Q&As

Tennis diva Maria Sharapova will be in the spotlight for Canon’s U.S. Open Tennis Tournament sponsorship plans, along with a supporting cast of diamond studded cameras

Retailer Best Buy hopes that being the first third-party merchant to offer the new high-speed Apple iPhone 3G will help drive traffic in what might be a recessionary holiday shopping season this year

Coca-Cola will screen a film about seven “environmental champion” torchbearers as part of a series of green-themed promotions at the summer games in Beijing.

Big-name restaurant marketers are rolling out a host of promotions to support the latest Veggie Tales DVD release

Hasbro, Inc. is toasting the 45th anniversary of its Easy-Bake Oven and its Snack Center toy with a nationwide search to find the next “Baker of the Year.”

InfoGroup, formerly infoUSA, paid $17.4 million for Direct Media Inc., according to recent financial documents. That price does not include $4.9 million in cash acquired, but does include $400,000 in acquisition related costs.

Jan Brandt, vice chair emeritus, AOL and member, Pilot Group; the late Andi Emerson, founder, president, and board chair, John Caples International Awards; W. Howard Lester, chairman of the board and chief executive officer, Williams-Sonoma; and Charles Williams, founder and director emeritus, Williams-Sonoma, have been named to the Direct Marketing Association

Quebecor World Inc., which is operating under Chapter 11 protection in the United States and creditor protection in Canada, generated $976 million in revenue from continuing operations during its second quarter.

Mortgage and home equity lenders sent approximately 750 million secured loan offerings between January and June 2008, half the 1.5 billion during the first six months of 2007, according to a new study

Harry & David Holdings has acquired the Cushman Fruit Company of West Palm Beach, FL.