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9/9 The Women’s National Basketball Association has opened the second half of 2004 with new marketing relationships with Nike, Foot Locker, Dell and The
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Coming Attractions
Film-goers spent more time on the beach than at theaters this summer. Box office revenue for the summer was up 3% from last year to $3.7 billion, while
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InfoUSA’s Sales Genie Reappears
InfoUSA has relaunched its Sales Genie system as an online subscription-based sales lead tool.
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Bewitching Beer
A consumer walks by. The lid creaks open. A ghoulish-looking blue hand rises up holding a can of Coors Light. The motion-sensor activated display which
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The Power is in the Story
If the strength of a brand rests on its ability to tell a good story, it shouldn’t be that great a leap for that storyline to intersect with others right?
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Segmenting Seniors…Or Not?
THE 50+ CROWD IS GROWING FAST. By 2010 the U.S. Census Bureau says there will be 97.1 million senior citizens across the country, compared to 77.8 million
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Laughing all the Way
Hampton Inn Hotels in using comedy and a virtual promotion to cue business travelers to its multi-million upgrade and drive customers to the Web. The
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DIRECT Listline
NEW LISTS Seventh Avenue Enhanced Swiss Colony Inc. has developed a 1.8 million-record master file and several buyer lists with data from the catalog titles it publishes. The master file combines data from the Seventh Avenue, Midnight Velvet, Ginny’s, …
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News briefs/directmag.com
9/9 D&B agreed to sell its business in France to Base d’Information Legales Holding S.A.S. (Bil Holding) for $32 million. D&B generated roughly $38 million from the business last year. The unit has 170 employees, most of whom will remain. As part of the …
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LOOSE CANNON: Threat Level: Leafy Green
The Department of Homeland Security recently decided to bring its computer-assisted airline passenger screening operations in-house.