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  • Busier business card

    Miller Brewing Co. wanted to make it easy for distributors to execute its responsible-drinking programs with retailers and local community groups. So

  • Clubbed to Death

    Consumers like to belong, but they’re sick of frequent-shopper cards. There are better ways to retain loyal customers, says PreVision Marketing principal

  • Monster Marketing: Pokemon is white-hot now. But will it be evergreen?

    Thankfully, not every toy fad turns kids into knife-wielding, classmate-beating, larceny-committing fiends. Pokemon does, as anyone who has read a newspaper

  • Saved From the Shredder

    A few tidbits of truth from the 1999 scrap heap – before we jump-start the shredder and begin a new millennium.FURLESS FREEBIES. McDonald’s redefined

  • ARCH ENEMY NO MORE

    McDonald’s Corp., Oak Brook, IL, acquired bankrupt food chain Boston Chicken Inc., Golden CO, for $173.5 million in cash and liability assumption. The

  • One Man’s Junk…

    ..is another man’s “pop-culture archive.” In Alex Shear’s world, branded products offer both a link to marketing’s past and a bridge to its future.You

  • Off-the-Rack: Web Programs

    They’ll help you sample, coupon, run sweeps, or do direct response on the Internet. We’ll help you find out how they work and what to know before hiring

  • You’ve Got Gum: WRIGLEY UNWRAPS ONLINE SWEEPS FOR JUICY FRUIT.

    Don’t get any gum on the keyboard.Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. is running its first-ever online sweepstakes as part of an estimated $17 million Gotta Have Sweet