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  • Live from Orlando: Polk in Play

    The on-again, off-again rumor mill surrounding Southfield, IL-based Polk Co. has kicked into high gear. This time, industry buzz has the compiler retaining

  • This Is A Test

    Perhaps the most significant trend within the dot-com community is online companies diverting promotional dollars into traditional media outlets, such

  • The Sweetest Rings

    The phonecard promotion is fundamentally simple: Buy them, pass them out, and smile at the slippage rate.Consumers love phonecards because they offer

  • Healthy Doses

    The pulse of healthcare promotion has quickened. Consumer ad spending in the prescription drug category has skyrocketed since ’97, and healthcare organizations

  • Grills and Gridirons

    Drive-thru restaurant chains Checkers and Rally’s, Clearwater, FL, broke their largest-ever marketing campaign last month with a national effort utilizing

  • Adherent Disciple

    Stickiness. That, not reach or brand awareness, is what marketers need to get from their promotions. So sayeth the new publisher of Reader’s Digest.Forget

  • Psycho Analysis: PUTTING KIDS ON THE COUCH IS A QUESTIONABLE PRACTICE

    Should shrinks be teaching marketers how to appeal to kids?The American Psychological Association is mulling the question, after being prompted by consumer

  • 20th Century Guy

    One day back in the late ’70s, at my first job for a small publishing company in New York City, I returned to the office from lunch and my boss asked

  • Investing in Data

    financial service providers such as banks and insurance companies court small businesses with the focus and attention of a first love. But even giants

  • NEW LISTS

    ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS This file names 123,030 subscribers to Hearst Business Communications’ Electronic Products magazine. Readers are design engineers