Consumer Marketing

The Price Is Righter

There's nothing quite like sampling day at the supermarket. Placed strategically throughout the store are tables presided over by demonstrators handing

STILL TICKING

What a difference a year makes. In 1999 and 2000, the promotional products industry was on a roll. According to a recent survey from Promotional Products

ACCOUNT ACTION

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

Porsche Cars North America, Inc., Atlanta, selected marketing software maker Veridiem, Inc., Maynard, MA, to oversee performance management. Woolf Associates,

LETTERS

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

CONSOLIDATION CONCERNS In a story entitled Moving Targets (May PROMO), you report that while the in-store services sector increased 3.9 percent, Growth

Star Makers

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

Everybody loves Hollywood: the glitz, the glamour, the movie stars. Brands are well aware of America's obsession with Tinseltown, judging by the steady

Business Briefs

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

DraftWorldwide, Chicago, united its promotion marketing capabilities into a single entity called Surge at DraftWorldwide. The unit includes the promotional

Cease and Delist

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

And to think I used to find telemarketing the most aggravating marketing tactic in the world. I've never really minded the intrusion of marketing messages.

Clutter: The Tangled Web

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

They're everywhere! PROMO fired up the Web browser for three hours of surfing one day, and blearily pushed away from the computer having encountered a

Party in the Skies

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

Five days, four cities, thousands of air miles, great meals, fabulous concerts, good company and a lot of Miller beer. That's the itinerary I logged this