Chief Marketer Staff

• Delivery or Drive Through?

  Dan Bacin was a car nut before he was a restaurateur. So to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his Bacino’s Pizza chain in Chicago, Bacin bought four Volkswagen

• The Passages of Life

  If you’re a manufacturer of pet care products, what’s the best way to grab additional customers? Would you rather entice someone to switch to your products,

• Agencies

  High-Tech Firm Starts a High-Tech Campaign

  PeopleSoft Inc., the Pleasanton, CA-based software developer, has begun a high-tech DM campaign targeting Fortune 2000 companies in several major industries.The

• Agencies

  Sampling Continues to Stretch Out

  The only thing harder than trying to sum up 1997’s sampling programs in a single story is trying to put a value on the category. Programs can range from

• Acxiom Corp. Beefs Up

  CONWAY, AK – Acxiom Corp has agreed to acquire May & Speh Inc., a direct market competitor, for stock valued at $17.44 a share or about $625 million,

• The Branded Generation

  Seven billion dollars. Seven billion dollars. That’s how much the promotion industry added to its total last year, according to the the 1998 Annual Report

• Agencies

  Britannia Cools Its Heels?

  Brits always claim to produce the best advertising in the world. Something about our quirky sense of humor and literate consumer base leads to the often-repeated

• Sponsorships Grow Without the Olympics

  If there was a year for sponsorship spending to drop, 1997 should have been it. For more than 14 years, the sponsorship category has seen growth of at

• International

  Birthday Treats BUENOS AIRES – The Cartoon Network celebrated its fifth anniversary here with a program that got kids to show off their artistic abilities

• Creativity, Wit, Results – A Recipe for Success

  What makes a winning promotion? What goes into a campaign that builds sales and market share beyond all reasonable expectations, contributes to brand