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  • Purina Readies $3 Million Tidy Cat Launch

    Purina this summer launches Tidy Cats Scoop Small Spaces cat litter with a $3 million campaign. The litter—an extension of Purina’s Tidy Cats line—controls odor in tight quarters, such as a bathroom or utility room. Small Spaces hits store shelves in …

  • Slim Jim Suits Up for Six Flags

    Slim Jim and Orville Redenbacher will spend a lot of time at Six Flags theme parks this summer. ConAgra will put those brand names on roller coasters and theaters as part of ConAgra’s multi-year Six Flags sponsorship. The deal, announced in January, …

  • Jagermeister Targets Heavy Metal Fans with Sponsorship

    Jagermeister Liqueur likes heavy metal bands. So, its sponsorship of this summer’s Sounds of the Underground Tour certainly fits the bill, with a lineup filled with hard-hitting metal and hard-core acts. An inflatable lounge—equipped with air …

  • Anheuser-Busch Tour Salutes American Troops

    There’s no doubt that the Anheuser-Busch Clydesdales are an eye-catcher and the beer maker plans to showcase the horses during its mobile tour to salute the nation’s troops. The Here’s to the Heroes Tour 2005 includes 16 Clydesdales, a variety of exotic …

  • Degree Taps Suck-Up for Sampling

    Unilever brings Degree for Men’s Suck-Up to the streets for a 10-city sampling blitz that begins this week. The Suck-Up is one of three “In-Action Heroes” featured in Degree’s tongue-in-cheek TV spots that purport to sell “action figures” that don’t …

  • MilkPEP Adds Curves to Weight-Loss Campaign

    MilkPEP has partnered with Curves International for a spring promotion that extends its year-old “24/24 Milk your diet. Lose weight!” campaign. MilkPEP (the Milk Processor Education program) will give away 24 two-year memberships to Curves fitness …

  • Home Depot to Build ‘NASCAR’ Playground

    The Home Depot has launched a national partnership with Joe Gibbs Racing and the nonprofit group KaBOOM! to enrich the lives of at-risk children who live in racing communities. The partnership, called Racing to Play, will involve volunteers from The No. …

  • Racing’s SpokesQueen

    Race car drivers have come and gone over the past 40 years. The one constant on the racing circuit since 1961 has been Linda Vaughn, whose introduction

  • Center of Attention

    Grocers and packaged goods marketers are mulling how to spiff up the center store, but it’s still the perimeter departments that are getting most of the

  • Night Drivers

    CAMPAIGN: Volvo All-Access Tour AGENCY: AMCI CLIENT: Volvo Cars North America Image is everything when you’re a twenty-something buying a new car. Volvo