PROSPECTING: From Web to print to Web

| Mark Del Franco

Multichannel marketing gives rise to new uses of Internet listsIn the latest wrinkle on multichannel marketing, a number of catalogers are renting the

THE CATALOG AGE 100: THE HEAVY HITTERS

| Paul Miller

B-to-b reigns again; consolidation slows somewhatAs in 1997 and 1998, the strength of the business-to-business sector was the big news among the companies

Burpee acquires Heronswood Nursery

| Moira Cotlier

Burpee, the nearly 125-year-old Warminster, PA-based plant and seed cataloger/retailer, acquired Kingston, WA-based Heronswood Nursery Ltd. on June 28.

From b-to-b supplier to partner, via the Web

| Robert J. Murray

In the business-to-business world, the World Wide Web is one of the most lucrative opportunities for growth to come along in years. According to Forrester

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| MCM staff

VIKING’S NELSON CLIMBS TO THE TOP Bruce Nelson, who succeeded the retired Irwin Helford last year as president/CEO of Viking Office Products, was promoted

BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS: Outbound efforts pay off

| Mark Del Franco

Expanding into field and phone sales boosts first-quarter resultsBusiness-to-business mailers that are beefing up their outbound telemarketing and field

YOUR NEW MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE

| Donald R. Libey

The e-commerce revolution is rapidly changing the structural dynamics of direct marketing managementThe e-commerce explosion over the past five years

…but lots of interest in e-mail

| Paul Miller

E-mail marketing among business-to-business catalogers appears to be gaining momentum. Half of the b-to-b catalogers surveyed in the 4th Annual Electronic

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| MCM staff

PLAYBOY SELLS COLLECTORS’ CHOICE CATALOG Four months after putting its Collectors’ Choice Music and Critics’ Choice Video catalogs on the market, Playboy

DMA catalog members dropping

| Paul Miller

The number of catalog companies that belong to the Direct Marketing Association has decreased less than 6% over the past three years. But while catalogers