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  • Data Mines More Stores and Households

    Marketers in the U.S. spent an estimated $1.08 billion on promotion research in 1997, mostly on scanner data and analysis to track package goods promotions.Worldwide

  • Prizewinning growth

    Marketers spent $24 billion on premiums in 1997, with growth in consumer and business-to-business premiums boosting the category 6 percent. The segment

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  • Acxiom Corp. Beefs Up

    CONWAY, AK – Acxiom Corp has agreed to acquire May & Speh Inc., a direct market competitor, for stock valued at $17.44 a share or about $625 million,

  • When the Smoke Clears

    Brad Burmaster recalls the day two RJ Reynolds sales reps visited the construction site of his new store, Light House, in suburban Chicago. The hardwood

  • 100G prize marks Gund centennial.

    EDISON, NJ – Any Teddy Bear can make you happy, but it takes a special one to make you rich.In celebration of 100 years of business, plush toymaker Gund

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  • Stuck in Test Mode

    The technology-ruled interactive marketing movement is in a state of hyperactive growth. Every time one looks at it is not only larger but has changed

  • Merger Mania

    NEW YORK – Mergers, acquisitions, and buyouts in the direct marketing industry grew 99 percent during the first quarter of 1998 over same period last

  • Playing Games in Florida

    Several recent Florida decisions interpreting the Florida game promotion statute could prove useful in planning future promotions. The statute (Section

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  • GET promo to give away $164,000 house.

    DALLAS – Giving phone discounts is one thing, but giving away new house to prove your phone rates are worth having?That’s what GTE Corp. is doing in a

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  • More High-Tech, Still High-Touch

    Marketers spent $748 million on in-store services in 1997, including $172 million on loyalty card programs, funded mostly by retailers. Promotion is the