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More than 120 marketing and sponsorship partners, suppliers and licensees for the 2008 Olympic Games are meeting this week in Colorado Springs, Colo., to discuss the United States Olympic Committee’s involvement in the upcoming games.
Topics for discussion are the USOC’s brand development, Games preparations and NBC’s presentation of the Games, writes Brandweek.
Attendees include representatives from Coca-Cola (which extended its sponsorship of the Games through 2020), Eastman Kodak, General Electric, Visa USA, Johnson & Johnson, Tyson Foods, Budweiser, Bank of America, Home Depot, Kimberly-Clark, Nike, 24 Hour Fitness, Oroweat, Roots, Adecco and Amino Vital.
The Spanish Radio Association says Arbitron still has not addressed its concerns and research questions regarding the PPM and how “Hispanics are recruited and represented, and how the PPM panel is maintained.”
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CNN won its second night of coverage of the Democratic National Convention Tuesday. The network averaged 3.41 million viewers in the 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. time slot, despite the fact that Fox drew nearly even for the night.
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Generation Y is the most self-indulgent, Generation X is the most innovative, and Boomers are the most productive, while the “Silent Generation” and the “Greatest Generation” are the most admired, according to a recent survey by Harris Interactive, writes MarketingCharts.
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To encourage shoppers to buy more back-to-school items, retailers often implement “loss leader” strategies: that is, selling items at a loss or even giving them away in hopes that the reductions will attract shoppers who will then buy other, more…
