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  • Prizewinning growth

    Marketers spent $24 billion on premiums in 1997, with growth in consumer and business-to-business premiums boosting the category 6 percent. The segment

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  • When the Smoke Clears

    Brad Burmaster recalls the day two RJ Reynolds sales reps visited the construction site of his new store, Light House, in suburban Chicago. The hardwood

  • The Branded Generation

    Seven billion dollars. Seven billion dollars. That’s how much the promotion industry added to its total last year, according to the the 1998 Annual Report

  • Sponsorships Grow Without the Olympics

    If there was a year for sponsorship spending to drop, 1997 should have been it. For more than 14 years, the sponsorship category has seen growth of at

  • Problem Children

    Marketers who navigate by the seat of their pants trying to home in on under-20 age segments risk a bad case of posterior rug burn. Yet many brand managers,

  • Everywhere Merchants Want to Be

    Visa USA will give its retail partners magic for Christmas this year, part of an aggressive slate of consumer promotions designed to drive purchases in

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  • Sampling Continues to Stretch Out

    The only thing harder than trying to sum up 1997’s sampling programs in a single story is trying to put a value on the category. Programs can range from

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  • People Agency Moves

    Frank Henson named vp of the Solutions Marketing division of J. Brown/LMC Group, Stamford, CT.Christine Cervenka named director of research and human

  • Breakthrough Promos Rest on Basic Questions

    The promotion industry grows more competitive and cluttered every day. When the first radio commercial aired in 1922, it was probably the only promotion

  • Targeting Drives Growth

    Marketers’ purchase of nearly $12 billion in ad specialties last year represented record growth of 25 percent from 1996.While most of the growth in 1996