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  • This Space Reserved

    A display of sparkling new cars parked in the aisles of the local shopping mall is nothing new. But Cadillac is putting a fresh spin on an old idea by

  • Here Come the Registries Again

    If The Federal Trade Commission says a national do-not-e-mail registry is unworkable and poses a major security threat to consumers using it, it stands

  • Junked Food

    FOOD MARKETERS AND LEGISLATORS have each zeroed in on kids marketing in an effort to cut obesity among children. It’s a one-two effort that could change

  • Getting Their Kicks

    ESPN Deportes is giving Latino sports fans in the U.S. 10 million reasons and then some to tune in to its cable TV and radio networks and read its magazine.

  • Who’s in charge here?

    In his 1906 novel The Jungle, Upton Sinclair portrayed the underbelly of the American food chain of the time. In addition to becoming a best-seller, this

  • Writing the Wrongs

    MARKETING COPYWRITERS, mind your modifiers! Take a lesson from the Ottawa furniture store that sent out a Mother’s Day flier advertising Soft Stools for

  • TIMELINE

    Aug. 18, 2005 A former computer engineer for America Online was sentenced to 15 months in prison for stealing 92 million screen names and e-mail addresses

  • Camping Out

    The fun and games may have ended at summer camp, but for marketers the work is just beginning. Big-name brands, including Hasbro and Nickelodeon, are

  • No Feel Appeal? No Problem

    HANDMADE CARPETS ARE nobody’s pick for an e-commerce sure thing. For one thing, they vary in color and design from piece to piece because they’re hand-woven

  • Can Web Cure Drug Marketing Ills?

    PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES are taking flak on several fronts for the direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising they’ve been doing for the last several years.