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Hanging on the Telephone
If you’re planning on moving anytime soon, I have some advice. Don’t! Stay put! So your roof leaks and every house on the block has been burglarized twice
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Online Brokering the Food Deal
Dave Laukat knew he had to find a better way.Laukat had built Chicago-based Best Foods into a $42-million-a-year business by supplying such giants as
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Press 1 to Be Targeted
Customers calling American Express’ toll-free numbers to activate their new cards don’t realize it, but they’re setting themselves up to be easily cross
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Will the Real Direct Marketers Please Stand Up!
I’m having professional identity problems. Perhaps it’s a question of reality vs. perception, but for years I’ve been getting the same frustrating question
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Coke Has ’em Drinking in the Aisles: Goes great with pizza samples.
Talk about your single-serve. Coca-Cola is inching up supermarket sales one sip at a time with Shop Refreshed, an in-store program that invites shoppers
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BOOKSHELF: Virtual Literature
How the Web Was WonPatterning its style after character-driven narratives such as “Barbarians at the Gate,” Paul Andrews’ “How the Web Was Won: Microsoft
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More to the Floor
Increased prospecting for franchises and tests for new services offered by company-owned stores are among the teleservices expansions being gradually
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The Fab Five of the DM Service Sector
The “Fab Five” still lead the direct marketing service supplier sector in the public markets, even as the category turned in a lackluster performance
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Service Contracts Cause Postal Reform Controversy
The question of whether the U.S. Postal Service should be allowed to negotiate service contracts with mailers is fast becoming a major issue threatening
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Coldwater Creek Sells Milepost Four
Apparel cataloger Coldwater Creek Inc., Sandpoint, ID, has sold its Milepost Four men’s catalog to RKC Mail LLC. Terms were not disclosed. Coldwater expects