Q&As

THE COCKLES OF MANY A direct marketer’s heart were warmed this winter by online shopping’s reported fortunes. Doubtless some of the increase in business

GEORGE KIEBALA, A 20-year Experian veteran, has left the company to join Exotic Car Share. Kiebala will serve as president and CEO of the newly established

A compelling story line. A favorite actor. Nothing to do on a rainy Saturday afternoon. A love of hot buttered popcorn. The grandparents want to baby-sit.

ROUGHLY 3,000 MILES FROM cruise line Lindblad Expeditions’ New York headquarters, bands of naturalists regularly crawl over the Galapagos Islands’ marine

AOL and a little-known company called Goodmail caused a firestorm last month when they announced that AOL would implement Goodmail’s certified e-mail

Verizon Wireless is tuning up for a stint at South by Southwest this month to tout its young V Cast Music service, which launched in February. V Cast’s

SPECIALTY STORES USED TO live on foot traffic, but today that’s not enough. Retailers need a leg up from things like private-label credit cards and brand

MARKETERS BARELY GOT a chance to breathe a sigh of relief over the death of a do-not-e-mail bill in Illinois when two more fronts opened up in the battle

Feb. 7, 2006 The Talbots Inc. said it will acquire cataloger and retailer The J. Jill Group Inc. for $517 million in cash, beating out rival suitor Liz

One direct marketing ad executive was so fed up with the way some clients treat agencies that he risked a heart attack to draw attention to their misbehavior.