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High-Speed Steel Sales
Major Steel Mills and value-added resellers are about to have an independent online trading forum available to them with e-steel (www.e-steel.com), a
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Banks, Brains, Beans and Brunch
As of this writing it’s the first of January 1999, which means it’s either time to reflect on the previous year or contemplate the coming 12 months. Since
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AirTran, What’s Wrong With You?
AirTran is a dinky airline that used to be called ValuJet until one of its planes crashed in the Florida Everglades, which didn’t do much for the airline’s
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Not Ready for Prime Time
DRTV spot produced by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) promoting vegetarianism was rejected by all of the Big Four television networks
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Under Wraps
Thought the anonymity of a plain brown wrapper was purely for smut? Think again.For a $10 surcharge above the $29.95 six-issue subscription price, the
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Me Llamo Tinky Winky
The itsy bitsy Entertainment Company of New York City and U.K.-based Ragdoll Productions have agreed to launch the wildly popular Teletubbies TV series
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Marketing Outside City Limits
Think Rural markets represent a dead end for direct marketers? Think again. Today, small-town folks are more likely to own their own business than be
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Isuzu Taps Database, Gets Big Results
Sorry Experiences in direct mail almost turned American Isuzu Motors Inc. off to the medium in mid-1997.Earlier that year, the Whittier, CA automaker’s
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What’s Good for the Goose…
Santa’s elves aren’t the only ones who face extra stress during the holiday season. For example, consider catalog telereps.The Wall Street Journal did
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Account-Specific Spotlight: Buffalo
Buffalo is big on food. The upstate New York market ranks fourth in the nation in all-commodity dollar volume. It ranks No. 1 among supermarkets offering