List Firms Discuss M&As; Mandel Teases Pending Deals

| Richard H. Levey

(Direct Newsline) Put aside the 36 acquisitions infoUSA has made since 1990, and leave off the handful Primis Marketing Group Inc. has completed in two years: Lon Mandel, president and CEO of Specialists Marketing Services Inc. hinted at two purchases so fresh for his company that he wouldn’t even name the companies in question. All he would say during a List Day panel is that the expected the deals to close within the next 45 days.

It’s August. Are You DPV-Compliant?

| Jeff Stangle

So, what is delivery point validation, how is it affecting mailers, and what can they do to keep their mailstream costs down? This is info you need to know, since the regulatory chance went into affect today.

LISTINGS

| MCM staff

New lists Gevalia Spanish Continuity Buyers This file includes 48,861 paid Spanish-speaking consumers who responded to a trial delivery offer for coffee

Going back to the future

| Jim Wheaton

Do you remember the 10 commandments of marketing database content management from previous columns? In case you don’t, here’s a quick recap: The data

It takes a village

| MCM staff

When Tracy Amiral realized that the new postal rates would increase her fall mailing costs 38%, her first reaction was to whine. Amiral, general manager

I don’t know, you tell me

| Tim Parry

When Steve August joined Brookstone in 2001 as its vice president of customer marketing, source allocation meant matching a purchase back to a specific

Going postal, again

| MCM staff

Sometimes I think if I hear or read one more thing about this year’s postal rate hike, I’m going to scream. You must be getting pretty tired of it, too