Promotion

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  Special Report: Cable Casting

  Twenty years ago, an upstart New York City-based network called MTV burst onto the scene with a sweepstakes giveaway that awarded not just a trip to an

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  Clutter: Station to Station

  When Bruce Springsteen sang, There’s 57 channels and nothing’s on, he may have been speaking about the advertising. There certainly is plenty on. While

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  Clutter: More Than Meets the Eye

  Don’t blink or you’ll miss them. Seriously. PROMO’S four-hour run through one of Stop & Shop’s Norwalk, CT, stores was a lesson in the clean store policies

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  Special Report: Beyond the Music

  On July 1, VH1 viewers were given the chance to win a BMW Z3 roadster by tuning in to the cable network’s new My VH1 Primetime programming block, watching

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  Music to Market By

  I developed my love of music in the 1970s, when the corporate world was the very antithesis of what rock-n-roll supposedly represented. I was outraged

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  Wal-Mart Goes Private

  Wal-Mart is rewriting the rules again. This month, the mass merch giant will stop supplying scanner data to third-party research firms such as ACNielsen

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  Changing Minds

  While Batman may not appear to be getting older, marketers behind the Caped Crusader’s licensing machine are getting wiser. New York City-based DC Comics

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  Coke Opens Potter Playbook

  Coca-Cola Co. is ready to ride with Harry. As exclusive promo partner for Warner Bros.’ Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Atlanta-based Coke kicks

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  Cherry Jubilee

  Flavor of the Month takes on new meaning this summer as Pepsi-Cola Co. puts major campaigns behind cherry-flavored soft drinks. First up is the national

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  Account-Specific Print Ads?

  Retail marketers need a lot more than bigger Web banners, more affordable (read: shorter) prime-time television commercials, and splashier events to solve