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  • Virtual Relief

    THE U.S. HOUSE of Representatives passed by a voice vote the Internet Tax Freedom Act, which would not only place a three-year moratorium on new Internet

  • Bean Sprouts Redesign

    IN RESPONSE TO “sluggish sales and stiffer competition,” apparel cataloger and retailer L.L. Bean is refining its catalog marketing operations and is

  • Get Framed

    TALK ABOUT a Web site with frames!Artuframe (www.artuframe.com), as in “art you frame,” allows you to do just that: pick out a piece of art, frame it,

  • Quarterdeck President Hessler Resigns

    CURT HESSLER HAS resigned as president, CEO and director of Quarterdeck Corp., a computer helpware direct marketer/retailer in Marina del Rey, CA. The

  • People

    Mokrynski & Associates Inc., Hackensack, NJ, promoted Lori Sloves to account executive in the list brokerage division.DraftWorldwide, Chicago, named Kristi

  • No Postal Rate Hike Until January

    IN LATE JUNE, the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors approved an overall 2.9% increase in postage rates to take effect Jan. 10, 1999-the smallest

  • Enhanced to Purchase eCommerce Corp.

    ENHANCED SERVICES CO. INC., El Segundo, CA, will buy eCommerce Corp. for a combination of cash and stock. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Stamford,

  • Back to Shool

    SHARPEN THOSE PENCILS-DM education programs are gearing up for the fall semester.* New York University’s Center for Direct Marketing will offer 10 courses

  • Much Ado About Privacy

    Is it me or have we all started to go off the deep end a bit on the privacy issue?Of late, it seems nary a day goes by that someone from within or outside

  • Cold Calls, Hot Topics

    DIRECT RESPONSE does better in business media than in consumer media. For business, it’s Horatio Alger; for consumers, film noir.Small business publication