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  • 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

  • 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

  • Promo Agencies Ride the Wave

    Whether it was due to clients’ insatiable desire for measurable results, a new urge to drive brand image with premiums and contests, or simply a thriving

  • Barney and Borrowers Aim For Families

    PolyGram Home Video has lined up two impressive promotion programs for its pair of family home video releases this year, Barney’s Great Adventure: The

  • The 1998 Annual Report of the Promotion Industry

    Behold the incredible growing and shrinking promotion marketing industry. It is growing in the numbers of programs run, expenditures made, and industries

  • People Marketing Services

    Joe Gilson named account executive at PriceWeber Marketing Communications, Inc., Louisville, KY. Also at the company, Christy Newland named copywriter;

  • Back to the Drawing Board

    Back to the 50’s, a mail order catalog owned by Crowne Ventures Corp., Las Vegas, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on April 8. But this summer

  • Just be yourself: HICKORY FARMS

    When Hickory Farms decided to launch its Web site three years ago, some thought the catalog should feature more exotic fare than the hearty staples that