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Livin’ La Vida Direct!
During a number of long car trips recently, I had the chance to listen to the radio quite a bit.At times it seemed like almost every commercial was for
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Your Tax Dollars at Work: Compaq uses street tactics to spur federal sales.
For federal employees, Washington DC’s summer heat wave was business as usual. For Compaq Computers, it was a marketing breakthrough.Compaq launched a
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FCC Calls for Hands-Off Policy on Internet
The Internet, which generated some $300 billion in revenue last year, should remain free from government regulation, the Federal Communications Commission’s
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Survey: B-to-B Mailers Focus on Customers
Business-to-business catalogers are mailing more to their existing customers – and making more money as a result, according to a survey conducted by Acxiom/Direct
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AGING GEN-XERS: As Young as We Feel
It must be cosmic revenge for making all those cracks about aging baby boomers.We were feeling pretty young and sprightly until we opened our mailbox
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Canadian Connection: USPS negotiates new postal pacts with Canada
Plans for improved mail service between the United States and Canada were set in motion in Washington last month with the signing of new service agreements
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Cease and Desist
Public television stations, rocked recently by reports that a Boston outlet was trading its mailing list to the Democratic National Committee, have been
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The System Is Down
A major auto supply cataloger is trying to recover money it spent on an allegedly faulty software system.J.C. Whitney, LaSalle, IL, filed suit in June
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Print Ponderings
Sniper Trap, mindmapping and force field analysis: These may sound like course descriptions for psychic secret agents, but actually they’re techniques
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Advo Adds Newspapers
Cooperative mailer Advo Inc., Windsor, CT, plans to distribute its print advertising products in newspapers, instead of only by mail. The company is in