Add-a-Name Works for Brookstone

| Tim Parry

If you could mail one more book into a postal zone, and you have a prospect who may be the right target, and the process is going to save you money at the post office, would you go for it? Of course you would. See how it’s working for Brookstone, and how the gadgets merchant is benefiting

Godiva Goes Mobile

| Tim Parry

Godiva Chocolatier has a new flavor: Blackberry. The multichannel food and gift merchant has added a mobile channel to enable BlackBerry smartphone users to make purchases on the go.

Live from Direct Media Co-op: Debunking Do-Not-Mail Myths

| Tim Parry

White Plains, NY–With 11 states introducing do-not-mail legislation this year, and services like Catalog Choice scaring consumers into opting out of mailings, the Direct Marketing Association is ramping up its message to marketers and legislators.

Fewer February books received

| Tim Parry

Consumer spending was down in February, and so was the number of catalogs in the mail. Catalog Tracker, a service of Greenwich, CT-based list firm Direct

Sale or sink for Red Envelope

| Tim Parry

Red Envelope warned in February that it had only enough money to operate the business through June. But at press time it was looking like the gifts cataloger