Two-Year Wait: Sears Commits – Puts $15-20-Mil. Apparel Biz Up for Grabs

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January 25, 1993

Sears, Roebuck & Co.’s two-year flirtation with having an outside agency take a shot at part of its business, finally became official last week when the company announced it would [...]

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J. WALTER THOMPSON Most Likely to Get Ford Credit Card Biz

By Jim Kirk

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The politics of Academy ads By Kathy Tyre Warner Bros. is pushing Steven Seagal for a Best Actor Oscar. That the support relates less to his acting ability than the fact he was Mike Ovitz’ Tae Kwon Do instructor i

By Adweek Staff

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Horsing around; foes of commercial free speech and product placement in films are down – but not out – after blows by the FTC and Budweiser’s Clydesdales By Alan Pell Crawfor Foes of commercial free speech and pro

By Adweek Staff

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Super angst By Betsy Sharke It’s high noon on the first day of shooting the new package of Pepsi-Cola ads that will break on the Super Bowl next Sunday. Things are running well behind schedule this Monday in late

By Adweek Staff

Porsche looks west By David Kiley and Fara Warne Porsche Cars North America, last week began meeting with West Coast shops in a review for the $18-million account that will include 10 agencies from San Diego to Se

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By Adweek Staff

January 25, 1993

Joel Ewanick, U.S. marketing manager at Porsche, which unexpectedly fired Fallon McElligott/ Minneapolis two weeks ago, said he has been soliciting agency reels and quietly identifying contenders for about eight [...]

Red all over By Stephen Bar After 10 years of publication, ‘USA Today’ has yet to turn a profit. But that could change as more advertisers learn to appreciate the paper.

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By Adweek Staff

January 25, 1993

In the most aggressive effort yet to give advertisers an intimate feel for its operation, USA Today brought more than 300 agency executives and clients to its suburban Washington headquarters [...]

Market makers: the people who move the syndication market

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By Adweek Staff, Verne Gay

January 25, 1993

When the forces of television’s syndication market descend upon San Francisco this week for the annual auction/swap meet of programming known a… Dick HobbsLeo BurnettEveryone, it seems, has a fish [...]

What a tangled web we adfolks weave By Andrew Jaff The Inaugural, especially when power passes to the backbenchers, says historian Peggy Noonan, should be a seminal event. It’s a valedictory for a nation, which ha

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By Adweek Staff

January 25, 1993

The next day New York Times columnist William Satire lamented that there were no “ask nots” in the speech: “Clinton’s address had a theme and shape that satisfied, a length [...]

Anti-Puff Ads Work: No Ifs, Ands or Butts By Robin Meyerowit SAN FRANCISCO – A study just released by UC San Francisco found that the sharp decline in cigarette purchases slowed dramatically since the state stoppe

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By Adweek Staff

January 25, 1993

New ads for the California State Anti-Smoking campaign are set to launch Feb. 4, by Livingston + Keye/L.A., after a 9-month-long hiatus due in part to the governor’s attempt to [...]