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TABLE OF CONTENTS
When it comes to radio, what’s old is new again.
Tim Hawthorne, Chairman/CEO & Jessica Hawthorne-Castro, Director of Client Services
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COLUMNS
8 Your Association, Your Bottom Line Coming Face2Face with the Movers and Shakers By Julie Coons FTC Forum X Checker By Lesley Fair Ask the Expert Fighting the Long-Form Response Drop By Tim Hawthorne Guest Viewpoint Get Your Piece of the Daily Deal Pie By Jaffer Ali Rick Petry Natural Selection By Rick Petry
Celebrating 25 Years
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CHANNEL CROSSING
39 DRTV Technology Investment in Advertising is Key to Staying on Top By Robert Yallen Legal Avoid Legal Pitfalls in Cause-Related Marketing By Jeffrey D. Knowles, Jonathan L. Pompan and Kristalyn J. Loson Creative Is Creative a Dirty Word in DRTV Production? By Ava Seavey
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Electronic Retailer - October 2011
Calendar of Events
Your Association, Your Bottom Line
Industry Reports
FTC Forum
eMarketer Research
IMS Retail Rankings
Jordan Whitney’s Top Categories
Lockard & Wechsler’s Clearance & Price Index
Ask the Expert
The Perfect Hybrid?
Radio: The Wave of the Future
How to End Upsell Cynicism
Guest Viewpoint
DRTV
Legal
Creative
Member Spotlight
Advertiser Spotlight
Bulletin Board
Advertiser Index
Classifieds
Rick Petry
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Electronic Retailer - October 2011 - Calendar of Events
Electronic Retailer - October 2011 - Your Association, Your Bottom Line
Electronic Retailer - October 2011 - Industry Reports
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Electronic Retailer - October 2011 - FTC Forum
Electronic Retailer - October 2011 - eMarketer Research
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Electronic Retailer - October 2011 - IMS Retail Rankings
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Electronic Retailer - October 2011 - Jordan Whitney’s Top Categories
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Electronic Retailer - October 2011 - Lockard & Wechsler’s Clearance & Price Index
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Electronic Retailer - October 2011 - 23
Electronic Retailer - October 2011 - Ask the Expert
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Electronic Retailer - October 2011 - The Perfect Hybrid?
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Electronic Retailer - October 2011 - Radio: The Wave of the Future
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Electronic Retailer - October 2011 - How to End Upsell Cynicism
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Electronic Retailer - October 2011 - Guest Viewpoint
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Electronic Retailer - October 2011 - DRTV
Electronic Retailer - October 2011 - Legal
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Electronic Retailer - October 2011 - Creative
Electronic Retailer - October 2011 - Member Spotlight
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Electronic Retailer - October 2011 - Advertiser Spotlight
Electronic Retailer - October 2011 - Advertiser Index
Electronic Retailer - October 2011 - Classifieds
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Electronic Retailer - October 2011 - Rick Petry
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