LOS ANGELES -- Infomercial king Ron Popeil died "suddenly and peacefully" Wednesday at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to a statement provided to CNN by Popeil representative ...

Have you heard of Ron Popeil? I’ve written about him before in this organ. He was a sometime Aspen resident and direct marketer who generated around $3 billion through his cheekily named company, ...

I never bought a Ronco product and to my knowledge, I never knew anybody else who bought one either. And yet, the assumption is easy to make that Ron Popeil sold thousands, if not millions, of the ...

CHICAGO - Use superlatives. Tell buyers they won't pay full price. Offer free stuff if they buy now. Keep up the patter. Never stop moving. The hard sell has been around since ... well, forever. And ...