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Sponsorships: Getting in on the Action
Sponsors target niche properties and activate, activate, activate.
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The Girls Are Back In Town
Nice girls did not finish last in the 2001 Licensing Excellence Awards. Properties featuring female characters Powerpuff Girls, Barbie, and Eloise were
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Bad is Good
Coupon clippers rejoice. Those involved in the manufacture, distribution, and fulfillment of coupons give a cautious thumbs-up, too. With consumer confidence
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Ogre Orgy
DreamWorks, Glendale, CA, this spring unleashes its largest promotional slate ever with a multi-partner package for Shrek, a CGI tale about the adventures
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Covers and Uncovers
This wasn’t planned as a swear word-and-swimsuit issue. It just happened that way. Yes, senior editor Betsy Spethmann was the first one who said dirty
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90 Days to a Better Brand
health clubs around the nation will see memberships increase this month as millions of Americans begin running, lifting, and climbing stair after stair
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Reviving the couch potato
In the early 1990s, before the Internet explosion, pundits heralded interactive television, or ITV, as the new media gateway to the Great Unwashed. Greater
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Walking the Tight Rope
Rebates have always been a double-edged sword. They can stimulate sales on high-cost, slow-moving products, but can dilute brand equity and cut into profits
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Value Ads
It’s ironic, really, to see an image ad for Happy Meals. McDonald’s turned up the emotional volume on Happy Meal ads last month, breaking its most extensive
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