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  • Toyota Inks First Arena Title Sponsorship

    Toyota last week signed a multiyear deal with the Houston Rockets to name the NBA team’s new arena the Toyota Center. The deal marks the first time Toyota

  • Kyle Petty Teams with Sue Bee Honey

    Racecar driver Kyle Petty has agreed to promote Sue Bee Honey and serve as a spokesperson for a variety of promotional programs. “Our family really uses

  • Philip Morris OK on Retail Promotion

    A federal appeals court last week upheld a 2002 ruling that Philip Morris did not violate antitrust laws on a promotion that paid retailers for prime

  • Cutting through the E-Clutter

    CONSUMERS ARE OVERWHELMED BY E-MAIL Inboxes are stuffed with an average 110 unwanted e-mails a week, an irritation to recipients, who report deleting

  • All Dressed Up

    I wonder who’s wearing the red shirt these days. Minnesota Public Radio put a bunch of red corduroy shirts into members’ closets during a fundraising

  • Organic Group Takes on Cosmetics Manufacturers

    If it says it’s organic, it better be. A new advertising campaign, launched by the Organic Consumers Association, is warning consumers that some “natural”

  • Edwards Calls For DTC Ad Disclosure

    With debates over Medicare raging in Congress, Senator John Edwards has introduced legislation requiring pharmaceutical companies to disclose more information

  • Wal-Mart Gets Ready to Retail-Tain

    Disney’s Kim Possible and Scholastic’s Clifford the Big Red Dog each have play dates scheduled in Wal-Mart stores this summer. The Bentonville, AK-based

  • Live from the Licensing Show: Licensing, Royalty Revenues Up

    Licensing grew 4% in 2002, generating $5.8 billion in royalty revenues from manufacturers who paid for the right to use trademarks, characters, logos and artwork to sell products in the U.S.

  • HSBC Hails a Cab

    The HSBC Group hopes to drive home its positioning as “the world’s local bank” in a New York City cab. The Manhattan-based bank ran a May contest to crown