Month: November 2008

• Agencies

  TGI Friday’s Gives Bonuses for Buying Gift Cards

  TGI Friday’s is enticing consumers to buy its gift cards as holiday gifts. The company is giving a $5 Bonus Bites card—which can be used for purchases at its restaurants—for every $25 spent on Friday’s gift cards through Jan. 4.

• Meijer Uses Gift Cards for Food Donations

  (Supermarket News)—GRAND RAPIDS, MI—Meijer this month launched a holiday donation program to benefit 185 local food pantries in the communities where its stores are based, according to Hank Meijer, co-chairman and chief executive officer.

• News Brief

  CONVERSE: has formed a long-term, strategic partnership with professional basketball star Elton Brand

• Agencies

  P&I Postscript

  RYMAX MARKETING SERVICES: a national manufacturer’s representative in the incentive industry, has formed an exclusive partnership with Warrantech

• Acxiom’s Howe Named CEO of Kowabunga

  Richard K. Howe has been named president and CEO of Kowabunga, an online media placement firm. He will also sit on the company

• Steven Semmelmayer Takes Helm At Discus Dental

  Discus Dental, a business-to-business marketer of oral hygiene and tooth-whitening products to dentists, has tapped Steven J. Semmelmayer to serve as its CEO.

• Agencies

  DM Channels Lead NBTY Fourth Quarter Results

  NBTY Inc., a nutritional supplement manufacturer and marketer, generated $602 million in sales during its most recent fourth quarter, up from $496 million a year ago. The company

• Agencies

  Layoffs Follow Valassis Communications’ Loss

  Valassis Communications will reduce its United States workforce by 3%, according to forms filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

• Agencies

  EmailAppenders Hawking Bogus List, Claims Publisher

  EmailAppenders has been marketing a file of names and addresses the list

• Agencies

  ZoomInfo Debuts List Download Service

  ZoomInfo today unveiled a service that allows business-to-business marketers to download lists