Sharper Image Obtains $20 Million Loan in Wake of Sales Decline 

Sharper Image Corp. has obtained a $20 million loan from Wells Fargo Retail Finance LLC, secured by the appraised value of the company's intellectual property. ...

DM Mergers and Acquisitions Rise in First Half 

Merger and acquisition activity in the direct marketing industry increased exponentially in the first half of 2007, according to Petsky Prunier, an investment bank....

Cabela's DM Revenue Rises Nearly 9% in Quarter 

Cabela's Inc. posted net income of $11.3 million for the second quarter, an increase over net income of $8.4 million in the prior year. ...

TradeDoubler Acquires IMW Group 

TradeDoubler has acquired the IMW Group, which includes The Search Works and the Technology Works for 56 million pounds ($114.8 million). ...

Deluxe Income Gains in Quarter 

Deluxe Corp. posted net income of $36 million for the second quarter, compared to a loss of $2.4 million in the prior year. ...

PC Connection Income Skyrockets 

PC Connection Inc. reported net income of $5.8 million for the second quarter, an 85% increase over net income of $3.1 million last year. ...

Brookstone Cuts Net Losses in Half 

Brookstone Inc. posted a net loss of $6.5 million for the second quarter, compared to a net loss of $11 million in the prior year. ...

ChoicePoint Income Falls in Quarter 

ChoicePoint Inc. reported net income of $32.6 million for the second quarter, a decrease from $34.9 million last year. ...

Harte-Hanks Roughed Up in Second Quarter 

Harte-Hanks Inc. generated $290.1 million during its second quarter, down from the $298.4 million it realized in second quarter 2006. The company's net income plummeted from $30.2 million a year ago to $22.9 million during the quarter ended June 30. ...

Equifax Reports Decline in Direct Marketing Services Revenues 

Equifax Inc. reported $26 million in direct marketing services revenues in the second quarter, down 9% compared to the same quarter last year....

Arcandor Eyeing DM Mergers and Acquisitions 

Arcandor AG, the German company formerly known as KarstadtQuelle, said it is looking at mergers and acquisitions to strengthen its direct marketing and retailing operations. ...

ValueClick to Acquire MeziMedia 

ValueClick (www.valueclick.com/) Inc. will acquire MeziMedia Inc., an operator of comparison-shopping Web sites, for $100 million. ...

Acxiom Sale to Proceed: AP 

The alternative bid period for Acxiom Corp. has passed, and its sale to Silver Lack and ValueAct Capital will go forward pending a shareholder vote, according to the Associated Press. ...

Traffix Posts Income, Revenue Gains 

Traffix, Inc. posted net income of $765,000 for the second quarter, an increase over net income of $637,000 in the prior year. ...

Landmark Communications Acquires Digital Envoy 

Landmark Communications Inc. has acquired Digital Envoy Inc., a developer of Internet marketing and intelligence systems, for an undisclosed sum. ...

Sharper Image DM Sales Plummet in June 

Sharper Image Corp, posted sales of $28.9 million for June, a 21% decline from $36.4 million last year. ...

Neiman Marcus DM Sales Rise 7.7% 

Neiman Marcus Inc. posted revenue of $406 million for the month of June, an 8.8% increase over $373 million in the prior year. ...

MDR Purchases Education List Division from MKTG Services 

Market Data Retrieval (MDR) has acquired MKTG Education Services for undisclosed terms. The list business acquisition includes all account management, customer service and data assets of this division from MKTG Services....

DM Agency Expert Communications Joins Omnicom 

Diversified Advertising Services, a division of ad conglomerate Omnicom Goup Inc., has acquired direct-response agency Expert Communications Inc....

Microsoft, Google Acquisitions Move Ahead 

Both Microsoft and Google have advanced in the regulatory reviews of their respective announced acquisitions -- albeit on different shores. ...

DM Mergers, Financial Deals Totaled $33B in 1st Half: Petsky 

The direct marketing community racked up 208 transactions valued at more than $33 billion, including mergers, acquisitions and capital injections, according to investment fir Petsky Prunier LLC. ...

Annual Revenue Up, Loss Down for RedEnvelope 

RedEnvelope Inc. generated $121.3 million in revenue during fiscal 2007, up from $113.2 million a year earlier. The San Francisco-based gift marketer cut its net loss from $5.6 million to $3.5 million during the same period. The year ended April 1. ...

InfoUSA Acquires Guideline for More Than $41 Million 

InfoUSA has acquired Guideline Inc., a market research firm, for $41.6 million. ...

MSC Industrial Income Grows More Than 23% 

MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc. posted net income of $45.8 million for the third quarter, a 23.6% gain over net income of $37 million in the prior year. ...

Dynamic Response Group Begins OTC Trading 

DRTV and Internet marketer Dynamic Response Group Inc. (DRG) has begun trading shares on the OTC Bulletin Board. ...

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