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New Hampshire Democrats Cry Foul
New Hampshire Democrats demanded last month that Election Day phone disruptions at several Democratic phone centers be investigated by the U.S. attorney
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Still the Champ
Never mind the young bulls: Playboy is still the magazine to beat. The magazine founded by Hugh Hefner in 1953 has a monthly circulation of more than
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E-mail Tests Waters for Direct
Plus Vision Corp. of America has found an effective way to test its direct mail and space ad messages: e-mail. More than just an element of the manufacturer’s
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Boys Will Be Boys
What do men want? That is, men who are young, single, spendthrifty and care deeply about how Jessica Simpson appears in a push-up bra? Freud never asked,
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Developing an Effective Segmentation Scheme
In our last article (Customer Segmentation: Problems, Solutions, DIRECT, March 1), we defined the objective of a survey-developed attitudinal segmentation
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How Consumer Attitudes Can Make or Break a DM Campaign
The biggest challenge in building a brand’s appeal isn’t how to attract consumers for whom brandings have no cachet; that answer is obvious. Instead,
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Slamming the Spam Scams
We’re not only cooking the goose that should be laying golden eggs. We’re throwing out the breasts and thighs and keeping the fat. The wishbone? It’s
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Food for a Lifetime
When it comes to direct mail, the United States is really in a class by itself. Direct mail advertising and marketing are part of the way many enterprises
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letters to the editor
WHAT’S HAPPENING TO CRM? I discovered yesterday that by booking a certain type of fare on Delta Air Lines, miles applied to my Medallion status would