Spiegel Posts $33M Net Loss for FY97
A fourth-quarter earnings increase of 61 percent over 1996 was not enough to buffer cataloger Spiegel Inc. from…
Who Will Fix Labor Woes, First-Class Mail, Declining Market Share?
The postal issues of the moment are the resignation of Postmaster General Marvin Runyon, the state of health…
Profits Up 95 Percent at Big Flower
Advertising and marketing services company Big Flower Holdings Inc., New York, increased its adjusted 1997 net sales 14.5…
Mailers Give Thumbs Down to Problem-Plagued ABE System
WASHINGTON — Hardware and handling concerns have some direct mailers anxious about the U.S. Postal Service's new program…
Your Kids Marketing Goes Online to iVillage
Marketing services company Snyder Communications, Bethesda, MD, has announced an agreement with iVillage, New York, to expand Snyder's…
Ailing Ultrafem Halts DRTV Marketing Campaign
Ultrafem Inc., faced with a financing crunch and internal management changes, has put its direct response television campaign…
Infomercial is Driving Factor in Golf Club Success
Barney Adams, president of Adams Golf, Plano, TX, stood 30 feet from his 1,500-square-foot booth at Orlando's PGA…
Psychic Friends Firm Goes Bankrupt
Perhaps even the Psychic Friends could not have predicted it. Inphomation Communications Inc., Baltimore, MD, filed for Chapter…
On the Right Track?
Editorial: NordicTrack's plans to dispense with its DRTV marketing department, telemarketing operations and a manufacturing plant again demonstrates…
Metromail, Henricks Settle
Metromail came to a joint agreement with First Data Corp. on Feb. 20 to drop its lawsuits against…