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FINGERHUT BAILS OUT MAGRAM, BROWNSTONE On March 10, Fingerhut Cos. bought the inventory, lists, and trademarks of StyleSite Marketing’s Lew Magram and

Q. Where did you grow up?A. In the Boston area until high school, when my family moved to Palo Alto, CA.Q. What was your first job out of college?A. Teaching

Not all catalogers, it seems, are sold on database marketing. As is to be expected, the larger catalogers that participated in Catalog Age’s 2000 Benchmark

Programmer’s Paradise purchased its MACS software from Delray Beach, FL-based Smith-Gardner in April 1997. The Shrewsbury, NJ-based cataloger uses an

– To help boost conversion rates from affiliate programs, ePod Corp. (www.epod.com) has launched the ePod. Described as “a transactional showcase,” an

Spring has barely sprung, and we’re already dreading mowing the lawn. But thanks to Hammacher Schlemmer, we may not have to – if we shell out $700 for

Not all mailers are cutting circulation – despite popularity of the WebAccording to research firm Boston Consulting, business-to-business Web transactions

And USPS rate case could revive interest in postal reform billConsumer privacy, particularly as it relates to the Internet, is among the more heated issues

E-mail co-ops demand opt-in proofJust as the launch of cooperative databases such as the Abacus Alliance in the mid-’90s resulted in catalog shoppers