Topic

Promotion

  • Straight to the Source

    Getting out of the office much this summer? No, we’re not talking about the 19th hole, the beach, or the endless stream of barbecues filling up the date-book.

  • DEPARTMENT STORES: Fashion and Compassion

    Few retail sectors have it tougher than department stores these days. As mass merchandisers enhance soft goods and cosmetics offerings, niche specialty

  • Clutter: Mall Bawl

    The Mall of America home to three Victoria’s Secrets and five Gap stores just got better: General Mills’ Cereal Adventure is open, blaring out its contribution

  • Special Report: Beyond the Music

    On July 1, VH1 viewers were given the chance to win a BMW Z3 roadster by tuning in to the cable network’s new My VH1 Primetime programming block, watching

  • Music to Market By

    I developed my love of music in the 1970s, when the corporate world was the very antithesis of what rock-n-roll supposedly represented. I was outraged

  • Wal-Mart Goes Private

    Wal-Mart is rewriting the rules again. This month, the mass merch giant will stop supplying scanner data to third-party research firms such as ACNielsen

  • Changing Minds

    While Batman may not appear to be getting older, marketers behind the Caped Crusader’s licensing machine are getting wiser. New York City-based DC Comics

  • Coke Opens Potter Playbook

    Coca-Cola Co. is ready to ride with Harry. As exclusive promo partner for Warner Bros.’ Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Atlanta-based Coke kicks

  • Cherry Jubilee

    Flavor of the Month takes on new meaning this summer as Pepsi-Cola Co. puts major campaigns behind cherry-flavored soft drinks. First up is the national

  • Account-Specific Print Ads?

    Retail marketers need a lot more than bigger Web banners, more affordable (read: shorter) prime-time television commercials, and splashier events to solve