Promotion

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  TRADE PROMOTION: Going for Broke

  Tom Christal’s first job in retail was to throw away all the P-O-P that never got used: the stuff that came too late, or was the wrong size, or was never

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  DEPARTMENT STORES: Fashion and Compassion

  Few retail sectors have it tougher than department stores these days. As mass merchandisers enhance soft goods and cosmetics offerings, niche specialty

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  Clutter: Mall Bawl

  The Mall of America home to three Victoria’s Secrets and five Gap stores just got better: General Mills’ Cereal Adventure is open, blaring out its contribution

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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