11.   And hiring blacksingles.com for direct marketing filled that niche, Skowrenek said.

12.   And Marcy Samet, managing partner for direct marketing, was promoted to managing director for direct marketing.

13.   And there was a need for data base marketing, sales promotion and direct marketing, which we just had a hard time financing.

14.   As for the start-ups, one involved the Rapp Collins Worldwide unit of Omnicom Group, which specializes in direct marketing.

15.   At first glance, a merger of two such disparate shops seems as logical as merging agencies devoted to, say, health care advertising and direct marketing.

16.   Auto makers use direct marketing to supplement more traditional forms of advertising.

17.   Baccarat Inc., the American unit of the French luxury-goods company, is using direct marketing to test an entry into the jewelry business.

18.   Bidders may include insurers already using direct marketing to sell policies.

19.   A full-service advertising agency that offers creative, media, direct marketing, public relations, sales promotion and licensing.

20.   Abbott Mead specializes in direct marketing, for instance.