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Exigent Rate Case Possible?

|  by Jim Tierney

During a luncheon earlier this month presented by the National Trade Circulation Foundation (NTCFI), postal consultant and 37-year U.S. Postal Service veteran Ed Mayhew addressed the precarious situation involving the USPS. According to a published ...

Susan Boyle, YouTube Sensation

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

If anyone wants to question the power of the internet, site Bon Iver to start. But trumping him is a 47-year-old Scottish virgin who will likely become a very big vocal star thanks, completely, to the power of the internet and viral marketing. Over 15 ...

Domino’s and the Nose-Cheese Dilemma

|  by Brian Quinton

How do you keep control of your brand image when employees, with cameras in hand and content-sharing social sites at the ready, start horsing around and putting the results up on the Internet? And just as importantly, how do you respond when the Web ...

Ford Wants Your Mustang Dreams

|  by Brian Quinton

Auto maker Ford is marking the 45th anniversary of its iconic Mustang muscle car with a campaign centered on a Web promotion that will give a lucky handful of fans the chance to experience their mustang dreams, and the rest of us a chance to watch. ...

Rumored Closings Ruining Retailers

|  by Tim Parry

I remember the e-mail well. My mother-in-law - God bless her - is good for forwarding a few e-mail chain letters my way daily. This one during the Christmas season alerted the readers that a bunch of retailers were going to go out of business immediately ...

End of the Line for Talbots?

|  by Tim Parry

We've been writing a lot lately about Talbots, and not a lot of it had been positive. The women's apparel and accessories retailer/cataloger has struggled to turn a profit since it acquired J Jill for gobs and gobs of money in 2006. Monday's ...