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  • Postal Service to Ax 20,000 Jobs

    The U.S. Postal Service will slash 20,000 jobs this year, it was announced at the Board of Governors monthly meeting held Monday and Tuesday.

  • Gateway’s Share Price Drops After Revenue Projections

    Shares in Gateway, Inc. fell 25%, from $10.25 to $7.69, after the company said its fourth quarter revenue would be lower than forecast. The Poway, CA-based

  • Tiffany Sees 2% Drop in DM Holiday Sales

    Tiffany & Co. reported a 2% drop in direct marketing sales and a 2% decline in holiday sales over one year ago. Direct marketing sales were $51.2 million.

  • 1-800 Flowers Reports 21% Sales Leap

    Thanks to a strong holiday season, 1-800 Flowers.com will post a 21% increase in revenue during the second quarter–to $162 million– compared with the same period last year.

  • EUniverse to Acquire L90 in $55 Million Deal

    EUniverse, Inc. the interactive entertainment network, will acquire direct marketer L90, Inc. in a cash deal worth up to $55 million.

  • Flotsam and Jetsam from 2001

    The Most Representative campaign of 2001? My vote goes to the offer from Eli Lilly and Co. and WebMD Corp. for a free month’s worth of Prozac. That one

  • 2001 Marketers of the Year

    What a year. Promotion marketers laid new milestones in 2001. Some did it by intent (like Shrek and Xbox), others under duress (think McDonald’s). From

  • Extending the Event Online

    The best marketing events create an experience in which consumers become so engaged that they drive the event’s momentum and its success. The challenge

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  • The Government’s Agenda

    Consumer privacy was a hot topic at the Promotion Marketing Association’s Law Conference last month in Washington, DC. Keynote speaker J. Howard Beales,

  • Airline’s Mailing Gets 74% Response

    British Airways spent about $100,000 this fall on its first business-to-business mail campaign, hoping to encourage a select group of travel agencies