Experiential

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  Saturn Packs Times Square with Vehicles

  Saturn unveiled three new vehicles Tuesday night on a 60-foot high platform perched above New York City’s Hard Rock Café in Times Square. The event was timed to complement the brand’s participation in the New York International Automobile Show, which kicks off Friday, as well as other events it plans in the Big Apple.

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  State Farm Revs Up Business with Cars

  Auto insurance carrier State Farm is driving home its first-ever movie tie-in with Disney’s/Pixar’s upcoming animated film Cars, which includes a sweepstakes, tour and interactive Web site.

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  Revlon’s New Cosmetics Target Women 50+

  Revlon is out with a line of makeup formulated for older women in its biggest launch in more than a decade.

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  Macy’s Adds Martha Stewart

  Macy’s will launch an exclusive Martha Stewart Collection of housewares in fall 2007.

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  GE Invades Times Square with Multi-platform Promotion

  GE is invading New York City’s Times Square today with a multi-tiered marketing campaign which takes its Picture a Healthy World promotion to the street.

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  Ace Hardware Puts a New Twist on Apprentice Tie-In: Charity

  Ace Hardware is joining the ranks of other top brands, including Burger King and Procter & Gamble, in the latest brand integration effort on The Apprentice. Only this time, there’s no promotion or new product launch attached to the show. Instead, the Oak Brook, IL-based hardware store chain, which will be featured April 10, is leveraging its first-ever Apprentice appearance with a national charitable campaign.

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  Simon, Mills Malls Expand Kids Promotions

  Simon malls reprises its Book Blast! kids’ promotion and Super Chefs Live! tour this month, while rival Mills malls partners with Minute Maid Co. and Bally Total Fitness for a family health push.

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  Coca-Cola to Open ‘Coffee Shop’ in Toronto: Report

  Coca-Cola North America is reportedly launching a retail store in Canada that could be sticking a sharp elbow into Starbuck’s coffee pots.

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  Equal Revs Bus Tour

  Merisant has begun an election-style bus tour to stump for Equal sweetener, the largest ever event-marketing push for the brand.

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  Sears Breaks Spring Ads; New CMO for Kmart

  Sears, Roebuck & Co. breaks a spring ad campaign this week, while sibling Kmart readies for a new CMO.