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  • Casting Call

    When it comes to making pancakes, Latino moms begin from scratch: milk, eggs and flour. So when Quaker Oats targeted Hispanics for its Aunt Jemima Pancake

  • Calling All Students

    DeVry University recently sent a mailing to 1.1 million potential students as part of an ongoing rebranding effort.

  • Price Point, Price Counterpoint

    What’s a direct marketer to do when the CFO insists on raising prices to boost quarterly revenue? Assault is frowned on in most workplaces. So the best

  • Spreads Easily

    Philadelphia Cream Cheese is 128 years old. And that’s a problem. Yes, people are used to the venerable brand. But they may not be interested in a variation

  • Listline

    NEW LISTS OK! Magazine Eight segments from OK! magazine’s circulation file are available from Northern & Shell North America Ltd. One is a list of 234,771

  • The Great Brand Controversy

    I know just when it was that I found myself in the midst of the brand-vs.-direct argument. Well, make that battle, because opinions and tempers blow hot.

  • Wal-Mart To Require Item-Level Tags

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is giving its suppliers a new reason to take its RFID mandate seriously: Starting Oct. 31, 2009, suppliers that ship products to

  • Campaign Index

    THE LEGO GROUP Global Building Contest The Lego Group this month is launching a global contest to search for the best child Lego builder to celebrate

  • Oh, Oprah

    Sometimes our mail just makes us laugh. Take a recent mailing we received from O magazine. What’s the first thing we read on the letter? Market Development

  • From Backyard to Broadcast

    Fledgling, niche-interest tv networks that reside in the triple digits on the cable box tend to look at the realm of possibilities unlike their established