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north shore swimwear

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Reviewed May 2, 1:00 p.m., Explorer 4.5 (www.northshoreswimwear.com)the North Shore Swimwear site has plenty of bells and whistles to entice the online

YOUR NEW MARKETING PLAN

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Your new business requires the development of a marketing strategy for each of your selling channelsAt 30,000 feet, all forms of commerce look pretty

at deadline

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PLAYBOY SELLS COLLECTORS’ CHOICE CATALOG Four months after putting its Collectors’ Choice Music and Critics’ Choice Video catalogs on the market, Playboy

venus swimwear

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Reviewed May 3, 10:00 a.m., Explorer 4.5 (www.venusswimwear.com)when you enter the Venus Swimwear home page, a photo of the current print catalog appears,

YOUR NEW HIRING STRATEGY

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Some tips for finding the right employees for your new businessThe evolution of traditional cataloging into multichannel marketing will force many mailers

COMMON MISTAKES IN LIST SELECTION

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The art of list selection requires an exhaustive knowledge of your industry, your audience, your program strategy, and fairly complex analytical skills.

AT DEADLINE

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POSTAL RATES: GOOD NEWS AND BAD It may be too soon to celebrate, but the buzz at the Direct Marketing Association’s Government Affairs Conference on May

Garden.com’s seedling print book

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After launching four years ago with lofty plans to become the Amazon.com of gardening, $5.3 million Garden.com has rather quietly launched a print catalog.The