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Petopia Lays Off 120
Online pet product retailer Petopia.com has failed to secure financing, and last month laid off 120 employees, or 60% of its work force. Reductions were
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Catalogs Thriving Online, Says DMA
According to the DMA’s report, 91% of catalogers say they’re active on the Internet The internet has become an established channel among catalogers. Ninety-one
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Homestore.com to Acquire Move.com
Homestore.com, a Thousand Oaks, CA-based home and real estate Web site, will purchase Move.com, a relocation and real estate portal, from Cendant Corp.
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Privacy Odyssey
One thing is clear: When we discuss privacy, we’re talking only about the collection and use of data Confused about privacy, even after reading our big
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Clarification
Due to an inadvertent omission, the privacy roundtable featured in our Nov. 1 issue may have incorrectly led readers to believe that Experian offers lists
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MSGi Picks Up Perks.com
Direct marketing company Marketing Services Group Inc., New York, will acquire 80% of Perks.com. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Los Angeles-based
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FeelGood for Life Files Bankruptcy
Direct marketer FeelGood for Life Inc., Lakewood, CO, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of
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Chuck D’s Int-y Rap
Rapper Chuck D of Public Enemy fame delivered a talk about the new wave of music marketing that sounded eerily like lots of recent speeches on direct
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Winner’s Circle
While the last millennium may have ended not with a bang but a simper, this one’s off to a racing start, if the wonderful world of direct is any indication.
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Abacus Tracks Catalog Shoppers
Older folks are buying more items from catalogs but middle-aged people are ringing up the bills, according to Abacus Direct’s just-released Consumer Catalog