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Carlton Beach, Cannes, France. …
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Lewis Lazare: After some initial confusion sparked by premature and inaccurate online chatter among advertising trade journalists about the results of electronics giant Sony's account review, the matter was clarified late Monday. Sony said it would not have one ad agency of record going forward, but rather three shops: Fallon/Minneapolis; McKinney + Silver in Durham, N.C. and Bagby and Co., which had been doing some …
It was only a matter of time. USA Today reports on the latest security breach involving "loyalty cards", this time at CVS. The data security flaw in the ExtraCare card service was exposed Monday by the grassroots group Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering, or CASPIAN. It said anyone could learn what a customer had purchased with an ExtraCare card by logging on to a company Web site with the …
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According to Jesus' General, this ad (if one can call it that) was rejected by the Young Republicans for inclusion in their National Convention official program. The future politicos claimed the tone of message was too negative. …
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The Patriot News: So, you want to buy a house in the country? Some Lebanon County officials want to warn you that it might stink. To drive the point home, they are developing a brochure that features scratch 'n sniff manure. The scratch 'n sniff smell is coming from a company in Chattanooga, Tenn., called "Print a Scent." Its Web site lists more than 150 scents for sale, including anchovy, toothpaste and ashtray as …
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Deadprogrammer's Cafe has published a visual history of the Starbucks logo. Here's where it all began. …
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Ad Age: Joe Mansueto, the founder and chairman-CEO of Morningstar Inc., has emerged as the lead contender to buy Fast Company and Inc., Gruner & Jahr USA …
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Spike Jones at Brains On Fire likes to order music from CD Baby, the independent musician's friend in distribution. Any site that sells discs by Garaj Mahal is okay by me. But what Spike points to is the extraordinary customer service touches, evident even in their packing letter. Spike, Thanks for your order! Your CD has been gently taken from our CD Baby shelves with sterilized contamination-free gloves and placed …
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