With no trendy toy like Tickle Me Elmo to drive sales, retailers are having a tougher time than ever driving shoppers into stores. The Boston Globe has an interesting story on what the lack of one big "it" gift means to ...
Are you a fan of Archie McPhee? You probably are if you have a thing for stuff like rubber chickens, punching nun puppets, and bacon-flavored dental floss. And if you want to know how the novelties merchant got its start, you can read "Who Would Buy ...
Once in a while, spam makes it to my Yahoo inbox. Now in this case, it's spammers leaving messages within Yahoo Groups I belong to and haven't removed myself from, even though I haven't accessed the groups in umpteen years. Unless the spammers know ...
Forty percent of women would choose Barack Obama as their ideal dinner companion. The president-elect beats out Brad Pitt, the dream dinner date of only 20% of women. But if Michelle Obama plans to tag along in that dress she wore election night, almost ...
You know things are tight when marketers start reusing old creative. It's a sign of the times, and a cost-saver for sure, and maybe not even a bad idea when you think about it. After all, clients get tired of the creative loooooooong before ...
That's the attention-seeking idea of the Weatherproof Garment Company. After sending out 100 letters to companies and getting no takers, they decided to run an ad in The Wall Street Journal to further "publicise" the concept, offering each buyer 3 ...
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Following up on my post yesterday about a critical security flaw in Internet Explorer that resulted in some experts telling people to stop using the browser for a while, Microsoft today released a patch for plugging the hole attackers have been using to ...
For anyone who's worked on the creative side of advertising, you have to view this spoof of The Charlie Brown Ad Agency. It's a bit too ...
So, you're looking for a new place to advertise. Blink and you won't miss it. You'll find it. U.K.-based Feelunique.com is offering people the chance to earn 10 pence per wink if they'll display the company's logo on their eyelids. The beauty site ...
