Chief Marketer Staff

• Agencies

  P-O-P Gains, But Girds for Tobacco Withdrawal

  Marketers last year spent $13.1 billion on point-of-purchase displays, an increase of 5 percent above 1996.Some segments had growth rates that exceeded

• Agencies

  Metal Mettle

  Remember when it used to really mean something if you had a gold credit card? And you were really important if you were approved for platinum ?Those days

• The Old College Try

  In the movie Risky Business, Tom Cruise plays a high school senior struggling to decide whether to stay on the straight-and-narrow or to put a little

• Good Vibes

  NASCAR racing is less well known in the western U.S. than in the rest of the country. So when Tosco Marketing wanted to help the racing league celebrate

• Stuck in Test Mode

  The technology-ruled interactive marketing movement is in a state of hyperactive growth. Every time one looks at it is not only larger but has changed

• Deal Makers

  Steven M. Ross was promoted to executive vp and gm, licensing and merchandising, at Twentieth Century Fox. He will assume all global long-range planning

• Agencies

  Britannia Cools Its Heels?

  Brits always claim to produce the best advertising in the world. Something about our quirky sense of humor and literate consumer base leads to the often-repeated

• Agencies

  Rapp Collins Tops in Billings

  Rapp Collins Worldwide, with $1.615 billion in billings in 1997, leads the list of top 10 agencies, according to the Direct Marketing Association’s annual

• Special Deliveries, on Target

  Specialty printing posted no revenue growth last year, but industry sources say that demand for products including game pieces and high-quality direct

• Coming in next month’s PROMO

  Fresh Look, New Start Fox Family Channel starts the biggest cable TV launch ever this month when it takes control of the former Family Channel. Fox is