News Briefs

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TACO BELL: is offering a chance to...ACNIELSEN: cut a deal yesterday with...MOTOROLA, INC.: has tapped professional snowboarder...ELIZABETH ARDEN, INC.: has signed...

SEM: Should You Buy Your Own Brand?

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(Searchline) In a just and well-regulated world, buying your company’s brand as a search keyword would at least guarantee that the folks who searched on that brand name would be herded to your sponsored listing, wouldn’t it?

Fruit for Thought

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Before we even spoke with Cathy Fultineer, executive vice president, sales and marketing for Harry & David, we knew the answer to our first question. She had to reschedule the interview twice, because the holidays are definitely the busiest time of year for the Medford, OR-based food and gift marketer.

Cups of Cheer

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Sure, as usual, this year Starbucks changed its coffee cup color to red to signal the start of the holiday season. But it went beyond cups this year with ItsRedAgain.com and the accompanying Cheer Pass campaign, an effort to spread holiday good will to customers and encourage them to pass it on. Brad Stevens, vice…