Yum! Brands Inc.'s KFC chain in China continues to hamper performance in that country's system of more than 5,400 restaurants. Yum's May same-store sales in China decreased 19%, the company indicated in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company expects negative publicity surrounding this year's avian-influenza outbreak in China to dissipate and allow for a return to same-store sales growth by the end of the year.

Coca-Cola, a top-tier partner of the International Olympics Committee and U.S. Olympics Committee, has picked up the gauntlet for the Winter Olympics some seven months before the event begins, unveiling a "Four-Pack" of athletes, including Michelle Kwan, to help lead the company's global marketing efforts for the Sochi Games.

The U.S. Golf Association has enlisted legendary golfers Tiger Woods and Arnold Palmer, and Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood, to star in a humorous campaign that is built around a line uttered by Rodney Dangerfield in the classic movie, "Caddyshack."

Patrick Keane, president of Sharethrough says the renaissance of brand advertising will happen on mobile, and the ads will be native. Disclosure: Sharethrough is a native ad company. "I've seen two real innovations in advertising: The first was search, and the second is native. The next generation of mobile-first Web design is about feeds and streams, not columns, banners and boxes," he writes. "The user consumption paradigm on mobile is feeds, and advertising will need to follow this form - not banners, splash pages, pre-roll or other interruptive traditional IAB units."

Chicago hosted a near-record 46.2 million visitors last year, with growth in overnight leisure travel driving the city back to pre-recession levels. The total is a 6.1 % increase over 2011, and brings the city close to its 2007 record of 46.3 million visitors, according to data to be unveiled Tuesday by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Choose Chicago, the nonprofit that sells the city as a travel destination. The city hosted nearly 18 million overnight vacationers, up 10.2% versus 2011. Day trips rose by 4%.

Sony announced its next-generation PlayStation 4 game console, saying it would not only cost $100 cheaper than the rival Xbox, but would come without restrictions for used games. Sony used its E3 media briefing to fire direct shots at Microsoft targeting several features that made many video game players wary of the Xbox, starting with the price - $399 in the U.S., 399 euros in Europe and 349 pounds in the United Kingdom.

Seems if consumers could TiVo digital ads they would. Around half of consumers find digital ads invasive, distracting and annoying although they were more popular in the UK than in France and Germany, according to results of a study unveiled by Adobe today. A total of 70% of UK respondents thought TV ads were more important than online campaigns in the firm's "Click Here: State of Online Advertising."

Ruby Tuesday Inc. has named former Darden Restaurants Inc. executive Todd Burrowes president, Ruby Tuesday concept, and chief operations officer. Burrowes succeeds Kimberly Grant, who left the company on June 7. Burrowes' appointment was effective June 10, RubyTuesday said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

General Motors has launched its 4G WiFi service plan. It wants service in every vehicle it builds by 2015. The company has brought in Mary Chan, who will not only oversee the 4G project but take over GM's more than decade-old OnStar telematics service, as well. Chan, who reports to Vice Chairman Stephen Girsky, had been SVP and general manager of Enterprise Mobility Solutions & Services at Dell. Before that she held Alcatel-Lucent and Lucent as president of 4G/LTE Wireless Networks and president of Global Wireless Networks.

After firing salvos at Chrysler, NHTSA aims canons at GM. Federal safety investigators are upgrading an investigation of more than 550,000 Pontiac G6s from 2005-06 due to reports of malfunctioning brake lights. The agency announced the action today. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has been investigating the issue since February after reviewing hundreds of reports that the brake lights may operate incorrectly.