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PayPal Snags 15 Retailers for In-Store Payments

PayPal Snags 15 Retailers for In-Store Payments

In a coup, PayPal is competing at the register with credit cards, signing 15 major retailers including Barnes & Noble, Foot Locker, JC Penney and Toys 'R' Us to accept its online payments at their brick-and-mortar stores.

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McDonald's Shareholders Defeat Proposal to Weigh Impact on Obesity

McDonald's Shareholders Defeat Proposal to Weigh Impact on Obesity

McDonald's Corp. today voted down a proposal that would have led it to assess its impact on public health, particularly childhood obesity.

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Google Names New Motorola CMO as Deal Closes

Google Names New Motorola CMO as Deal Closes

Now that Google's $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility is a done deal, Gary Briggs, former Google VP-consumer marketing, is replacing Bill Ogle as Motorola Mobility's chief marketer.

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P&G Restructures Communications Under Marketing Chief Pritchard

P&G Restructures Communications Under Marketing Chief Pritchard

Procter & Gamble Co. is restructuring its massive global public-relations organization so that a streamlined marketing-focused group now going by "communications" will report directly to Global Brand-Building Officer Marc Pritchard.

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Campaign Centered on Stanley Cup Lures Casual Fans, Lifts NHL Ratings

Campaign Centered on Stanley Cup Lures Casual Fans, Lifts NHL Ratings

A social-media push and a comprehensive ad campaign around the Stanley Cup "all geared to help lure the casual fan" has helped the NHL forge record TV ratings through the first two rounds of the playoffs.

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Brands Flock to 'Instagram for Video' Apps

Brands Flock to 'Instagram for Video' Apps

Apps like SocialCam and Viddy are exploding in popularity as the next "Instagram for video" among consumers for recording and sharing short videos and -- like clockwork -- big brands are following.

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Meet the Woman Behind ABC's Apple-Themed 'Duets' Promo

Meet the Woman Behind ABC's Apple-Themed 'Duets' Promo

The "Duets" commercial is an "homage" to Apple's famed "1984" ad, said Marla Provencio, ABC's new chief marketing officer.

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There's a Message to Marketers in Facebook's IPO Slide

There's a Message to Marketers in Facebook's IPO Slide

The stock market's subdued reaction to Facebook's IPO suggests doubts over the value of social engagement.

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Brand Z Study: IBM Leapfrogs Google as No. 2 Global Brand

IBM leapfrogged Google, rising to No. 2 behind Apple, with brand value of $116 billion last year, according to the latest Brand Z ranking from Millward Brown. Of course, CoreBrand three weeks ago put IBM at No. 66. Here's why the discrepancy.

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A Code of Honor for All CMOs to Follow

A Code of Honor for All CMOs to Follow

Will years of ethical neglect bring about a day of reckoning for CMOs? Or will we pledge to truth and authenticity?

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Change Gauge: 20 Big Marketing Moves From the First Half

Change Gauge: 20 Big Marketing Moves From the First Half

For major companies, from retailers to restaurants, some of the best marketing talent is coming from an unlikely place -- well outside their categories.

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Starbucks Promotes Young-Scrivner to President of Canada

Starbucks Promotes Young-Scrivner to President of Canada

Starbucks upped Global CMO Annie Young-Scrivner to president of Canada, its second-largest market after the U.S.

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Delete Creativity? That's Bad for Business

Delete Creativity? That's Bad for Business

Besting the competition is the endgame of most marketing, and one of the most enduring and reliable ways of so doing is a creative idea.

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AmEx Tests New Ways to Transact in Social Media

While adland has obsessed over what brands should say on these social-media outlets, AmEx's John Hayes and his team are testing ways to transact there.

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ANA: Two-Thirds of Global Marketers to Change Agency Compensation

Compensation and performance incentives were debated at the Association of National Advertisers' Financial Management Conference.

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Jockey Tells ANA Its 'Accountable Comp' Agency Model Works

Jockey is known for its briefs, so it's rather fitting that the brief it gave to ad agencies during a review process last year was an unusual one.

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RIM Names Frank Boulben CMO

Ahead of its last-ditch effort to stay relevant in smartphones, BlackBerry parent Research in Motion has hired a chief marketer.

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Big Data Requires Complex Analysis, But Don't Be Scared Off

Segmentation groups customers based on characteristics. But it can get so complex that companies become paralyzed.

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Buy Online, Pay at a Store -- a Novel Pathway to Building Brand Loyalty?

Walmart's "Pay With Cash" program suggests novel ways of looking at customer relationships, both online and offline: holistic marketing to raise brand loyalty.

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Seventh Generation Expands Lineup

Many marketers talk about getting back to their brand roots after a stumble in the marketplace. For Seventh Generation, that roots movement is all the more interesting, considering that the company fired founder Jeffrey Hollender less than two years ago.

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Seventh Generation Expands Lineup

Many marketers talk about getting back to their brand roots after a stumble in the marketplace. For Seventh Generation, that roots movement is all the more interesting, considering that the company fired founder Jeffrey Hollender less than two years ago.

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