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  • Pennzoil Starts First DRTV Campaign

    Pennzoil-Quaker State Co. has entered the direct response business. The company’s first-ever DRTV effort will promote its Total Care product. The campaign,

  • Introduction: A Half-Full Glass

    Any final assessment on 2001 depends on whether you want to speak optimistically or pessimistically. A pessimist will shake his head and sadly announce

  • Acquisitions

    MIX AND MATCH Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta, reached an agreement with Diageo plc and Pernod Ricard to purchase the Seagram’s Mixers line for an undisclosed

  • Agency Rankings, 1-25

    GMR Marketing 5000 South Towne Drive, New Berlin, WI 53151 Phone: 262-786-5600Fax: 262-784-7560URL: www.gmrmarketing.comOwnership: Omnicom GroupCEO: Gary

  • Profiles: The Promotion Network

    The Promotion Network has always been ahead of the times. When the doors first opened in 1983, the shop was one of the few promotion agencies offering

  • Profiles: Marketing Werks

    Marketing Werks doesn’t have a gearshift logo just for style. This full-service agency constantly shifts focus from one mobile marketing campaign to the

  • Loose Cannon: Who Owns the Owners Manual?

    A recent Washington Post article featured marketers bemoaning customers that dial into call centers rather than reading owner manuals. Marketers get no

  • Severance Packages Add to J. Crew Net Loss

    J. Crew’s net loss deepened during its first quarter increasing to $12.1 million from $9.3 million a year ago. Headcount reductions and the departure of CEO Mark Sarvary generated pretax charges of $4.6 million, the company said. Sarvary left the firm on May 1.