Direct Media is Acquired…Again

| Ray Schultz

(Direct Newsline) Direct Media, the largest list management-brokerage firm in the business, has been acquired by InfoUSA, following Walter Karl, Edith Roman, Rubin Response, Millard, Mokrynskidirect, American Church Lists and Jami. The deal is expected to close on Jan. 31.

Potential Data Breech for J.C. Penney

| Tim Parry

Credit card holders of general merchant J.C. Penney Co. are among the 650,000 customers whose personal information may have been compromised because of a lost back-up computer tape.

NRF Board to Congress: Help!

| MCM staff

The National Retail Federation’s board of directors has called on Congress and President George W. Bush to enact legislation to stimulate the nation