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Summertime, and Promotin’ Ain’t EasyCoca-Cola is expected to extend its drive into local promotions this summer with an instant-win sweeps dubbed Red Hot Summer Days. From June 1-August 
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FSI Big Goes OnlineValassis Communications Inc., Livonia, MI, has signed an agreement to purchase up to 50 percent of Pacific Palisades, CA-based Merge LLC and launch an 
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AgenciesAccount-Specific Spotlight: BuffaloBuffalo is big on food. The western New York market ranks fourth in the nation in all-commodity dollar volume. It ranks No. 1 among supermarkets offering 
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Aspirin for All AgesMost shoppers visit drug stores at least once a week whether they’re eight or 80 years old, according to retail surveys conducted by Meyers Research, 
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In Our Back PocketGetting into the pants of millions of teenage girls may sound more like a perverse fantasy than a successful brand-building strategy. But that’ s the 
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Stormy Days for Sports SponsorsCorruption is hardly new to the sporting world. Ever heard of the Black Sox Scandal? Money-centered players and team owners ruining seasons have become 
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SitingsTEN GALLON HIT www.whymilk.com Americans may be going gaga for skim, but on this site you get the whole kit and caboodle. Track the 100-city Better Bones 
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In the Driver’s Seat, AlmostCoca-Cola, Atlanta, broke its first national NASCAR promo last month with an under-the-cap sweeps dubbed Coca-Cola Racing Family Reunion.Nine winners 
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Brokering DiscountsInternet researcher Jupiter Communications last year released a study holding that 77 percent of Web surfers would start shopping online if they could 
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Delivering the Punch LineIt wasn’t enough to make Clamato virtually clam free. The Mott’s, Inc. brand had to uphold a quirky image in an otherwise straight-faced blended vegetable 
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