Consumer Marketing

More Rules Made to Be Broken

All right class, let's review. Who remembers the No. 1 Rule of Promotion? Peter?That's right, the first rule was: Make Your Own Rules. Promotion is about

ROOMS FOR IMPROVEMENT

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

ROOMS FOR HYATT HOTELS BOOKS ITSELF FOR MORE BRANDING BY FOLDING "THE TOUCH" TAGLINE INTO EVERYTHING IT DOES.Hotel service providers have always been

Rules Made to Be Broken

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

Every year at the PRO Awards luncheon, after the deals go down and the lights go up, there is a moment of truth. It occurs when one colleague approaches

Keeping A Civil Tongue

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

There are still two months left in 2000, but I'm going out on a limb and making my nomination for Most Distasteful Promotion of the Year right now.My

A Case for Ethnic Sampling

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

Several years ago, 25 independent sampling companies and leading manufacturers joined together to form the Product Sampling Council of the Promotion Marketing

Belly Up to the TV

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

New on-premise satellite system is a Big Fat deal.Big Fat, Inc. is getting into the TV business.The New York City-based company, home to the promotions

How the Other Half Lives

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

It's a cliche to say India is a land of contrasts. But on my first visit here, the contrasts are too striking to ignore. There's the Taj Mahal on one

DVC Looks for Financing

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

Latest talks involve Chicago investor. Morristown, NJ-based DVC, Inc. is looking for an outside investment, and most recently has been speaking with Lake