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  • Premium Incentives: Better to Give

    Spending on premium incentives dropped 2.4 percent to $26.3 billion in 2001 as the economic downturn curtailed expenditures and reduced the employee ranks

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  • Mail Stream: A Report on Incoming Direct Mail

    Easton Press Since the events of Sept. 11, countless American-themed products have made their way to the marketplace. While sentiments such as patriotism

  • What Kmart’s Troubles Mean To Me

    I absolutely love Target. I respect the hell out of Wal-Mart. And boy, do I feel really sorry for Kmart. Should we write off Kmart as a power retailer?

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  • Premium Incentives: Holding On

    It was a rollercoaster ride for sure in 2001. But at least the car never derailed. Three general events the dot-com implosion, the Sept. 11 terrorist

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  • We Are What We Market

    My heart sank as soon as I caught sight of the Colonel wearing a Santa hat. The life-sized wooden statue outside the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant

  • Retailgating

    Like college roommates, Kraft Foods and Coca-Cola Co. always get together for the Super Bowl. This year, they invited 150 of their closest friends to

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  • Kicking the Tires

    I bought my first new car in 1987 a Volkswagen Golf, five speed, champagne silver. It was tough giving up my fire-engine red ’73 Beetle, but in the end

  • Brand Illusions

    The PowerPoint presentation surprised Joe Crosby. But the ripple effect it produced really knocked him for a loop. Crosby manages the DoubleTree Club

  • Rally to the Cause

    Corporations are all ears as the consumer call for philanthropy gets louder. Now, it’s even better to give than to receive. While that old philosophy

  • MCDONALD’S, SIMON IN SETTLEMENT TALKS?

    McDonald’s Corp., Oak Brook, IL, is reportedly negotiating to settle parts of the lawsuit it filed against agency Simon Marketing in the aftermath of