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News of November 6, 2009
>  Royal Mail Strike Called Off
>  Otto Group Acquires Quelle Assets
>  Bisnode Acquires Kauppalehti 121
>  Lifetime Brands Posts $4.9 Million in Income
>  Abercrombie Net Sales Fall 5% in October
>  List and Database News

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Royal Mail Strike Called Off

By Larry Riggs

The U.K. Communication Workers Union, which represents about 120,000 British postal workers, has called off strikes for Fri. Nov. 6th and Mon. Nov 9th as it reached an interim agreement with Royal Mail, according to the union. Click for more directmag.com/postal/1106-postal-royal/


Otto Group Acquires Quelle Assets

The Otto Group, the Hamburg, Germany-based mail order giant, has acquired Quelle Russia and the rights to use the Quelle name in Germany and other Eastern European counties. Click for more directmag.com/catalogretail/1106-catalogretail-otto/


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Bisnode Acquires Kauppalehti 121

Bisnode has acquired Kauppalehti 121, a Finnish direct marketing services provider. Click for more directmag.com/online/1106-online-bisnode/


Lifetime Brands Posts $4.9 Million in Income

Lifetime Brands Inc. posted net income of $4.9 million for the third quarter, compared to a net loss of $1.1 million in the prior year. Click for more directmag.com/catalogretail/1106-catalogretail-lifetime/


Abercrombie Net Sales Fall 5% in October

Abercrombie & Fitch reported net sales of $203.4 million for October, a 5% decrease from $215 million in the prior year. Click for more directmag.com/catalogretail/1106-catalogretail-abercrombie/index.html


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List and Database News

Diagnostic Imaging
MeritDirect has won management of this file naming 32,100 medical technology professional subscribers. Walter Karl was the previous manager.
Selections: Non-physician occupation, physician occupation, technology in use, state/SCF/ZIP
Price: $150/M
Contact: MeritDirect, Jeff Moriarty (914-368-1198; j.moriarty@meritdirect.com)

Scandinavia Global Sweepstakes and Contest Entrants
This file names 63,712 individuals in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland.
Selections: Gender, hotline, recency, state/SCF/ZIP
Price: $250/M
Contact: Acton Direct, 402-742-2820

Brookstone
In the past three months, 70,799 individuals bought from this catalog.
Selections: Amount purchased, average purchase, credit card-sold, gender, multiple buyers, product, state/SCF/ZIP
Price: $112/M
Contact: Direct Media Millard, 402-836-5115

U.S. Cavalry
Named here are 68,570 last-12-month catalog buyers.
Selections: Amount purchased, multiple buyers, product, state/SCF/ZIP
Price: $100/M
Contact: Estee Marketing Group Inc., 914-235-7080




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