Insight aims for 1-to-1 via e-mail

| MCM staff

With the increasing use of e-mail promotions, customers’ e-mailboxes are growing as cluttered as their physical mailboxes. To set its e-mail apart from

People

| MCM staff

J.C. Penney has named Marilee Cumming president of merchandising for the Plano, TX-based general merchandiser’s stores and catalog. She most recently

Basic terminology

| MCM staff

RFM analysis: Selecting panels of buyers or prospects for promotions based on permutations of historical recency, frequency, and monetary value, among

Muchas gracias

| MCM staff

Isla, a catalog of gifts from and inspired by Puerto Rico, has a unique referral program. The company encourages customers to bring the catalog to a library

Hearing empowered

| Mark Del Franco

Evaluating telephone reps’ performance during customer transactions is crucial to ensuring quality service. Call monitoring systems, which let supervisors

Listings

| MCM staff

LET’S MOTOR The 110,975 active subscribers to MotorHome magazine spend an average of 81,100 on their RVs. Subscribers are health-conscious, educated individuals

Holiday suprises

| Moira Pascale

Jan Lajoie is president/CEO of Medford, OR-based Northwest’s Best, a catalog of handcrafted art products, furniture, and gift items from the Northwest.

Damark takes the long view

| MCM staff

What better way to retain customers than to make them members of a buyers club. At least, that was Damark International’s philosophy when it began refocusing

Euro challenges

| Mark Del Franco

The Jan. 1 debut of the euro-the new official currency of Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal,