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  • Live from ACC: When the Going Gets Tough

    (Catalog Age)–Sure, the economy isn’t great. But direct mailers are well positioned to ride out the tough times, according to Donn Rappaport, president

  • Avon Expects Second Quarter Sales Up 4%

    Avon Products Inc. expects second quarter sales to be up approximately 4%, an increase over the 2% growth of the first quarter. Second quarter sales in

  • Coupons: Wing Clipping

    The recession was supposed to be a boon to coupon spending. Faced with reduced consumer consumption, marketers would return to the tried-and-true coupon

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    START AT THE BEGINNING GiftPax Sampling LLC, Milford, NJ, has teamed with Atlanta-based Lifestyle Change Communications to offer two sampling programs.

  • Full Disclosure

    It’s the first major accounting change to affect sales and marketing in years. It took effect Jan. 1. And some brand managers still don’t even know about

  • Promotion Research: Good Measures

    The economic slowdown proved to be the best and worst of times for marketing research companies. Although advertising and promotion budgets were reduced

  • A New Leaf

    Government officials and activists are fanning the fire under tobacco marketing again. The struggle will play out over the next few years in court, in

  • In-store Services: Retail Wrangling

    Spending on in-store services declined despite an increased focus on in-store marketing in 2001. Chalk it up to the economy. Last year’s slowdown led

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  • Introduction: A Half-Full Glass

    Any final assessment on 2001 depends on whether you want to speak optimistically or pessimistically. A pessimist will shake his head and sadly announce

  • Back to Basics

    WITH THE AVAILABILITY of more advanced technologies for database marketing in recent years, it’s become easy to lose sight of the basics. What do you