Our contestants made incredible progress during the first week of the challenge. Scott Richter has dropped an amazing 12 pounds since last week and Jenny Frederick lost an outstanding, but not quite as impressive 6…

It’s getting almost predictable, but there’s more reaffirming reports about the good health of Internet advertising. According to PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Interactive Advertising Bureau, the first six months of 2006 delivered…

Conventional wisdom —a very fallible and flexible thing these days— maintains that culture comes out of places like Los Angeles and New York City. Since the tech boom of the 90s, those epicenters of influence have shifted to include the…

Supermarket shopping is going high tech, and soon customers may be carrying their cell phones instead of circulars to receive store specials.

Cotton Inc. is giving college students a chance to turn in their denim for a good cause.

Stove Top stuffing mix is the main ingredient in a joint promotion between Kraft Foods and meal-assembly firm Dinner by Design.

Retail veteran John Costello has become president of Pay By Touch, a payment service that is building out its loyalty-marketing capabilities.

Nickelodeon sends Dora the Explorer to produce departments in more than 1,000 supermarkets this month in a joint promotion with non-profit Produce for Kids.

Buena Vista Television is hyping up its TV show According to Jim with a 45 million-piece mailing from Valpak and a sweepstakes dangling the chance to win $25,000.

Miller Brewing Co.’s new recipe for Hispanic marketing is a different kind of bilingual: It’s more general-market and more localized, at the same time.