Epsilon to Acquire Abacus

| Tim Parry

Epsilon, a business unit of Alliance Data Systems Corp., reached an agreement to purchase Lafayette, CO-based co-op database services provider Abacus, a division of DoubleClick, Inc., in an $435 million cash deal that is expected to close in the first quarter of 2007.

Growth spurt for kids’ market

| Sherry Chiger

The baby boomers are all grown up, but that’s not stopping them and their offspring from buying children’s merchandise via mail. According to New York-based

Gift Recipients and Ship-tos Provide January Sales Opportunity

| Michelle Farabaugh

The holiday season is here and holiday orders are starting to flow in. Gift orders will continue to increase over the next three or four weeks as we approach the shipping cutoff for Christmas. It is important to make sure ship-tos and gift recipients are tracked and added to the marketing plan for January/February to leverage the potential new customer.

Waking the dormant

| Tim Parry

Looking to grow your active-buyer file? Consider focusing less on prospecting and more on reactivating dormant customers. Targeting inactive customers