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  • Chick-fil-A Gives Biggest Fans a Voice, and a Video

    Restaurant chain Chick-fil-A is turning 40 this year and wants to hear from—and see—its most loyal customers.

  • Taco Bell Pitches Healthy Menu via P-O-P, Sampling

    Taco Bell is one of a number of food and beverage companies offering healthier menu items and is using in-store signage and some sampling to pitch the products.

  • 10 Ideas for 2008

    Optimistic by nature, we marketers tend to rally behind the next big thing faster than you can say sub-prime mortgage. In 2008, marketers should avoid

  • Auto Play

    Some car shoppers kick tires and check trunk space. Potential buyers of Toyota’s Scion can also get a sense of what it would be like to dance on the dashboard

  • CBS Pumps Video at Gas Stations

    In a move to extend its out-of-home initiatives, CBS struck a deal with Gas Station TV to push programming streams to viewers at gas pumps.

  • Coupons, Newspaper Inserts Influence Holiday Shoppers: Survey

    People looking for some big savings this holiday season are relying on coupons, newspaper inserts and word of mouth, among other tactics a new survey found.

  • Search Engines Attract Self-Searchers

    A recent report released by the Pew Internet and American Life Project indicated that 47% of U.S. adult Web users have searched for information about themselves

  • Professional Content Still King

    Adults in the U.S. watch more professionally-produced television programming than they do user-generated videos on “alternative devices”, which includes computers, mobile devices, and digital media players.

  • More Phishing Attacks in 2007

    Phishing attacks in the U.S. cost unknowing victims $3.2 billion in 2007. For the year ending August 2007, 3.6 million adults in the U.S. lost money because of these attacks,

  • iLegal 2007 – The Year in Review

    Well, the year is coming to a close, and it seems like a good time to look back on the major trends of the year in our industry.