Consumer Marketing

The Nine-Month Campaign

Makers of baby products try to beat the stork into expecting households.When Janice Uhlin-Rowe of Charlotte, NC, became pregnant for the first time five

German Bank Says `Show Me The Money’

For all their cost-effectiveness and accountability, incentive-based promotions still operate in a highly regulated - if not outright prohibitive - environment

Getting Carded

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

San Francisco-based stored value card provider Zowi Corp. last month relaunched its flagship CobaltCard under the American Express brand.Zowi's private-label

Snow Days

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

Card-carrying snowmobilers suit up this month. Will the weather hold?When the Quebec Federation of Snowmobile Clubs met this fall, a rep from Yamaha offered

SPECTRA SPOTLIGHT

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

Breakfast Barkeeps Working professionals grab a granola bar in a dash out the door, while families munch waffles or cereal at the kitchen table, right?So

I’M WITH THE BAND

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

EXCLUSIVE CONCERTS ARE THE LATEST RAGE IN EVENT STRATEGY.There's a new back beat to event-based marketing these days: Exclusive concerts with the brand

STILL ON THE LINE

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

Pre-paid phonecards remain a valuable marketing tool.When airports nationwide were hit with major delays last summer, Lufthansa Airlines staffers gave