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  • Making the Point with a Fast-Thinking Crowd

    I recently spotted this headline on a convenience store billboard: “Our Coffee is Fresh or It’s Free.” Get real, I said to myself. I want it fresh or

  • Reel Deals

    ANNA AND THE KING (Twentieth Century Fox) Estimated Release Date: Fourth Quarter 1999 Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Jodie Foster Top Line: A non-musical version

  • Ten Trends for A New Year

    This year promises to be an interesting – if not exciting – one for marketers. A robust economy, low unemployment, and low interest rates are driving

  • Cause Marketing Snapshot

    77 percent of U.S. consumers want companies to commit to a specific cause for a long time, instead of running short promos with several causes. (That’s

  • Excellence As Needed

    TradeZone, Westport, CT, has started up a new division “dedicated to ensuring flawless execution of co-marketing programs.” Called BackRoom, the new division

  • Click and Rent

    For all those people who bought DVD players because of the promise of a better picture, many are finding it frustrating to rent titles like they would

  • HARLEY DAVIDSON

    The first thing Gaye Littell did after wrapping up Harley Davidson’s 95th anniversary blowout this summer was de-brief Harley’s staff to start planning

  • Bright and Baubly

    Teen magazine, published by Los Angeles-based Petersen Companies, and TeenShop, a division of Buy-Rite Costume Jewelry, Freehold, NJ, have signed a licensing

  • Dialing Up Clients

    Jones Naughton Entertainment Inc., San Diego, CA, and its AMS Inc. subsidiary, announced that they will offer free prepaid calling cards to existing advertising

  • On the Net

    Lee Has Des igns on Web New York- based Muffin-Head, newly acquired by DVC Interactive of Morristown, NJ, just inked a deal with Lee Jeans & Sportswear