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  • Taffy Pulling and Pushing

    Candymaker Van Melle USA, best known for Mentos chewy mints, this month breaks a joint promotion with Mattel, Inc. for another hot brand: Air Heads taffy.

  • Headcount Hoopla

    The Census Bureau visits Main Street and Sesame Street to get more forms back.You may have passed a federal bean-counter on the highway this morning.The

  • No-Nos in Europe

    Many European countries have or are considering regulations to govern promotions and advertising to minors. In most cases, limitations are set by state

  • FROM Interstate To Internet

    They don’t even call it the information superhighway anymore, but the Internet is still putting a big twist on marketing road shows – both in the way

  • Two for the road

    Mediaplex, an advertising technology company, and OpenGrid, a provider of wireless Internet services, have joined forces to offer marketers a system for

  • The Long and Winding Road

    Fresh from the sale of Frankel & Co. to Publicis, Bud Frankel reflects on the legacy and the future of the promotions industry.It’s a great time to be

  • Perseverance Pays Off, Millennium Pays Back, Loyalty Lives!

    The Bloody boycott is over, readers – you again have official permission to stay at the fabulous Broadway Millennium hotel. Didn’t know there was a boycott?

  • Pwimawy Cowers: Kraft joins Cartoon Network on election effort.

    Who’s a more qualified candidate: George W. Bush, Al Gore, or Elmer Fudd?No, the linguistically challenged character hasn’t entered the U.S. presidential

  • Fresh Dough: Hawthorne takes charge at Ocean Spray.

    Ocean Spray, Lakeville, MA, has brought in Pillsbury veteran Robert Hawthorne to turn around the troubled co-op.Hawthorne joined Ocean Spray as president-ceo

  • Aisle Racing: NASCAR, Kmart team on sales-driving premium/sweepstakes effort.

    Leave it to NASCAR. The stock-car racing association undertook its first-ever national in-store promotion this quarter, and who did it score as retail