Q&As

WEB PERVERTS are the biggest threat to the integrity of e-commerce sites – indeed any Web site – according to the people at Sanctum Inc. in Santa Clara,

WHAT DO a list manager and punk rocker have in common? Nerve. So says Tom McCulloh, a.k.a. Tommy Frenzy of the late ’70s-early ’80s punk band Tuff Darts.

PROPOSALS TO DEREGULATE the market for postal services in Europe go before the European Parliament in October. If adopted, they would allow free competition

NEED A BREAK from this year’s boring presidential race? You might want to attend a couple of DM events where you can at least believe what you hear.The

IT APPEARS the “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” fad is influencing business decisions. Two young Florida dot-com-ists are trying to expand their young

FINDING AND RETAINING talented employees dominated the conversation during a roundtable forum of high-level catalog executives attending the Catalog Conference

INTIMATE APPAREL retailer Frederick’s of Hollywood, citing a combination of debt incurred from a leveraged buyout and several “costly strategic mistakes

The phone remains one of the most effective ways to close sales and convert leads to new customers – even for Internet marketers.Telephone response accounts

Richard Holpe, president and COO of AZ Marketing, Cos Cob, CT, has resigned his position. He was replaced June 22 by co-presidents Elyssa Cunningham and

CATALOG SALES are expected to reach $104.3 billion this year and are forecast to jump to $142.9 billion in 2005 at a compound annual growth rate of 6.5%,