Fed Spending Shift

| Mark Del Franco

For marketers that sell to the federal government, Christmas in July is more than the title of a Preston Sturges movie or a catchy advertising slogan.

Circulation Rebound

| Sherry Chiger

For catalogers, back to school translated to back in mailboxes. This past August, Catalog Tracker, a service of Greenwich, CT-based list services firm

In the Midst of the Storm

| MCM staff

Boca Raton, FL-based jewelry cataloger Seta Corp. is thankful that it fared as well as it did through the two hurricanes Frances and Jeanne which hit

Walking the Privacy Tightrope

| Paul Miller

List owners and the list firms that represent them are walking a tightrope these days. During the past two years, a string of privacy actions have forced

Let Them Wear Cashmere

| MCM staff

There are all sorts of weighty concerns to address this month: the presidential election, of course, and the continuing efforts on the part of marketers

listings

| MCM staff

NEW LISTS BLUE MOUNTAIN Selling housewares and personal-care products, the Blue Mountain catalog has 50,000 buyers on its housefile. Customers spend an