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Agencies

  • Brewing Brand

    WHEN GEVALIA KAFFE became more famous for its coffeemaker premium than for its gourmet coffee, the company knew it was time for a change.After percolating

  • An Embarrassment of Riches

    CHECKS. CHECKS. CHECKS.I’m looking at $223,367 worth of checks sent to me over the past few weeks. The biggest one is for $80,000. The smallest (piker!)

  • Becoming a Utility Player

    WHILE GAS AND electric utility customers generally feel positive about their service providers, cable TV companies may face customer defection in a deregulated

  • FLYING IN THEIR OWN FORMATION

    There aren’t many frequent flyer programs in which the top redemption option is to stay on a Caribbean island belonging to the man who owns the airline.

  • Branding the Herd

    DURING TWO OF my summer sojourns, I realized that many of our industry’s finest had done an exemplary job of branding, at least in our household.While

  • PAGING A NEW MARKETING STRATEGY

    WHETHER TOP SECRET OR NOT, government agents who use high-tech communications devices that bounce off satellites are now getting the chance to procure

  • The Renaissance in B-to-B Lists

    JOB TITLE? Business class? Sales volume? Business-to-business mailers are no longer satisfied with those old-time list selects alone. Now they want to

  • Electronic Promotions Threaten DM Couponing

    WHILE DIRECT MAIL remained a favored method of receiving samples or coupons, ranking second only behind free-standing inserts in newspapers, its popularity

  • SHOW AND TELL

    THE CONCEPT OF giving consumers “access” to their personal data-allowing them to see, and if necessary correct, information marketers possess about them-seems