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For Snapple and it's popular Real Facts Game, the attention turned earlier this week to one question: "What is the most recognized smell in the world?" When the answer popped up on the Snapple Web site, some were offended. The answer: "No, it's not ...

Lexar Media, Inc. is offering a new sweepstakes tied into the upcoming release of MGM Pictures' Be Cool, offering consumers a chance to win the grand prize to attend the movie premiere. The Be Cool With Lexar Sweepstakes will award one grand-prize ...

Sam Goody helped holiday shoppers turn lemons into gift cards last week with a Bad-Gift Boycott that gave away $8,000 in gift cards for its music stores. Shoppers swapped unwanted gifts for Sam Goody gift cards "Boycotts" were held Dec. 27 at five Sam ...

Del Monte Foods is running an online instant-win game to promote its Carb Clever line of canned fruit. P-O-P supports the online game San Francisco-based Del Monte launched Carb Clever in November (Nov. 10 Xtra). The Win a Vacation Every Year for Life ...

Weight-loss supplement Trimspa gets a six-month Million Dollar Makeover Challenge dangling a $1 million prize pool, including three Dodge Vipers. Anna Nicole touts sweeps Trimspa spokesperson Anna Nicole Smith stars in a TV spot supporting the ...

Hardee's and sister chain Carl's Jr. this week kicked off a four-week promotion linking its Cool Kids Combo meals with the Warner Brother's Racing Stripes movie and a sweepstakes giveaway. Racing Stripes premiums offered at Hardee's and Carl's Jr. The ...

Sunny Delight is luring consumers to a sweepstakes tied into Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events movie for a chance to win a grand-prize trip to a Paramount Park. The SunnyD Lemony Snicket Series of Unfortunate Prizes contest will award one ...

NBC Daytime is giving fans of the network's popular daytime dramas Days of Our Lives and Passions a chance to win a little fame through a new loyalty contest. The NBC Daytime Rewards Loyalty contest lets viewers 14 and older submit their names to enter ...

Kraft Foods targets New Year's dieters with a sweepstakes and on-pack push for its South Beach Diet tie-in, using the tagline "Life is Better on the Beach." Kraft touts its South Beach Diet tie-in on-pack Northfield, IL-based Kraft bows a new South ...

Calling all aspiring filmmakers! Cingular Wireless is giving teenagers and young adults a shot at becoming small-screen Spielbergs via a new contest promoting