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                                            by Aaron Baar
                                        
                                    Naturally, marketing a politician has some nuances that marketing a brand does not. Synovate's Ged Parton agrees that people look for different attributes in … Read the whole story
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Mediapost's Marketing Daily soon will choose a Marketer of the Year, and we invite you to participate. Send us your nominations for companies that … Read the whole story
 
                                        
                                            COMMENTARY
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            by John Ouren
                                        
                                    Research partners must go beyond the currently accepted methods of vetting survey participants. If we don't do this, the value of online survey data … Read the whole story

                                        
                                            RESTAURANTS
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            by Karlene Lukovitz
                                        
                                    The gold card program will offer 10% off on most purchases in participating U.S. Starbucks stores (excluding gift cards/certificates, publications, digital downloads, membership fees). … Read the whole story

                                        
                                            RETAIL
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            by Nina Lentini
                                        
                                    Courtney Marsala, brand manager for CorningWare, says the brand is reaching out to the newly married, newly engaged, "those who are registering for CorningWare. … Read the whole story

                                        
                                            HEALTH AND BEAUTY AIDS
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            by Sarah Mahoney
                                        
                                    P&G's beauty division, which brought in $22 billion in sales in its latest fiscal years, competes most directly with such brands as Johnson & … Read the whole story

                                        
                                            RESTAURANTS
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            by David Goetzl
                                        
                                    At least one national advertiser isn't cutting its media budget over the next 12 months. Sonic Corp., with some 3,400 fast-food restaurants and known … Read the whole story
                                        
                                            TRENDS
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            by Erik Sass
                                        
                                    The digital out-of-home business is headed for an "inevitable shakeout," but will bounce back even stronger when the economy recovers, according to Patrick Quinn, … Read the whole story