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  • A Roller Coaster Ride

    Vivendi Universal Entertainment, Los Angeles, and MasterCard International, Purchase, NY, have launched a multi-year marketing alliance that gives the

  • SITE Unseen

    Travel budgets across most corporations have taken a beating but the Chicago-based Society of Incentive & Travel Executives (SITE) had some exceptional

  • Retailored to Fit

    After dropping off by six percent in 2001, spending on in-store services gained ground last year, jumping 2 percent to $867 million, despite a weakened

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  • The Trouble With Points Programs

    Of the 200 or so major points-based programs currently being run, 30% will either be shut down or merged by the end of the year, according to Gartner

  • RUSSIAN RESPONSE

    Direct marketing in Russia is only a bit more than a decade old, but it’s already become one of the nation’s most dynamic marketing and communication

  • Nectar Feeds Sainsbury’s Segmentation Efforts

    Two years ago, the corporate structure of Sainsbury’s, a grocery chain based in the United Kingdom, was divided among three groups: One that ran the stores,

  • Keep em flying!

    Frequent-flier miles will not become a pass payment option despite the foul financials of some of their biggest sponsors. So says Tim Olson, founder of

  • Toys R Us Breaks With UPromise

    Loyalty marketing program UPromise lost one of its cornerstone members when Toys R Us let its contract run out last month. Two-year-old UPromise channels

  • Points of Light

    This is one of those stories that perhaps should be left untold. The sad little secret of this business is that not all direct marketers end up rich.

  • MCDONALD’S SLATES FIRST GAME SINCE 2001 SCANDAL

    McDonald’s Corp. climbs back in the saddle this month with Winning Time, its first game since the FBI busted a fraud ring last summer that stole $20 million