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  • Femail Creations Starts a New Business

    In 1996 Lisa Hammond was working as an office manager on a construction site in Las Vegas. The need to do something meaningful led her to start a catalog

  • Web Site Offers Designer Bags for Rent

    Kara Richter had one goal in mind when she co-founded From Bags to Riches in 2004: bringing high fashion to people in the not-so-high income brackets.

  • Eight O’Clock Coffee Blends TV, Web

    Eight O’Clock Coffee has one of the oldest brand names in America. But the company launched as a private label by A&P Stores in 1859, sold to an investment

  • Get the Buzz

    Looking for the latest scoops and commentary on the world of direct marketing? Visit the DirectBuzz Blog (blog.directmag.com/buzz/), updated regularly

  • Social Anxiety

    I went to Lollapalooza this summer, and I fit right in. The ticket came from a friend, and I declined at first, a little put off by the image of my gray

  • Google Aims for Main Street

    EVERYBODY’S CHASING SMALL businesses. On the user side, research suggests that anywhere from 50% to 80% of all online searches may have a local intent

  • Put It to the Test

    Testing is critical to success in direct mail. And of course, the same theory applies online. The Web is extremely conducive to testing from both cost

  • Palsy-Walsy

    Shades of 1999! Social networks got hot this summer when both Google and Microsoft announced deals to add search and syndicated contextual ads to MySpace

  • Mother’s Little Helper

    Toys. Car seats. Clothes in a multitude of sizes. Diaper Genies. UltraSaucers, ExerSaucers and bouncers, oh my. Moms know these things can take over the

  • CNET Acquires Silicon.de

    CNET Networks Inc. has acquired Silicon.de GmbH (www.silicon.de), a German online marketing services company.