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  • Wal-Mart, Amazon.com Settle Lawsuit

    Amazon.com, Seattle, and Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Bentonville, AR, are settling a lawsuit charging that the online bookseller hired computer system managers

  • Acxiom Releases InfoBase New Business List

    Acxiom Corp., Conway, AR, has released InfoBase New Business List 1.0, a source of direct marketing information on new business filings. Targeting business-to-business

  • Short Cuts

    The Talbots Inc., Hingham, MA, has appointed Olivia Ziegler, vice president, general merchandise manager of Talbots Woman, the company’s new large-size

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  • Corporate Images

    THE GAS STATION would be an obvious symbol to use if you are a gas company marketing to consumers. But how does a giant oil firm make an impression on

  • Not Your Mother’s COUPON

    There are three kinds of customers: new ones, loyal ones, and prospective ones. Coupons – especially the ones housed in colorful free-standing inserts

  • 500 Billion Miles To Go

    WE MAY BE LIVING in a global village, but you still need to change planes to get there. Airlines are making that an easier task, while bringing a new

  • Sweeps Operators Beware: The Law is Watching

    Past editions of this column have discussed the possibility of greater government scrutiny for the promotion marketing industry. While I could not pinpoint

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  • Feeding the Inner Child

    It seems that every agency pats itself on the back for promoting an environment in which creativity can flourish, as though simply saying it will seduce

  • Sweepstakes, Keepstakes, Or Sleepstakes?

    Much of promotion is waste. Take couponing. More than 90 percent of all coupons are delivered by FSIs, which achieve a reported 1.4% redemption rate.

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  • United’s Taste Test

    United Airlines has proven that the way to a passenger’s wallet is through his stomach.The Chicago-based airline found that it could earn another $2.4

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