Search Results for: Marketers on Fire

  • Catchphrase “You’re Fired” Ignited Success of The Apprentice

    NBC’s The Apprentice is one reality show that has resonated with viewers across the country thanks to strategic promotional tactics and its dynamic front man, real estate mogul Donald Trump. To promote the second season of the show, which debuts this …

  • KFC Under Fire for Low-Carb Claims

    KFC has hit some marketing stumbling blocks as it tries to form a new identity as a healthy-dining option. Federal regulators have ruled that the QSR can no longer claim that its fried chicken is compatible with the low-carb lifestyle. KFC initially ran …

  • Slouching to Divadom

    With Martha Stewart headed toward crinoline-trimmed orange jump-suits, the direct marketing industry faces a vacuum of diva figures. True, there will

  • Trends Report: Spam Redux

    The 2003 DMA’s in Orlando, Fl was inundated with talk of the impending California Spam Law that had just gotten through the state’s legislature.

  • EMI Shuts Down After Brown-Forman Loss

    Entertainment Marketing Inc. closed its doors last month, unable to recover from the March loss of key client Brown-Forman Corp. On April 15, the staff,

  • Managing Power and Influence

    Kathleen was stunned when she got the position as vice president for direct mail at a midsized financial services firm. She hardly could believe that

  • Xtra

    3/11 New Jersey has charged a state resident with masterminding a coupon fraud scheme that netted $800,000. Meanwhile, eBay has restricted online auctions

  • Account Action

    Wise Foods, Inc., Atlanta, selected Maddock Douglas, Elmhurst, IL, for branding, packaging and advertising for the company’s snack food line and new products

  • MARS Sets Up Temporary Offices After Fire

    MARS Advertising Co. is operating from rented office space following an electrical fire last week that demolished its Michigan headquarters. The staff

  • Diatect International to Launch Southern US DRTV Pest Control Effort

    Diatect International Corp., Heber, UT, will begin running 60-second television ads for its Results product line, which combats fire ant invasions, in