Q&As

Deluxe Corp. posted net income of $40.2 million for the fourth quarter, a decline from net income of $47.5 million in the prior year.

Acxiom Corp. reported revenue of $350.3 million during third-quarter 2007, down slightly from the $352.8 million it realized a year earlier.

An operation marketing Visa- and MasterCard-branded prepaid debit cards to sub-prime consumers will pay more than $2.2 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it allegedly made unauthorized debits from individuals’ bank accounts and engaged in deceptive marketing practices.

Royal Mail haas begun putting together a panel of industry suppliers to help improve the effectiveness of direct mail campaigns.

Jeep is looking to make impressions among Gen-Xers and Gen-Yers with a faux garage and companion vehicles at ESPN’s Winter X Games.

Dunkin’ Donuts is turning to user-generated content to strengthen its brand.

Today we meet Bernice Willis of Matt Brown and Associates. She became president of the Dayton, OH firm during the summer of 2003, before her father — the company’s founder — died in 2004.

The Direct Marketing Association has blasted New York Governor Eliot Spitzer’s proposals to start collecting state sales taxes from out-of-state marketers whose connection with the state is no more than a link on their Web sites.

About 100 basketball enthusiasts trekked in the wee hours of yesterday morning to New York’s Madison Square Garden to set foot on the floor of the world’s famous arena.

Tic Tac is shaking things up with a sampling campaign and contest to promote its new mint flavors.