Consumer Marketing

Eye on Innovation

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

Back in 1967 you could pull into an ESSO gas station and, with a fill-up from the attendant, get a scratch-off game card that reminded you to Put a Tiger

When truth hurts

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

They must have been some pretty strongly worded memos. A few months back, the word came down from the corporate HQs of several marketing communications

Big Man on Campus

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

360 Youth has come of age. Formerly a unit of MarketSource Corp., the Crandbury, NJ-based company has emerged from its $43 million acquisition by Alloy,

Vicious Cycle

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

Spring is finally here, the war is over and the economy is starting to show signs of life (albeit mixed ones) for the first time in almost three years.

Yard Sale

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

SNAPPLE is having a yard sale. Through Nov. 30, consumers collect special caps and redeem them at snapple.com for goods and prizes, such as scooters and

Delivering the Goods

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

It's nearly a decade since Alison Glander founded Global Sales Development, a consultancy to radio stations. Since 1994, the company has been acquired,

New and [much] improved

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

IT WAS FEELING more and more like an outdated suit. The PROMO Web site had a very gray flannel design that didn't reflect the energy or innovation of

CORRECTION:

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

Patent holder Laurie Cairns has not sued any marketer for using online fullfilment technology she patented in 2001, as reported in PROMO's Annual Report

Wholesale Heartache

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

Bob Jacobsen's family won't drive down Highway 3 past Target. They've learned to humor me, says Bob, the patriarch of a family-owned department store