Sears buys social search engine Delver.com
Sears Holdings has acquired Israel-based social search engine company Delver.com. Sears’ newly formed subsidiary, SHC Israel Ltd., acquired…
DMA Nonprofit Federation names new executive director
The Nonprofit Federation of the Direct Marketing Association has named Christopher M. Quinn as its executive director. Quinn…
Ogilvy names new leaders for advertising, direct businesses
Ogilvy New York has installed individual leaders at the top of its advertising and direct businesses for the…
Yankee Candle releases succession plan
Harlan M. Kent will become the next CEO of Yankee Candle on October 1. He will remain president…
Smith Brothers named interactive AOR for Dreyer’s ice cream snacks
Dreyer’s frozen ice cream snack division has named independent marketing agency Smith Brothers Agency as its interactive agency…
Touchstone’s February catalog was its last
Facing an uncertain economy and a dwindling universe of names for its acquisition efforts, cataloger Touchstone has made the…
RR Donnelley closes two plants, lays off close to 500
RR Donnelley & Sons is shutting down two printing plants and laying off the employees who work there,…
Ogilvy launches recession practice
In response to slashed marketing budgets and marketers who are looking to do more with less, Ogilvy North…
DMA makes second round of cutbacks
In a second round of cutbacks in recent months, the Direct Marketing Association today let go 26 employees…
RR Donnelley, Orchard Brands in $175 million print deal
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. has signed a $175 million multiyear agreement with multi-channel merchant Orchard Brands to…