Network

| MCM staff

Defend your site against security breaches with a mix of technology and policyHere’s a statistic you don’t want your customers to know: According to a

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

| Mark Del Franco

Third quarter gets busy In the wake of dot-com fever, catalog M&A activity heats up After a sluggish start to the first half of 2000, it looks like merger

AmeriMark’s new deal

| MCM staff

The former TransAmerica Holdings has both a new name and a new sales channel. The Cleveland-based women’s apparel, accessories, and cosmetics cataloger

No more lavish list promotions

| MCM staff

Companies use discounts, not gifts, to attract testers Big-buck promos, trips, parties, and other glitzy incentives designed to lure brokers and mailers

AT YOUR SERVICE

| MCM staff

If you’re targeting European Web shoppers, consider making superlative cyberservice your unique selling proposition. A study by Andersen Consulting (www.ac.com)

CATALOG DELIVERY

| Paul Miller

YOU’VE GOT (LATE) MAIL `Cruddy’ pockets mar otherwise good service Maybe it’s the nationwide labor shortage affecting the postal workforce, or perhaps

corporate gifts

| MCM staff

websites www.landsend.com Reviewed Oct. 17, 12:30 p.m., Explorer 4.5 Bounding onto the Lands’ End Corporate Sales site through its link on the home page,