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Bombay Co. Expands E-mail File
Thanks largely to in-store initiatives, Bombay Co.’s e-mail file has grown from about 20,000 names to 600,000 in two years. Matt Corey, the company’s
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Nexus Rising
While by no means a sure thing, recycling fees could embolden states to collect taxes on direct marketing sales, even if the marketers don’t have a physical
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Snap, Crackle, Pop-up Ads
Readers may be aware of Gmail, a Google product that would provide e-mail capabilities with enormous mail-storage space for users. The catch is that it
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letters to the editor
DON’T GET PERSONAL I just received yet another one of those phone calls verifying my mailing information and asking me a personal identifier to close
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Spider-Man Can’t Steal Bases
IT SEEMED LIKE an innovative partnership between Columbia Pictures, Marvel Studios and Major League Baseball when they announced plans to emblazon the
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Connect With the Customer and Know Your ROI
Forget eating bugs, running obstacle courses and forming alliances. To be a catalog survivor you need to increase profitability, decrease back orders
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Want Postal Reform? Seize the Day
Those who regularly read this column know I’ve devoted a number of my commentaries to postal reform, and for good reason: There’s a lot riding on it.
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Senate Reinstates Net Tax Ban
Observers have lauded the Senate’s passage of a four-year reinstatement of the moratorium on taxing Internet connections but once again called for a permanent
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Welcome to the Time Warp
Step into an Anthropologie store or peek into its catalog and find yourself back in a simpler and yes, even though I hate this word, cuter time when home
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DMA: Business Is on the Upswing
Business got better for catalogers and DMers in general during the first quarter, according to the Direct Marketing Association. The DMA reported in its