The federal Competition Bureau has laid criminal charges against two Canadian mail order companies ... engaging in deceptive marketing practices. The bureau said the companies targeted Canadian ...

The Figi's mail order ... company based in Monroe, Wis., that owns catalogs such as Montgomery Ward, The Swiss Colony and The Wisconsin Cheeseman. He thinks the industry excels at database marketing.

It was that pioneering work that brought executives from three major mail-order companies to Sioux Falls to talk to Austad recently about direct-marketing overseas. ”The idea is intriguing for a ...