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General Mills Plays Games
General Mills of Minneapolis and Sony Computer Entertainment of Foster City, CA, joined on a three-month promotion offering $5 coupons good for PlayStation
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Squeeze Play
Using free downloads as a promotion device is becoming as popular as an Aerosmith movie theme. Among the more recent acts to offer online samples of upcoming
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Spatial Relations
CULVER CITY, CA Muppets From Space will not want for creature comforts when it hits theaters July 23. The sixth live-action Muppet caper, produced by
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Leveraging Furby
Looking to capitalize on the national craze for the interactive Furby doll, Oakbrook, IL-based McDonald’s is giving away scaled-down versions of the toy
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FSI Big Goes Online
Valassis Communications Inc., Livonia, MI, has signed an agreement to purchase up to 50 percent of Pacific Palisades, CA-based Merge LLC and launch an
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Summertime, and Promotin’ Ain’t Easy
Coca-Cola is expected to extend its drive into local promotions this summer with an instant-win sweeps dubbed Red Hot Summer Days. From June 1-August
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Account-Specific Spotlight: Buffalo
Buffalo is big on food. The western New York market ranks fourth in the nation in all-commodity dollar volume. It ranks No. 1 among supermarkets offering
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Aspirin for All Ages
Most shoppers visit drug stores at least once a week whether they’re eight or 80 years old, according to retail surveys conducted by Meyers Research,
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In Our Back Pocket
Getting into the pants of millions of teenage girls may sound more like a perverse fantasy than a successful brand-building strategy. But that’ s the
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Stormy Days for Sports Sponsors
Corruption is hardly new to the sporting world. Ever heard of the Black Sox Scandal? Money-centered players and team owners ruining seasons have become
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