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It’s officially flu season. Walgreen Co. today begins its Walgreens Wellness Tour, offering free health screenings. Next best thing to a house call The tour—a first for the drugstore chain—will hit 45 markets with nine sponsors and a portable lab that …

Sears, Roebuck and Co. has converted 28 of its Sears Hardware stores into Sears Appliances and Hardware stores, and is running a pair of sweepstakes in each of those stores to promote the change. Consumers can enter a drawing for a $1,000 shopping spree …

Sony Computer Entertainment America and The Coca-Cola Co. have launched an instant-win sweepstakes, which will be promoted on more than 100 million packages of Coca-Cola brands. The promotion, Unwrap the Experience, runs from Nov. 1 through Dec. 31 and …

Sesame Street characters will take center stage next year in promos encouraging kids to eat more fruits and vegetables. The Produce for Better Health Foundation cut a deal with non-profit Sesame Workshop to use Sesame Street stars in retail promos …

Magic Johnson is out and about with a new campaign touting his new line of footwear, apparel and accessories, Magic 32. The campaign, which is aimed at 16-30+ year-old consumers, includes peer-to-peer distribution of promotion products, in-store …

For those product placement watchers, last night’s Scrubs provided a bit of entertainment. Cavity Sam, the submissive patient in the board game Operation, got a new ailment during the NBC hit comedy series Scrubs. In the scene the cast members played …

Call it a study in contrasts. Americans have signed up for the do-not-call list in droves, but people are still responding to the ring. A Direct Marketing Association response rate survey released yesterday put telephone marketing at the top of the chart for ROI, with a 5.78% average response rate.

Ugg Australia Mails Catalog Ugg boots, the fashion statement made popular by a number of celebrities such as Kate Hudson, Gwyneth Paltrow and Oprah Winfrey, have arrived in homes this fall with the 30-page Ugg Australia catalog. The footwear brand’s …

In 1993, when IBM Corp. was labeled a “dinosaur” by several leading business publications, it wasn’t exactly facing extinction. But it was in danger of becoming irrelevant, according to T. David McGovern, IBM Global Services’ manager of worldwide direct …

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