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  • Making the Grade

    Don’t let the green hair and body piercing fool you. Today’s college students aren’t simply scrounging pennies for pizza and beer. In fact, they’re spending

  • Riding the Brandwagon

    Kraft Foods and Nabisco are more alike than different, but the differences are crucial to marketing: Meals vs. Snacks. Media-driven promotion vs. in-store

  • Of Tobacco and Mushrooms

    The U.S. Supreme Court handed down two marketing-related rulings in June, one in favor of tobacco companies, the other on behalf of mushroom farmers.

  • Pay Dirt

    When Boston-based hotelier Sheraton Corp. launched its Club International paid loyalty club in 1986, many doubted that consumers would pay a $25 annual

  • Quisp Lives!

    When last we saw our hero, he was fresh from victory over Quake, voted out of existence in a late 1970s sweepstakes by Quisp-hungry consumers. Then fans

  • SPECTRA SPOTLIGHT

    Rug Cleaner Consumer Profile

  • Promotional Products: Swagger in Their Step

    Promotional product spending again posts double-digit gain.

  • Five States Sue RJR

    AGs contend ads, matchbooks still target kids.