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International Insight

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Computer cataloger Insight Enterprises is setting its sights on global expansion. Having posted a profit on its Canadian division just six months after

Creating the instant impulse to buy

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If you had your druthers, would you rather sell or describe? n Careful, now. Before any “of course” knee-jerk response, consider: We’re in the catalog

Walter Drake lends a hand

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A year after acquiring the Walter Drake catalog of personalized gifts, Foster & Gallagher (F&G) is using the title to boost sales of and supply merchandise

Calender

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August 1-5 San Francisco International Gift Fair. George Little Management. George R. Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco. For more information,

Nabisco shelves gifts book

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The Nabisco Direct catalog of branded gifts has become the victim of its $8.7 billion parent firm’s new corporate strategy. In May, at the order of Nabisco

Backword

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Alternatives to alternative media I read the article “Best bets for prospecting” by Jack Schmid in the April 15 issue twice and liked it both times. I

People

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Fingerhut Companies named William Lansing, currently vice president of business development for General Electric Corp., as president. He will focus on

Lists & databases

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Judging by the results of the 1998 Catalog Age Benchmark Report on Lists and Databases, catalogers’ comfort level with renting their house file is increasing,

SOHO, so good

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By 2001, many more business-to-business catalogers are expected to target the small office/home office (SOHO) market. “It’s clear the home has become