Topic

Promotion

  • Follow the Dollar

    Not long ago, dollar stores were the red-headed stepchild of retail, filling shelves with slightly damaged goods, overstocks and closeouts. But the deep-discount

  • General Mills Packs DIC DVDs In 10 Million Boxes

    General Mills puts DVDs in 10 million cereal boxes this summer via a joint promotion with DIC Entertainment. The June-August campaign centers on five DVDs featuring TV show episodes and shorts for DIC animated characters Strawberry Shortcake and …

  • General Motors and Detroit Tigers Give Away Chevys

    General Mills puts DVDs in 10 million cereal boxes this summer via a joint promotion with DIC Entertainment. The June-August campaign centers on five DVDs featuring TV show episodes and shorts for DIC animated characters Strawberry Shortcake and …

  • HIT Entertainment Promotes Two New Video Releases

    HIT Entertainment is releasing two new direct-to-video titles July 13 with consumer promotions. The studio will release High Noon in the Bathroom, the third video based on the Nick Jr. preschool series, Rubbadubbers. The video contains five animated …

  • Anti-Smoking Campaigns Kick Off

    Truth, the national youth smoking prevention campaign, is preparing to launch its annual summer tour–truth Orange–designed to connect with young people in their own communities and counteract the marketing and manufacturing tactics of the tobacco …

  • Taking Events on Tour

    Staging a spectacular event is a feat in itself. Moving that event from venue to venue is far tougher. But taking corporate events on the road

  • Call it a Win!

    It reads like a familiar script by now: AT&T Wireless dialed up its American Idol sponsorship by letting subscribers vote for show contestants via text-message.

  • Music’s on the Menu

    RESTAURANTS, CAFES and retailers are all going digital Starbucks has partnered with Hewlett-Packard to bring a CD-burning service to latte lovers; McDonald’s

  • Shelf Sets

    Nearly everyone is selling groceries these days. That forces supermarkets to distinguish their stores from grocery aisles in mass-merchandise, club and

  • Sears’ New Song and Dance

    TO FURTHER SHOWCASE its brands and products, Sears has appointed Norm Marshall & Associates, Inc. as its entertainment marketing partner. The agency is