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  • Bad is Good

    Coupon clippers rejoice. Those involved in the manufacture, distribution, and fulfillment of coupons give a cautious thumbs-up, too. With consumer confidence

  • Ogre Orgy

    DreamWorks, Glendale, CA, this spring unleashes its largest promotional slate ever with a multi-partner package for Shrek, a CGI tale about the adventures

  • Covers and Uncovers

    This wasn’t planned as a swear word-and-swimsuit issue. It just happened that way. Yes, senior editor Betsy Spethmann was the first one who said dirty

  • 90 Days to a Better Brand

    health clubs around the nation will see memberships increase this month as millions of Americans begin running, lifting, and climbing stair after stair

  • Walking the Tight Rope

    Rebates have always been a double-edged sword. They can stimulate sales on high-cost, slow-moving products, but can dilute brand equity and cut into profits

  • Reviving the couch potato

    In the early 1990s, before the Internet explosion, pundits heralded interactive television, or ITV, as the new media gateway to the Great Unwashed. Greater

  • Value Ads

    It’s ironic, really, to see an image ad for Happy Meals. McDonald’s turned up the emotional volume on Happy Meal ads last month, breaking its most extensive

  • smoke.com

    You’ve got a long way to go, baby. Legal and tax challenges have hit the booming online tobacco business as states seek to limit direct cigarette sales

  • It’s Not All Fun and Games

    I’ve been reading a lot about the steady decline of Priceline.com. (I’m still trying to decide whether the company is one of the most ridiculous business

  • Building the Whopper

    McCann snares adult ad account; kids, promotion picks imminent.Burger King last month began assembling its new marketing network by naming McCann-Erickson