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Campaign trail
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown Mr. Schulz may be gone, but the Peanuts posse is thriving in licensed promotions.Snoopy’s in the frozen-food case. Linus
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HITTING THE TARGET
Maxxcom, Inc., Toronto, a full-service marketing communications organization, purchased a majority interest in direct-marketing agency TargetCom, Chicago.
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ON TARGET
I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed reading Betsy Spethmann’s column a few moments ago (“Off Target,” June promo). It’s about time another sane human
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NEWS ANALYSIS: Packaging a Wallop
Blockbuster acquisitions are swinging the power pendulum back toward manufacturers.Marketers joke about supermarket consolidation shrinking the universe
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START THE PRESSES: Cool stuff printers are hawking right now.
Spinformation: Spin the Bottle for the Zeros. A two-ply label has windows on the top layer that spin to reveal the bottom layer. It can make pictures
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EVERYBODY WINS
These days, good games weave their play into product use.Look at Coca-Cola’s summer effort, It Could Be Your Next Coke: Coke drinkers pop the false top
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Avoiding Online Promotion Disasters: An Internet-savvy lawyer tackles the FAQs.
The promotion agencies and marketers I represent ask many questions as they seek practical guidance in this rapidly evolving legal environment. Here’s
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POST-APOCALYPTIC POP
Cherry Coke’s first movie tie-in leads Titan A.E.’s marketing charge.Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Co.’s Cherry Coke brand takes its first-ever theatrical plunge
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LOYALTY MARKETING: Loyal to What?
Online loyalty programs attract members who may or may not be connecting to brands.The Internet hasn’t even reached its marketing potential yet, but online
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NOW WEAR THIS
Consumers are what they wear – a simple fact that has marketers looking to put more logoed apparel into customer wardrobes.Ever since Ralph and Calvin
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