Five Emerging Trends in Database Marketing

| MCM staff

First came operational databases that ran order entry and fulfillment activities. From them evolved marketing databases, which have become central to overall business strategies. And from those marketing databases, trends are emerging that affect how we manage our relationships with customers and prospects

New DMA Guidelines for List Owners

| MCM staff

Attention, list owners. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is watching. To help you steer clear of trouble, last week the Direct Marketing Association released guidelines

Hot Market: Teachers

| MCM staff

Looking for a market with millions of prospects who snatch up everything from erasers to apparel? Then consider elementary-school and secondary-school teachers

Nike Launches Nike Women Book

| MCM staff

What do you think the reaction was when the marketing executives at Beavertown, OR-based footwear giant Nike wanted to introduce a print catalog for women?

Transcat Ends Quarter in the Red

| MCM staff

Rochester, NY-based Transcat (Nasdaq:TRNS), a manufacturer/marketer of test, measurement and calibration equipment, enjoyed a 5% increase in sales for the quarter ended Sept. 25.