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An appearance on The Apprentice last week for a new tooth-whitening flavor, delivered more than 4.7 million hits so far to the Crest Web site, the highest level of online interest in a single product launch in parent Procter & Gamble’s history. The …

Burger King dives in this week with a Kids Meal promo tied to DreamWorks’ Shark Tale. The five-week campaign will put Shark Tale toys in Kids Meals. Advertising to kids, restaurant P-O-P and direct mail to Birthday Club members support. The film …

Vegetarian Times is launching a cooking tour to mark its 30th anniversary and tout its redesign. The seven-state tour will bring regional chefs to supermarkets to give cooking demonstrations. The first 100 shoppers at each stop get a goody bag with …

The New York Times Travel Show and TCS Expeditions have launched an online sweepstakes, dangling a vacation for two to some of the most exotic and ancient places in the world. The co-branded sweeps promotes the annual Travel Show next year as well as …

Don’t know whether to get your assistant a PDA or DVD player for Christmas? Let him or her choose from more than 5,000 electronic products at any of 609 Circuit City Superstores, or from 400,000 items at http://www.circuitcity.com. Thanks to an …

Seeing a “huge opportunity” in the cash market, American Express Incentive Services introduced yesterday its newest stored-value product, the IncentiveFunds Select Card. Intended as both a consumer and trade premium, especially for spot rewards, IFC …

Samsung Electronics America Inc. has opened a virtual showroom in New York City. The Samsung Experience, at The Shops at Columbus Circle in Manhattan’s Time Warner Center, features hundreds of Samsung products in demonstrations such as a virtual world …

The Reader’s Catalog Offers Books and More As evidenced by its tagline, “Thoughtful Books & Gifts,” The Reader’s Catalog wants to be a complete resource for fans of the written word. Its debut catalog measures 9″ x 5-1/2″, much like a thin book, is 48 …

MARITZ RESEARCH: St. Louis, has launched a tool to help companies better identify, retain and acquire customers. Maritz Loyalty Maximizer applies a proprietary research model with marketing research and analytics to help better understand consumer …

I found your article “Attention Class: Time to Learn about Promotional Products”(P&I Sept. 15) very interesting. What a great idea! Do you know if it’s possible for one to obtain the course curriculum from PPAI? They could easily make this an online …