Month: November 2006

• Heinz Warns of “Lottery” Scam

  H.J. Heinz Co. is warning consumers not to fall for a scam that looks like a Heinz promotion.

• Agencies

  Ticketmaster Bows Gift Cards

  Ticketmaster is hoping to get a slice of the $24.81 billion expected in gift card sales this holiday season with the debut of its first gift card.

• Agencies

  Giddy for Gift Cards: Harrisburg and Chicago

  Christmas stockings in Harrisburg, PA and Chicago may have more gift cards than usual this season. It turns out that more consumers in those cities buy gift cards than anywhere else in the U.S.

• Agencies

  Webloyalty Seeks Court Dismissal of Fraud Suit

  Webloyalty.com, a provider of technology-based affinity services, and Fandango.com, an e-commerce movie ticket company, have asked a court to throw out a class-action lawsuit claiming the two ripped off consumers with a coupon click fraud scheme.

• Big Brands Tap TiVo’s New Marketing Platform

  Ad skippers, beware.
  TiVo is out with a new tool to get ads in front of viewers who like to hit that fast-forward button when the commercials air.

• Agencies

  PayPal Tries Rebates for Holidays

  Payment processor PayPal has added rebates to its repertoire of holiday promotions for online retailers and its own parent, eBay.

• Agencies

  P&I Postscripts

  HYATT HOTELS & RESORTS: has added Amtrak as a…BROOKSTONE: has launched the..

• Agencies

  Democratic Congress Makes Prop 65 Changes Tough Go for PPAI

  With Democrats set to take control of Congress next year, the Promotional Products Association International is concerned that it won’t be able to push through changes to Proposition 65.

• News Brief

  CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC.: is sprucing up it outdoor billboards amid

• Email

  Blacklisters Increasingly Tracking URLs

  In the latest twist on e-mail filtering, anti-spammers are increasingly compiling lists of the URLs that appear in messages that hit spam traps and blacklisting the Web addresses.