Topic

Promotion

  • From Backyard to Broadcast

    Fledgling, niche-interest tv networks that reside in the triple digits on the cable box tend to look at the realm of possibilities unlike their established

  • Free Ink

    You Had To Be There. Call in Europe, a new international phone company, threw a press party last December at a New York nightclub. It drew 70 reporters

  • Measuring Up

    Johnson & Johnson markets everything from beauty aids to over-the-counter medicines. But it has a problem: Every brand measures success in its own way.

  • Chain Reaction

    Viral marketing has evolved into a 21st century version of the snail mail chain letter of yesteryear. Only the difference is not based on superstition

  • Hold the Anchovies

    TNT tried to score ratings points for its coverage of last month’s NBA All-Star weekend with pizza deliveries. The cable network ordered pizza boxes carrying

  • They’re Not Going Anywhere

    Amusement parks typically bring to mind images of endlessly long ride lines with kids on the verge of meltdown on the hottest day of the year. At Six

  • VROOOM!

    Top brass from mars inc. may well have been reaching for the champagne during the final minutes of the Daytona 500: The candy-colored Toyota the company

  • What Rebate?

    Gift cards that end up being worthless and rebate checks that never get sent to the consumer are two black marks against the promotional marketing industry.

  • But Can He Bunt?

    Presidential politics is like a spectator sport. So it makes perfect sense for card publisher Upper Deck to enter the race with candidate cards. One political

  • Girls’ Club

    Most women will not pass up a chance to get a manicure, sample a new fragrance, have a cocktail and get a sneak peek at the latest fashions offered at