Q&As

HALLMARK: has renamed its Gold Crown loyalty program to Crown Rewards

American Express is playing off the back-to-school shopping time period with an incentive tied to its gift cards

Walgreens has partnered with American Association of Retired Persons in a promotion to get its customers to attend its annual event.

Carlson Marketing is offering a new option to redeem loyalty points via a digital music store.

From the please-tell-me-you’re-joking file comes news that an Israeli researcher is claiming Internet addiction is as dangerous as other “extreme addictive disorders,” such as compulsive gambling, sex addiction and kleptomania.

Sharper Image Corp. has obtained a $20 million loan from Wells Fargo Retail Finance LLC, secured by the appraised value of the company’s intellectual property.

Catalog and Internet marketer PC Mall Inc. an entered into an agreement to purchase Sarcom Inc., a Columbus, OH-based technology services company.

Just Born has people buzzing about its latest summer promotion.

Cartoon Network is following in the footsteps of some of its competitors by rolling out new guidelines limiting the use of its characters on junk food.

AT&T is out with a sweepstakes linked to the Atlanta Braves offering the chance to throw out the first pitch at an upcoming home game. Registration is available online at ATT.Braves.com or by texting the world Braves to shortcode 36197 through Sept. 7. …