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  • Live From MeritDirect Co-op: B-to-B Catalogs Mailing More to House Files, Prospecting Less

    Business-to-business catalogers are mailing more to their house files and prospecting much less this year than they did last year, according to a study by William A. Ruppert, president of ResponseB2B.

  • Spiegel Reports Monthly Losses

    The Spiegel Group reported sales of $196.6 million for the five weeks ended June 29, a 20% decrease from sales of $246.3 million for the same period last

  • Catalogs Pace Jos. A. Bank Sales

    Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. reported sales for the month ended July 6, increased 7.9% to $20.3 million from $18.9 million last year.

  • ACE Hardware Buys MicroStrategy Data Software

    Ace Hardware Corp. has purchased MicroStrategy Inc.’s Business Intelligence Platform, a data analysis program, and will integrate it with its 1-terabyte-sized

  • BACK-END AND BELOW-THE-LINE SERVICES

    BREWING PARTNERSHIPS The Pabst Brewing Co., San Antonio, TX, is seeking marketing, promotion, special event, and merchandising proposals for May-September

  • Springtime in Portugal

    Annus horribilis is the label APMA Worldwide president Iain Ferguson put on 2001, calling it a tough year for agencies and a rough ride for everyone.

  • Dueling Estimates

    The quote, There are lies, damned lies, and statistics, is attributed either to Benjamin Disraeli or Mark Twain neither of whom ever had to estimate growth

  • Switching Loyalty

    Loyalty is shifting among packaged goods. While some brands have halted or revamped their own high-profile loyalty programs, auction-based promotions

  • MKTG Services Tightens Operations

    In May, MKTG Services Inc. laid off 35 people at its New York headquarters 10% of the staff overall as it wound down cost-cutting measures to bring the

  • Easy Pill to Swallow

    A CUSTOMER-RETENTION E-NEWSLETTER PROGRAM is doing so well for Pharmaton Natural Health Products that the company is carving out a best-customer database