Q&As

Applebee’s has named former Blockbuster marketing executive George Williams as the company’s new chief marketing officer. The post took effect Feb. 9.

Today we meet Dina Fanelli, a list broker who co-founded Trinity Direct 10 years ago. She does list brokerage mainly for Roman Catholic charities, animal welfare groups and libraries.

Select Comfort Corp. posted net income of $10.8 million for the fourth quarter, a 32% drop from net income of $15.8 million in the prior-year period.

An Iowa man who allegedly flooded the Internet with spam e-mail claiming he could steal passwords has reportedly pleaded guilty to violating the federal Can-Spam Act

Sharper Image Corp. posted sales of $29 million for January, a 29% decrease from $40.7 million in the prior year.

When “Time” magazine declared “You” Person of the Year 2006, it marked the official arrival of the age of consumer control. So when it comes to innovation, what do “You” want from new products?

The NBA’s All-Stars are the best on the basketball court. But how do they do on an obstacle course?

High school coaches in 18,000 U.S. schools will get samples for student athletes through a new contract for the National High School Athletic Coaches Association.

Magazine circulators are relying increasingly on hard offers and vouchers and self-mailers in their subscription-building mailings, said Paul Masse, vice president of account management at ParadyszMatera at the Direct Marketing Association’s Circulation Day in New York Wednesday.

For the seventh year in a row, identity theft was the No. 1 consumer fraud complaint in 2006, the Federal Trade Commission announced yesterday.