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Shakeup at Miller
Milwaukee-based Miller Brewing Co. says it’s “way too early to tell” what will happen to agency assignments following a surprise shakeup last month in
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Shave and a Cheesecake, Two Hits
The Gillette Co. put itself on the cutting edge in 1998 and earned accolades in the process by walking away with top honors at the American Marketing
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Leveraging Furby
Looking to capitalize on the national craze for the interactive Furby doll, Oakbrook, IL-based McDonald’s is giving away scaled-down versions of the toy
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Yahoo! We’ve Got Toilet Paper
New York City-based mybasics.com, an online health and beauty care shopping service, reached a marketing agreement with Palo Alto, CA-based Web portal
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Not Promotion, Optimization
Speaking of Impact Communications Group’s “holistic” integration with Foote, Cone & Belding’s advertising operation in our story on page 42, FCB Chicago
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Brief Encounter
UNIVERSAL CITY, CA Dissatisfied with what she called a lack of support from above, Lori Sale left Universal Motion Picture Group in February after serving
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Dream Merchant
Dupont division asks food leaders to rethink their resumes.To capture attention for Supro, a new soy-based food ingredient, Protein Technologies invited
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Agencies
General Mills Plays Games
General Mills of Minneapolis and Sony Computer Entertainment of Foster City, CA, joined on a three-month promotion offering $5 coupons good for PlayStation
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Squeeze Play
Using free downloads as a promotion device is becoming as popular as an Aerosmith movie theme. Among the more recent acts to offer online samples of upcoming
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