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  • Web Watching

    ACNielsen, Stamford, CT, has launched “My Nielsen//NetRatings,” an information delivery system for Internet audience measurement and analysis. The service

  • They Got Games

    Ah, the Olympics. You’ve finally reached the pinnacle of performance so many dream about, yet so few achieve. The endless hours, weeks, and years spent

  • Taffy Pulling and Pushing

    Candymaker Van Melle USA, best known for Mentos chewy mints, this month breaks a joint promotion with Mattel, Inc. for another hot brand: Air Heads taffy.

  • Headcount Hoopla

    The Census Bureau visits Main Street and Sesame Street to get more forms back.You may have passed a federal bean-counter on the highway this morning.The

  • No-Nos in Europe

    Many European countries have or are considering regulations to govern promotions and advertising to minors. In most cases, limitations are set by state

  • ONLINE LIBERATION

    Be Free, Inc., a Marlborough, MA, provider of Internet marketing services, agreed to purchase TriVida Corp. for up to $185.9 million in stock. Culver

  • Pwimawy Cowers: Kraft joins Cartoon Network on election effort.

    Who’s a more qualified candidate: George W. Bush, Al Gore, or Elmer Fudd?No, the linguistically challenged character hasn’t entered the U.S. presidential

  • Fresh Dough: Hawthorne takes charge at Ocean Spray.

    Ocean Spray, Lakeville, MA, has brought in Pillsbury veteran Robert Hawthorne to turn around the troubled co-op.Hawthorne joined Ocean Spray as president-ceo

  • Aisle Racing: NASCAR, Kmart team on sales-driving premium/sweepstakes effort.

    Leave it to NASCAR. The stock-car racing association undertook its first-ever national in-store promotion this quarter, and who did it score as retail

  • Yo, Soy

    Three major food companies are jockeying to bring soy mainstream, even though other functional foods are currently faltering.In January, Kraft Foods bought