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  • Parallel Endeavors: Olympian Mitch Gaylord joins PremiereGroup.

    It’s less of a leap than you might think.Fifteen years after his star turn at the 1984 Olympic Games, Mitch Gaylord has joined the promotion industry

  • SHARING THE BOUNTY

    Snyder Communications, Bethesda, MD, continued shoring up its many business units by aligning a group of “target marketing services” under one banner,

  • Face the Future

    Ok, so maybe you don’t feel the need to count down the days until the next century. We’re proud of you. This alarm clock and photo frame from Bridgeport,

  • The virtual flagpole

    Hmmm. What do America Online’s 17 million subscribers think of your brand? Marketers and agencies can find out through Digital Marketing Services, a Lewisville,

  • Road Runners: GM, Warner Bros. tie a big marketing knot.

    Most auto manufacturers want to get the bugs out of their cars, but GM is looking to put one Bugs in.In the second such deal to be announced this year,

  • A Shekel for Your Thoughts: Israel’s promotion practices are not U.S. knockoffs.

    According to my tour book, I’d already made a big mistake. I was minutes away from landing in Tel-Aviv with no shekels in my pocket. Since it was the

  • Off the Team: NFL’s infringement suit contends Coors is not a player.

    Coors Brewing Co. went ahead with an August-through-September campaign despite a court ruling against the beer maker just a week before the campaign broke.

  • Foiled again

    Here’s one way to shine on-shelf: UniFoil Corp.’s foil for packaging and P-O-P. Titleist recently redesigned all its packaging using Unifoil materials

  • ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE

    Internet marketer DoubleClick, Inc., New York City, acquired direct-marketing research firm Abacus Direct Corp., Broomfield, CO, in a deal worth $1 billion

  • Heavy Drinkers of Imported Beer

    “A Heineken and an Amstel, thanks.” The couple by the bar won’t be found slugging $1.99 six-packs on the couch at home; they’re too busy working and working