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Land’s End Web Site Wants to See Kids’ Backpack Wishes
Land’s End has launched an interactive site that will let kids add a backstory to their virtual backpacks and offers parents the chance to win a backpack by posting their child’s creation to Facebook
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Eddie Bauer Sale To Golden Gate Completed
Eddie Bauer Holdings, Inc. has completed the previously announced sale of its assets and operations to Golden Gate Capital for $286 million in cash.
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All American Pet Mounts Search for Million-Dollar Canine
Because nothing succeeds online like adorable puppies, natural pet food maker All American Pet Brands has launched a contest to find the nation’s cutest dog, holding out a $1 million prize as a bone. The competition, which launched last Saturday at …
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Sears Assembles Air Band, Gomez for fall Teen Fashion Campaign
Retailer Sears is tapping into music and some Disney Channel magic to promote its back-to-school apparel lines with a contest to bring together the first Sears Air Band—as in, no instruments.
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Service Lags In Telcos Lead To Customer Defections
Traditional telecommunications companies are facing increasing pressure from a variety of directions. These companies are being challenged to provide innovative offerings (to compete with those from mobile device providers) or fend off price challenges from upstart providers.
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Mail Stream: August 3
The Christian Science Monitor offers a charter subscription to its new print newsweekly. Legal thriller author John Grisham has lent his name in support of the Southern Poverty Law Center
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Premium Grades
As with many other marketing channels this year, flat seems to be the new up for companies surveyed in the 2009 Promo Premiums and Incentives survey.
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Tweet-Tourage
By erasing the lag time between message blast and message viewing, Twitter is shaping up as a very useful platform for running real-time promotional campaigns
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All in the Family
Just in time for back-to-school shopping, Sears has built out its main Web site with the launch of GiveTogether, a free online gift platform that lets
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The “Wow” Files
Last month, Sci Fi, the science fiction channel, unveiled to viewers its name change to Syfy, a trade-marketable brand name that reflects a broader range