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  • Belgium’s Karamba Takes Europe

    Belgium-based Karamba took home the Best of Europe prize during the first round of judging for the ninth annual World Pro Awards of Excellence, which

  • Where the Twain Does Meet

    No pitches. No retainers. No awards. No wonder EastWest Creative is still a relative secret. Don’t waste your sympathy. This secret is shaping up to be

  • Bank Shots

    “Honey could you pick up a quart of milk and a line of credit on your way home tonight?” That’s not as odd as it sounds, ever since PremiereGroup put

  • Eeny, Meeny, Miney? No.

    Agency execs tell horror stories about running into the PROMO 100 list during new-business pitches. In the midst of a capabilities presentation, the client

  • A Fine Mess

    It’s one of the oldest confrontations in the annals of mankind: The scolding parent versus the child with the messy room. Surprising that it didn’t inspire

  • Fishing in the Promotional Closet

    I got a late start with my spring cleaning this year, but I really got into it. So much so that, when I was done, I decided to do a little digging in

  • Electronic Buzz

    A year’s worth of free beer and a keg refrigerator for storage is the first prize in a Web contest launched in March by Beer.com, a vertical portal site

  • International

    NEW ZEALAND Kids’s Movie a Big Hit Dow Under Krispa Potato Chips is targeting kids five to 12 with a program exploiting global Rugrats mania through a

  • Shakeup at Miller

    Milwaukee-based Miller Brewing Co. says it’s “way too early to tell” what will happen to agency assignments following a surprise shakeup last month in

  • Shave and a Cheesecake, Two Hits

    The Gillette Co. put itself on the cutting edge in 1998 and earned accolades in the process by walking away with top honors at the American Marketing