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NBA star Kobe Bryant will appear in Nike ads in Sports Illustrated - his first Nike appearance since his arrest for alleged rape two years ago, Adrants reports. He’ll be pushing the Huarache 2K5 footwear product.
According to a spokesman for the company, there has been no change in Bryant’s contractual status with Nike.
WPP, which employs more than 100,000 people, is said to be cutting several thousand jobs worldwide. The U.S., Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain were cited by the company as markets under pressure.
Cuts are expected to be centered in…
The new ads running below the fold on the front page of The New York Times sell for $75,000 on weekdays and $100,000 on Sundays, the New York Post reports.
The New York Times began selling advertising below the fold on…
Cox Cross Media (CXM), the digital sales component of Cox Enterprises, announced a marketing liaison with ABC’s Television Stations Group.
ABC Television Stations presides over ABC-owned TV stations, websites and the ABC SuperSign in Times Square, in addition to a…
Apple’s iTunes Store is set to significantly shift its approach to selling songs online, including dropping copying protection (digital rights management, or DRM) and introducing a new pricing plan, reports the Wall Street Journal.
Rather than the standard 99 cents…
Online spending in several key categories, including Sports & Fitness and Video Games, increased and outperformed offline spending during the 2008 holiday season, while overall online and offline spending in other home and luxury-goods categories decreased across the board, according…
Walgreens December sales of $6.1 billion were an increase of 10.8% from $5.5 billion for the same month in 2007, the company announced. Same-store sales rose 4.9%, while comparable store front-end sales increased 0.4%.
Walgreens transactions in comparable stores increased…
