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Leveraging Furby
Looking to capitalize on the national craze for the interactive Furby doll, Oakbrook, IL-based McDonald’s is giving away scaled-down versions of the toy
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Yahoo! We’ve Got Toilet Paper
New York City-based mybasics.com, an online health and beauty care shopping service, reached a marketing agreement with Palo Alto, CA-based Web portal
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Not Promotion, Optimization
Speaking of Impact Communications Group’s “holistic” integration with Foote, Cone & Belding’s advertising operation in our story on page 42, FCB Chicago
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Brief Encounter
UNIVERSAL CITY, CA Dissatisfied with what she called a lack of support from above, Lori Sale left Universal Motion Picture Group in February after serving
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General Mills Plays Games
General Mills of Minneapolis and Sony Computer Entertainment of Foster City, CA, joined on a three-month promotion offering $5 coupons good for PlayStation
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Dream Merchant
Dupont division asks food leaders to rethink their resumes.To capture attention for Supro, a new soy-based food ingredient, Protein Technologies invited
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Squeeze Play
Using free downloads as a promotion device is becoming as popular as an Aerosmith movie theme. Among the more recent acts to offer online samples of upcoming
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Stormy Days for Sports Sponsors
Corruption is hardly new to the sporting world. Ever heard of the Black Sox Scandal? Money-centered players and team owners ruining seasons have become
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Sitings
TEN GALLON HIT www.whymilk.com Americans may be going gaga for skim, but on this site you get the whole kit and caboodle. Track the 100-city Better Bones
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In the Driver’s Seat, Almost
Coca-Cola, Atlanta, broke its first national NASCAR promo last month with an under-the-cap sweeps dubbed Coca-Cola Racing Family Reunion.Nine winners
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