Topic

Promotion

  • P&I Postscripts

    MARRIOTT REWARDS: has launched a new Web site, Rewarding Weddings, which gives couples who book their wedding receptions at participating Marriott International, Inc. hotels details on how to earn enough rewards points for a free honeymoon. The Web site …

  • Kellogg Drops Kids’ Premium-Centric Ad

    Kellogg Co. will quit using a kids’ print ad that touts premiums, rather than products. The ad came under fire for violating the guidelines of the Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU) of the National Advertising Review Council. The ad focused not …

  • McDonald’s Kicks off 100-Day Countdown To Winter Olympics

    McDonald’s is counting down the days for the start of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy as the top sponsor and official restaurant of the Games. The QSR is rolling out a series of initiatives for its 2006 Olympic Games plans, including …

  • Disney Names Alessandro To Marketing Helm

    Jim Alessandro has joined the Disneyland resort as senior VP-marketing. Alessandro, who was formerly assigned as VP-global marketing support

  • Campbell, 7th Heaven Tout Labels for Education

    Campbell Soup Co. is weaving a real-life promotional program into the plot of a TV show for the second time.

  • Wal-Mart Breaks Celeb-Heavy Holiday Ads

    Wal-Mart Stores is getting an early start with its holiday image advertising, but still plans to play up price when the shopping season begins in earnest later this month.

  • History Channel Launches Invention Challenge

    Think you have the next best invention? The History Channel and Invent Now, Inc., a subsidiary of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, have teamed up in search of the next great invention idea as part of the Modern Marvels Invent Now Challenge.

  • P&G Takes Tide To Go to Martha Stewart

    Procter & Gamble wraps up an online sampling blitz for Tide To Go just as the brand appears tonight on The Apprentice: Martha Stewart.

  • McDonald’s Bids McRib Farewell Via ‘Tour’

    McDonald’s Corp. is taking its McRib Sandwich on the road, giving consumers one last chance to taste the product before the company removes it from the menu. The McRib Sandwich, which debuted in 1982 as a promotional menu item, has outlived its original …

  • Campbell Brings Batman In-Store

    Campbell Soup Co. will bring Batman into 7,000 supermarkets in first-quarter 2006. Campbell will install floor graphics in January and run FSIs touting the latest character tie-in for its kids’ soups. Campbell licensed Batman in its first-ever deal with …