Q&As

There are 8 million people in the Naked City, and each one of ’em has a story. Maybe if Sears did a better job of targeting, those Naked City residents would have clothes, too. My name is Sam Chaid, but the lettering on the glass of my office door says …

Animal Planet has launched a sweepstakes touting a trip to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The winners also gets to meet Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin and four investigators from Animal Planet’s Heroes programming, Animal Precinct, Animal Cops: …

Six major brands have signed as marketing partners of the NBA China Games 2004. Customers purchasing a NBA China Games Combo Meal at McDonald’s locations in China get a poster like the one above McDonald’s, Budweiser, The Coca-Cola Co., Eastman Kodak …

Pick your partner. This month at Pizza Hut customers can play games from Patch Products before, during or after they eat. Malarky and Buzzword games will be touted on table tents at Pizza Huts’ 1,300 dine-in locations across the country. The tents …

Baskin-Robbins this week launches ice cream Cake Treats with cable TV and print ads and an online sweeps. The Piece of Cake sweeps lets players choose their grand prize: a personal chef, trainer, or assistant. (First prize choices are lawn service, home …

StonyField Farm’s has a sweepstakes underway where schools can win “healthy vending machines.” The sweeps is promoted on the lids of its yogurts and sends principals, teachers, parents, food service directors, school board members and others to …

Nextel Communications targets high school students in eight markets with a rock ‘n roll sweeps for its Boost Mobile division. The Back to School Rock sweeps lets kids in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco and …

McDonald’s Corp. launched its latest edition of Monopoly this week, with Best Buy and Hasbro returning as partners. McDonald’s brings Monopoly online this time The Monopoly Best Chance Game 2.0 adds an online overlay for the first time. Game pieces on …