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Slim Jim Suits Up for Six Flags
Slim Jim and Orville Redenbacher will spend a lot of time at Six Flags theme parks this summer. ConAgra will put those brand names on roller coasters and theaters as part of ConAgra’s multi-year Six Flags sponsorship. The deal, announced in January, …
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Jagermeister Targets Heavy Metal Fans with Sponsorship
Jagermeister Liqueur likes heavy metal bands. So, its sponsorship of this summer’s Sounds of the Underground Tour certainly fits the bill, with a lineup filled with hard-hitting metal and hard-core acts. An inflatable lounge—equipped with air …
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Sweeps Supports Kingdom of Heaven Mobile Suite
Sorrent, Inc., a creator and global publisher of mobile entertainment, and Twentieth Century Fox have launched a mobile entertainment suite based on the upcoming film Kingdom of Heaven. The content suite, available through several wireless carriers, …
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Alltel $1 Million Sweeps Features Extreme Makeover Tie-in
In its first work since signing Extreme Makeover: Home Edition designer and TV superstar Ty Pennington, Alltel wireless customers are getting the chance to win $1 million to build their own dream home. Alltel customers can enter the TXT2WIN $1 Million …
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Anheuser-Busch Tour Salutes American Troops
There’s no doubt that the Anheuser-Busch Clydesdales are an eye-catcher and the beer maker plans to showcase the horses during its mobile tour to salute the nation’s troops. The Here’s to the Heroes Tour 2005 includes 16 Clydesdales, a variety of exotic …
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Degree Taps Suck-Up for Sampling
Unilever brings Degree for Men’s Suck-Up to the streets for a 10-city sampling blitz that begins this week. The Suck-Up is one of three “In-Action Heroes” featured in Degree’s tongue-in-cheek TV spots that purport to sell “action figures” that don’t …
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MilkPEP Adds Curves to Weight-Loss Campaign
MilkPEP has partnered with Curves International for a spring promotion that extends its year-old “24/24 Milk your diet. Lose weight!” campaign. MilkPEP (the Milk Processor Education program) will give away 24 two-year memberships to Curves fitness …
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Home Depot to Build ‘NASCAR’ Playground
The Home Depot has launched a national partnership with Joe Gibbs Racing and the nonprofit group KaBOOM! to enrich the lives of at-risk children who live in racing communities. The partnership, called Racing to Play, will involve volunteers from The No. …
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Mail Stream: A Report on Incoming Direct Mail
Casual Male Delivers Colors of Spring Casual Male, the multi-channel retailer and marketer of specialty big and tall men’s apparel, recently mailed a Spring 2005 edition of its catalog that featured a “Preferred Guest Card” on the cover. The card, …
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Postal Intelligence
It’s here at last, after months of speculation. The U.S. Postal Service has filed a rate case, and it’s a mild one as such things go: a 5.4% increase,