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  • In the Driver’s Seat, Almost

    Coca-Cola, Atlanta, broke its first national NASCAR promo last month with an under-the-cap sweeps dubbed Coca-Cola Racing Family Reunion.Nine winners

  • Brokering Discounts

    Internet researcher Jupiter Communications last year released a study holding that 77 percent of Web surfers would start shopping online if they could

  • The Beer That Shagged Me

    WHITE PLAINS, NY Heineken USA, based here, kicks off a multi-million-dollar promotional campaign in late May to support its sponsorship of New Line Cinema’s

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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,

  • 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

  • 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

  • Happy Feet

    Alize. There is a good chance you haven’t heard of it. It’s a premium liquor that blends passion fruit with cognac. I can tell you Alize is delicious