Channel | Engagement

In the age of consolidation, it's often hard to keep track of retailers without the proverbial scorecard. Here's a rundown of the chains and regional

"It takes guts for a company to say it's got the hottest-selling product in the industry," says Evans Manufacturing's Tom Ngo, "but we're shipping a million

Most auto manufacturers want to get the bugs out of their cars, but GM is looking to put one Bugs in.In the second such deal to be announced this year,

Convergence - I'm tired of the whole trendy idea. We're all waiting around watching "convergence" happening, and I suppose it is. Television and www.com.

Are games, contests, and sweepstakes suffering from overexposure? Respondents to a recent promo Readers' Poll said they believe that the popular promotions'

This month's cover story reports that sweepstakes are hotter than ever, up at least 15 percent, according to the fulfillment executives who mail out the

Unlike sweepstakes, which require no purchase to enter (to legally distinguish them from lotteries), games can require a purchase. That, of course, means

Participation in grocery store frequent-shopper programs has grown to 66 percent of U.S. households, up from 55 percent in 1997 and 35 percent in 1996,

Talk about your single-serve. Coca-Cola is inching up supermarket sales one sip at a time with Shop Refreshed, an in-store program that invites shoppers

The number of sweepstakes promotions being offered by marketers has grown at least 15 percent over the last eight to 12 months, according to a promo poll