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    Look at your ads to find out.
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  • The Costly Bargain of Trade Promotion

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    • Robert D. Buzzell
    • John Quelch
    • Walter J. Salmon
    One of the most significant phenomena in retailing in recent years has been the shift in power from manufacturers to the trade. In frequently purchased, heavily advertised goods, the dominant players have become the big chains like Safeway, Wal-Mart, Kroger, K mart, Toys “R” Us, Walgreen, CVS, Home Depot, and Circuit City. Partly as a […]
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  • Comparing the ROI of Content Marketing and Native Advertising

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  • Psychographics Are Just as Important for Marketers as Demographics

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    • March 11, 2016
  • Men Buy More from Manly Men

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    Getting Tom Brady to promote your brand is an excellent idea, new research suggests.
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    • April 01, 2018
  • How E-Commerce Will Trump Brand Management

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    • Peter Sealey
    The Internet promises to give marketing the same boost in productivity that new operational strategies have given to manufacturing.
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    • From the July–August 1999 Issue
  • Marshall & Gordon: Designing an Effective Compensation System (A)

    Leadership & Managing People Case Study
    • Heidi K. Gardner
    • Kerry Herman
    11.95
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    CEO Kelly Browne wrestles with the design of a new compensation system to promote the collaboration and cross-selling necessary for supporting her firm's...
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    • May 05, 2011
  • What Makes a Successful Celebrity Brand?

    Marketing Spotlight
    • Ayelet Israeli
    • Jill Avery
    • Leonard A. Schlesinger
    • Matt Higgins
    Stars are using their influencer status to launch their own products and capture more profits for themselves.
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    • From the May–June 2024 Issue
  • A Primer on Programmatic Advertising

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    • Kinshuk Jerath
    • Miklos Sarvary
    8.95
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    • April 03, 2017
  • Videocon D2H: In Film Branding

    Sales & Marketing Case Study
    • Seema Gupta
    • Menaka Rao
    11.95
    View Details
    The case describes Videocon's experiences of in film branding of the Bollywood film titled "Sultan". It was a film with a crowd puller, popular Hindi...
    • Save
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    • Diego Finchelstein
    • Pedro Jose Frias
    11.95
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  • Are Your Ads Funding Disinformation?

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    • Claire Atkin
    Online advertising is opaque and often funnels money to sites that can damage your brand. Here’s how companies can protect themselves.
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    • August 21, 2023
  • Scripps Networks' Integration of Recipezaar

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    • Ava Seave
    • Carla Graubard
    11.95
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    In July 2007, Scripps Networks acquired Recipezaar, a user-generated recipe and cooking Website with a captive community of 2.3 million visitors. By September,...
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    • July 14, 2011
  • The Mismanagement of Advertising

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    • John Philip Jones
    Companies are spending more money than ever on advertising. So why are the results so disappointing?
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    • From the January–February 2000 Issue
  • Charlotte Beers at Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide (B)

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    • Herminia Ibarra
    • Nicole Sackley
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    Updates CEO Beers' progress two years after her initiation of a massive organizational change effort. Designed as an in-class handout.
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    • January 26, 1995

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