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Book SmartsForget cool. Candid works better. A recent survey conducted by YouthStream Media Networks found that 90 percent of college students consider to be extremely 
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Same Old StoryLife isn’t easy for consumer packaged goods manufacturers. Though their stocks are on the rebound, and though everyone has to eat (and drink, and bathe), 
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Play StationsBlockbuster, Inc. has a lot on its plate this summer. The chain is already busy reformatting stores to move more towards DVDs and pumping up its Rewards 
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AgenciesPremium Incentives: Better to GiveSpending on premium incentives dropped 2.4 percent to $26.3 billion in 2001 as the economic downturn curtailed expenditures and reduced the employee ranks 
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The Future Is NowAsk four people to define and you’ll get four different answers. Business defines us as a sales tactic. Marketing defines us as a below-the-line expense. 
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On The AirThe other morning I woke-up from a dream to the sound of a woman screaming. The dream took place in a mythic promotion world where every creative concept 
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AgenciesPromotional Products: Down, Not OutWhat goes up occasionally has to come down, right? After eight straight years of double-digit growth, spending on promotional products sank 10.4 percent 
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Burger QueenLast Wednesday I had burgers and a brownie for breakfast and I’m still trying to recover. I was in Miami, at Burger King headquarters, to hear about new 
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