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  • Netcentives Cuts 120 Jobs

    U.S. Web-based marketing firm Netcentives Inc. plans to cut about 120 jobs and take other measures to realize approximately $40 million in cost savings this fiscal year. The move is expected to result in earnings per share improvements

  • Consumer Confidence in Couponing

    By now, very few marketing and brand managers even flinch at the discussion of a minor recession in 2001. It’s here and we know it. The question is how

  • The Joy of Britney

    Teen pop sensation Britney Spears will strut her stuff for Pepsi-Cola Co., Purchase, NY, in the soft drink manufacturer’s largest endorsement deal to

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  • A Measure of Success

    Determining ROI for promotional events is still a hit-or-miss affair. Irvine, CA-based Lincoln entered a five-year sponsorship of the U.S. Open last summer

  • Venus Rising

    Its code name was 226. That was back in 1998, when Gillette Co. was setting Mach3 razors on store shelves and loosing fighter planes in TV spots. Now

  • OUT OF SITE

    Each year, the Society of Incentive Travel Executives, New York City, presents its Crystal Awards to the most innovative, the most enticing, and the most

  • Sole Survivor

    After years of occupying third place among the Big Four television networks and seeing its audience grow as old as Dick Van Dyke’s shtick, New York City-based

  • Power in Plastic

    Out to activate ties to the 1999 Chick-fil-A Ladies Professional Golf Association charity tournament in Atlanta, wireless telecom Nextel Communications

  • MASS MERCHANDISERS

    The mass merchandise shakeout continues. This time, promotion plays a crucial role. The top-of-the-heap battle is between Kmart, Target, and Wal-Mart,

  • AGENCY LEADER Q&A: King Profit

    Larry Kimmel, new CEO at Grey Direct, predicts a return to direct response basics