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  • Picture Perfect

    Kodak is relaunching an infomercial for the DC210 digital camera this month, after a successful test for Christmas 1997.The half-hour program will be

  • 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

  • Elvis Fans

    Despite his enduring popularity, obtaining lists of Elvis Presley’s fans is no easy task. Elvis Presley Enterprises keeps a tight grip on memorabilia

  • Just be yourself: HICKORY FARMS

    When Hickory Farms decided to launch its Web site three years ago, some thought the catalog should feature more exotic fare than the hearty staples that

  • Hall of Fame

    Quick-name those people and/or companies you feel had the most influence on the catalog industry over the last few decades. Even harder, name those who

  • OUTDOOR ADVERTISING: Friends Don’t Let Friends Drink and Redeem Coupons

    Sweetwater Tavern in Centreville, VA will never again underestimate the power of direct response advertising.To promote the restaurant, The Dan Rosenthal

  • 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

  • RadioShack Tunes in a Growth Frequency

    When RadioShack began a program to increase its revenue by 10% and its profit by 20%, prospecting for new customers as a strategy was never considered.

  • DISNEY DIRECT MARKETING

    Michael Eisner, the high-powered CEO of The Walt Disney Co., has a simple formula for his managers: You have to achieve regular annual growth of 20% to

  • All Mail REVUE

    Direct mail doesn’t get Tony Awards, nor does it get caricatured and hung on the wall of Sardi’s. But it has become an integral component in making a