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  • Retailers Raise $23 Million for Red Cross

    Retailers helped raise $23 million for the American Red Cross’ tsunami relief work, 5.5% of Americans’ $420 million total donation. Several retailers set up donation sites in-store, often matching shopper contributions (Jan. 19 P&I). Meanwhile, airlines …

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    BD’S MONGOLIAN BARBEQUE: has teamed up with Gift Card Solutions to implement bd’s gift cards at 27 corporate and franchise-owned restaurants. The gift cards are available in any amount up to $500 and are rechargeable. Consumers can purchase the gift …

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  • USPS Delivers a Custom Magazine for DMers

    Think of it as a prime example of the business cliché about eating your own dog food: The U.S. Postal Service has launched a free magazine about the virtues and successes of direct mail.

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  • InterContinental Teams With American Express for Hotel Stay Rewards

    InterContinental Hotels Group will begin offering American Express lodging cards as incentives within its Priority Club Rewards loyalty program. The agreement expands the number of hotels program members may use their rewards in from the 3,500 properties managed by InterContinental to more than a half-million facilities worldwide.

  • Hilton Strikes With A ‘Bang’ in New Branded Entertainment Deal

    In a new twist on branded entertainment, the Hilton Family of Hotels on Monday announced a multi-year agreement with Clear Channel Entertainment Properties to rename New York’s Ford Center for the Performing Arts to the Hilton Theatre. Consumers can …

  • Live from Ad:Tech San Francisco: Home Depot’s Got Technology Nailed

    The theme of 2005 Ad:Tech San Francisco is “The Age of Engagement”, and John Costello, executive vice president for merchandising and marketing at The Home Depot, offered attendees some real-life examples of how his company uses technology to get customers involved.

  • E-Zines and Data Go Hand-in-Hand

    Successful database marketing has always been based on communications. Why spend millions on a database unless you use it to send personal messages to your customers? But that was tough before the Internet. Personal letters were expensive, and retention-building outbound phone calls were out of reach for most marketers. And now?

  • Pushing The Envelope: Marketing in Red Sox Nation

    When Sam Kennedy spoke at the MIT Sloan CMO Summit in Cambridge, MA recently, he realized quickly that he was preaching to the choir.

    Not only were his comments received warmly, but his organization’s name — the Boston Red Sox — was the only one mentioned that day to receive spontaneous applause.

  • Best Buy to Drop Rebates, Channels Funds to Loyalty Program

    Best Buy will discontinue mail-in rebates after catching flak from customers and regulators. The consumer electronics retailer will phase out rebates over the next two years and shift spending to its Reward Zone loyalty program, whose members earn …

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  • Major League Baseball Fans Get First Loyalty Club

    Baseball fans can now gain unprecedented access to their favorite Major League players thanks to last month’s launch of the sport’s first loyalty club. Players Choice Platinum Club members get access to city-by-city, year-round special events where …

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