Consumer Marketing

Special Report: Beyond the Music

On July 1, VH1 viewers were given the chance to win a BMW Z3 roadster by tuning in to the cable network's new My VH1 Primetime programming block, watching

Of Tobacco and Mushrooms

The U.S. Supreme Court handed down two marketing-related rulings in June, one in favor of tobacco companies, the other on behalf of mushroom farmers.

Making the Grade

Don't let the green hair and body piercing fool you. Today's college students aren't simply scrounging pennies for pizza and beer. In fact, they're spending

NEW AND NOTEWORTHY TOOLS

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

Meet Your Match Gold Media Group, Wichita, KS, introduced Hook Me Up, an electronic device designed to serve as an ice breaker for promotional parties

Riding the Brandwagon

Kraft Foods and Nabisco are more alike than different, but the differences are crucial to marketing: Meals vs. Snacks. Media-driven promotion vs. in-store

Checks and Balances

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

I have absolutely no cash in my wallet. This is not because I have high-tech banking. It's because I don't get out much. But last month I drove to the

Eye Shadowers

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

She stops in front of the mirror, tilts her head to one side, then the other, then blinks a thick set of eyelashes on a faint blue background. Yes, that's