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  • Off-the-Rack: Web Programs

    They’ll help you sample, coupon, run sweeps, or do direct response on the Internet. We’ll help you find out how they work and what to know before hiring

  • You’ve Got Gum: WRIGLEY UNWRAPS ONLINE SWEEPS FOR JUICY FRUIT.

    Don’t get any gum on the keyboard.Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. is running its first-ever online sweepstakes as part of an estimated $17 million Gotta Have Sweet

  • Body Counting: McCracken Brooks beefs up with Maier acquisition.

    McCracken Brooks Communications’ recent purchase of fellow Minneapolis agency Maier Marketing adds thrust to the company’s goal of building a 100-person

  • Pretzel Eaters

    4:00 PM, Sunday, Suburban Town, USA: The Stanley Cup playoffs are on Fox, and Dad and the three boys can’t take their eyes off the tube. The bowl on the

  • Moo Too: Cow Creativity Continues

    Hot on the hoofs of last month’s tribute to the Chicago Cows comes a stampede of cow campaigns. Why not? Animals have the proven ability to evoke human

  • OSMOSIS JONES (Warner Bros.)

    Estimated Release Date: November 2000Starring: Voices of Chris Rock, David Hyde Pierce, Brandy, William ShatnerTop Line: An animated comedy-adventure

  • Count Countdown: What marketers can look forward to in the 2000 Census.

    Sometime by the end of the year, Americans will become intimately familiar with the phrase, “This is your future. Don’t leave it blank.”This month the

  • Real Pros Nonetheless

    The shame about running a worldwide awards program is that we only get to give you the details on the winners, as we have on page 52 of this issue. Scads

  • BRODEUR GOES INTERACTIVE

    Omnicom Group’s technology unit, Brodeur Worldwide, will merge with newly acquired Park Place, Newton, MA, to form Brodeur Interactive. Park Place, which

  • Screen Passes

    The big data swap is on as marketers sling bullet passes to their top targets – and people who act just like them.Welcome back, sports fans. Even non-football