million in the 
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AgenciesB-to-B DM Stocks Eke Out Slight IncreaseWithout the impressive stock price gains by computer hardware and peripherals vendors, business-to-business direct marketing companies would not have