Keeping Mail Out of Katrina’s Wake

| MCM staff

As the death toll, damage, and destruction mounts in the areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina, list industry executives are calling for mailers and service bureaus to halt all mailings to the affected regions until conditions improve.

Direct Sales Up 5% at Tiffany & Co.

| MCM staff

New York-based jewelry and gifts cataloger/retailer Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) reported that its net sales increased 11% in the second quarter ended July 31.

Deal Notes: Private Equity Players on the Prowl

| MCM staff

According to Marketing Services & Technology and Multichannel Marketer Deal Notes, a service of New York-based investment bank Petsky Prunier, 42 transactions involving multichannel marketers took place during the first half of 2005.