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Who’s Gray and Gray?
Michael Gray will change the name of his agency, Gray and Gray Advertising Inc., as soon as he thinks of a new name.Not that he wants to-he has little
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Troubles Not Over for AFP
American Family Publishers Inc. must have thought it was out of the woods. In March, it settled lawsuits by 31 states and the District of Columbia by
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RELATIONSHIP MARKETING: Hershel’s New Role
Hershel B. Sarbin, former president and CEO of Cowles Business Media, has a new job. He has joined Marketing 1to1/ Peppers and Rogers Group, a relationship
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Pac Bell Backs Off Telemarketing Plan
Pacific Bell is backing down from a plan to telemarket its services to customers with unpublished phone numbers.The phone company filed a request with
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PROMOTIONS: Paint It Yellow and Call It Cheese
We finally finished digging through all the paraphernalia we brought back from the London DM Fair and came up with this neat item from Outside the Box
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GO AHEAD They’re Listening
If a tree falls in a forest and there is no speech recognition software around, does the impact of the tree on the ground make a sound?The question is
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Right Out of the Banner
For the Mother’s Day selling season, 1-800-Flowers and Godiva Chocolatier launched Internet ads that allow consumers to order a limited number of products
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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
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If Your Caddy Zigs, Does Your Jaguar Jag?
A brutal question: When was the last time national advertising for automobiles caused you to take any positive action other than stifling a yawn? Or scratching
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Aw, Rats-Socks and Underwear!
I’ve written in this space before about all the nifty, neat, sometimes useful but often downright odd stuff one brings back from conferences.Look around