“Energy Times” and the Stealth Marketing of Dietary Supplements
Yesterday I stopped at a Natural Grocers market to pick up some ginger ale, and the store gave me a […]
Marketing
Marx MasterCards Prove Highly Popular in Germany
The Sparkasse Bank in Chemnitz, in eastern Germany, asked customers to vote on images they would most like to see
RJR’s “Project SCUM” Targeted Gays, the Homeless, Immigrants and Youth
This post is part of our ongoing series exploring the millions of previously-secret tobacco industry documents now available on
Advertising, Food, Marketing
FDA Rejects Corn Industry’s Request to Rename High Fructose Corn Sugar
After people started avoiding high-fructose corn syrup in the foods they buy, the Corn Refiners Association (CRA) petitioned the U.S.
The Average Soda is 6 Times Bigger Than in the 1950s?
The average fast food restaurant meal today is over four times bigger than it was in the 1950s, according to
Skip TV Ads, Go to Jail?
The major television networks ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC are arguing that skipping commercials while watching TV shows recorded on
R.J. Reynolds’ “Salem Black Initiative,” 1989
This 1989 R.J. Reynolds marketing report summarizes a company brainstorming session to find ways to increase sales of Salem cigarettes to
Skechers Pays $40 Million for Deceptively Advertising “Butt Toning” Shoes
Skechers, the maker of those roly-poly “toning shoes” that were a big craze back in 2010, will shell out $40
The Bottled Water Scam
People who buy bottled water pay up to 1,900 times what tap water costs, but get less access to key
Bizarre Ideas to Sell More Smokes from Philip Morris
This 1987 Philip Morris brainstorming document is full of bizarre ideas for how to make cigarettes more appealing and marketable
RushOutOfMissoula.com Makes Headway as KGVO Hijinks Backfire
The grassroots effort to push Rush Limbaugh off the airwaves in Missoula, Montana reports that as of this week 18
Abbott Labs Pays $1.6 Billion for Illegal Drug Marketing
Abbott Laboratories, the maker of Ensure, PaediaSure, Similac and Vicodin, pled guilty to misbranding and illegally marketing its drug Depakote.
FDA Orders Sexual Dysfunction Warning Added for Merck Baldness Drug Propecia
If your hairline is receding and you’re are thinking about taking Merck’s baldness drug Propecia, you might want to think
Johnson & Johnson Fined $1.2 Billion for Illegal Drug Marketing
The state of Arkansas has ordered Johnson & Johnson and one of its subsidiaries, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, to pay $1.2 billion
Facebook Shuns Women in Advance of IPO
Fifty-eight percent of Facebook users are women, and women account for over 70 percent of daily fan activity on the
Vodka Ad Jokes About Sexual Assault, Gets Yanked
The makers of Belvedere Vodka yanked a controversial ad that appeared to joke about rape. The ad showed a horrified
Advertising, Marketing
Two Men Sell Their Faces To Pay Off Student Debt
Two young British men desperate to pay off student debt and facing dismal prospects for employment have started selling ad