Promotion

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  Remaking the Mall

  WHILE BABY BOOMERS still have higher incomes than their younger Gen X counterparts, they are spending less at retail as their disposable cash gets eaten

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  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.

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  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

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  Shelf Sets

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

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  Street Smarts

  U.S. marketers spent an estimated $152 billion on event marketing in 2003, up about 15% from the year before. Spending will rise another 15% to 20% in

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  Nick Uses Its Noggin

  This month and next, General Growth Properties will bring Nickelodeon’s Noggin brand into a handful of malls with Club Noggin centers. They will test

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  Ready for Its Closeup

  Whether it’s a determined clownfish, a web-slinging boy wonder or a style-setting rap artist, the right match between an entertainment property and a

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  California: What’s in Store

  CALIFORNIANS are shopping again and still fighting over Wal-Mart. Supermarket workers ended their 20-week strike in early March, ratifying a three-year

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  Samsung remaps The Matrix

  How to jaded electronics consumers? This year, Samsung Electronics took the top Reggie award from the Promotion Marketing Association for a campaign that

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  PEOPLE POWER PAYS OFF AS FIELD STAFF BOOST RETAIL IMPACT

  In-store marketing, including P-O-P and retail merchandising, hit $17.6 billion in 2003, up 1.2% from the year before, based on PROMO estimates. For the