Chief Marketer Staff

• Sitings

  CLEANING UP THE STY www.pigglywiggly.comI don’t much care for the grocer’s online “smiling character,” Mr. Pig whose snout is plastered all over the site.

• Points of Switch

  Warner-Lambert faced a challenge two years ago when it wanted to extend sampling of its anti-itch cream Benadryl to reach heavy users. The drugmaker could

• Agencies

  Wallace, Wright Together at Last

  PERSONALITIES AS DIVERSE as spam king Sanford Wallace and architect Frank Lloyd Wright highlight this month’s roundup of DM coverage in the mainstream

• Who’s News

  Cross-Sell Advantage Earl Palmer Brown Cos. continued its shopping spree last month when it bought BEN Marketing, the 9-year-old Stamford, CT, promo agency

• On the Net

  In Business with Women: Office Depot and iVillage create site for female entrepreneurs. Special offers, sweepstakes, and contest giveaways will all be

• Conference Schedule

  TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6 9:00am – 5:00pm – Registration10:00am – 12:30pm – Promotion U Workshop12:30pm -1:30pm – Lunch-on-your-own1:30pm – 5:00pm – Promotion

• Agencies

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  Reader’s Digest Plans Global Change THE READER’S DIGEST Association, Pleasantville, NY, is planning a global reorganization aimed at revitalizing the

• Box Top Bingo

  Two straight years of wilting sales have presented U.S. cereal makers with a grim picture. Two of the industry’s heaviest hitters, Kellogg’s and General

• Agencies

  Office Depot Goes to School

  Office Depot is using direct mail, coupons and sweepstakes to target the 6.5 million national parent-teacher association (PTA) members who buy school

• GOING FASTER THAN EVER: Ironman picks up steam and sponsors for its 20th year.

  The first Ironman Triathlon was dreamed up during a Navy awards ceremony as a way to settle a bet about whether bikers or runners were in better shape.