Q&As

The 758 mergers and acquisitions within the marketing sector were valued at $60.3 billion — record levels for both quantity and total worth of all transactions, according to Petsky Prunier LLC.

Alltel Wireless is looking to score points with college basketball fans through a contest to pick winning teams in a slate of select games each week on fanu.com, a news and social networking site.

The Authentication and Online Trust Alliance announced today it is endorsing so-called Extended Validation SSL certificates, a security scheme the group says will help validate Web site owner identities and protect consumers from online fraud.

Interactive retailing solutions provider Modiv Media said it will install handheld scanner and promotion devices in 100 New England Stop & Shop supermarkets.

Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment have lined up a quartet of heavyweight marketing partners to hype their “Iron Man” movie.

The National Retail Federation is forecasting a 3.5% increase in retail sales this year, the lowest hike since 2002.

metrostyle, a women’s apparel catalog, will have its apparel modeled by winners from the popular CW reality show, “America’s Next Top Model.”

Outdoor outfitter Moosejaw split its Winter 2008 catalog

Tiffany & Co. posted direct marketing sales of $69.9 million for the holiday period, roughly the same amount as the prior year.

Restoration Hardware Inc. experienced flat holiday sales, the firm said Friday.