MARKETPLACE ROUND-UP

          Martina Hingis has signed with Advantage Int'l (See THE
     DAILY, 3/25).  Advantage Int'l Tennis Division Managing Dir
     Peter Lawler: "We signed her last week.  She just wanted to
     put [the IMG/Jeff Schwartz situation] behind her and move
     on.  She didn't want to have anything negative to say about
     either one of them" (Cleveland PLAIN DEALER, 3/30).
          WHAT THE? Fashion retailer French Connection "has
     announced a 27% jump in profits [to $16.3M] on the back of
     its controversial 'FCUK'" ad campaign.  French Connection
     CEO Stephen Marks said that after the company's sponsorship
     of boxer Lennox Lewis in his recent bout against Evander
     Holyfield, it "had seen its sales" of branded T-shirts
     "soar" (BBC NEWS, 3/29).....AD AGE reports that Deutsch
     dropped the Venator Group's Foot Locker account "due to
     spending issues" (AD AGE, 3/29).