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  • CRM Helps BAI Trim Mailing Costs

    A CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE helped the Banking Administration Institute (BAI) cut direct mail expenditures for its last annual conference

  • Sappi Buys Potlatch’s Printing Papers for $480 Million

    Sappi Limited has purchased Potlatch Corp.’s Printing Papers business for $480 million. The deal includes the printing company’s business, brands, research

  • A Mother’s Day Treat

    This year, Mother’s Day is receiving a little more attention from candy-by-mail marketer Hershey’s Gifts. While the company has long capitalized on traditional chocolate-giving holidays like Valentines Day, Easter and Christmas,Hershey’s has typically not given Mother’s Day the full front-page treatment. This year, a 2-pound chocolate Happy Mother’s Day greeting card takes up the entire front cover.

  • Database Sales in 2001 Matched 2000: Gartner Dataquest

    Global sales of database systems generated $8.8 billion in 2001, a minimal uptick from the $8.7 billion seen in 2000, according to a statistical review

  • NetRatings Buys DoubleClick’s @plan Products for $18.5 Million

    NetRatings Inc. has bought DoubleClick Inc.’s @plan products for $18.5 million in cash and stock. The deal also included a multi-year research partnership

  • Rhode Island Motor Bill Wins First Approval

    The Rhode Island Department of Motor Vehicles would have to obtain a person’s permission before sharing their personal information with third parties for marketing purposes under a bill unanimously approved by the state House of Representatives last week.

  • Sponsorship Touchdowns

    The National Football League, New York City, shook up its sponsor ranks in March with what are believed to be the largest deals in sports sponsorship

  • The Class Menagerie

    The rich are different than you and me, declared F. Scott Fitzgerald. But they’re becoming less so at least for marketers, who have seen a blurring line

  • Calls to Action

    Category management has a new acronym. Cannondale Associates calls it Consumer Marketing at Retail (CMAR), a hybrid of solution selling and category management

  • Fight for Your Rights

    During the dot-com boom, corporations couldn’t buy up naming rights for sports arenas fast enough. Massive deals worth $200 million over 20 years became