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How an army of admen battle to define and protect the true nature of the Jolly Green Giant, the Pillsbury Doughboy and other advertising spokescharacters.
By Ruth Shalit
March 23, 2000
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How does 24/7 Media CEO David Moore target ads without raising the ire of privacy activists? He asks permission.
By Lydia Lee
March 6, 2000
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We invite readers to respond to the Family for Sale series with grand plans, brainstorms and blueprints for a better tomorrow.
By Jennifer Foote Sweeney and Amy Benfer
March 3, 2000
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Marketers capitalize on the insecurity and ignorance of new parents.
By Pia Hinckle
March 1, 2000
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Why does my kid have to sell stuff door-to-door for her school?
By Bob Whitby
February 29, 2000
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Marketing mavens dissect moms for eager advertisers.
By Lisa Moskowitz
February 28, 2000
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An unholy alliance of psychologists and advertisers targets kiddie consumers.
By Arthur Allen
February 28, 2000
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Buy vodka you don't like so you won't drink as much.
By Robert Capps
December 29, 1999
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Tis the season for journalists to be flooded with gifts from start-ups eager for attention.
By Janelle Brown
December 1, 1999
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How do you publicize a Web start-up? eHow counts the ways.
By Janelle Brown
October 11, 1999
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A large cigarette company is using a humorous 1-800 marketing message that speaks to us of love.
By Jenn Shreve
October 1, 1999
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Wine X's attempts at hipsterism evoke the not so subtle smell of oak barrel-aged fish. Plus: Geeks, freaks, fashion weeks and conspiracy theorists.
By Jenn Shreve
October 1, 1999
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Through hypnosis, deconstructive theory and other advanced techniques, marketing experts have definitively established that champagne is associated with romance.
By Ruth Shalit
September 28, 1999
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Driven by a booming economy, a corporate obsession with brand-building and a feelgood philosophy, a motley crew of ex-grad students, starry-eyed admen and hypnosis gurus are probing the consumer unconscious to sell soap.
By Ruth Shalit
September 27, 1999
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Everyone in the Web industry seems to agree that Media Metrix's numbers are incomplete. So why have they become a standard?
By Kaitlin Quistgaard
April 28, 1999
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Cybersitter's maker responds to the Colorado tragedy by telling parents how to monitor kids' Web activities.
By -- Andrew Leonard
April 22, 1999
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Peapod, the online grocery service, sounds great -- but can it deliver?
By Janelle Brown
December 17, 1998
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Block those pundits: AOL-Netscape isn't like an NBC of the Web -- and can't be.
By Scott Rosenberg
December 1, 1998
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By Andrew Leonard
October 21, 1998
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Service with an artificial smile: By Robert Rossney. Supermarket clubs point the way to a future of corporate-mandated friendliness and Stepford clerks.
By Robert Rossney
October 14, 1998
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Getting to know all about you: By Jennifer Vogel. Attention, shoppers -- what you tell supermarket clubs may be used against you.
By Jennifer Vogel
October 14, 1998
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When it comes to creative Web marketing, tampon manufacturers lead the way.
By Jenn Shreve
March 18, 1998
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Two books explore how marketers and toy-makers turned our little darlings into crazed, Barney-craving monsters.
By Albert Mobilio
November 18, 1997