The Smiley Company and Wal-Mart has resolved its trademark dispute which is currently pending in the US. The terms of the settlement are to remain confidential, but the agreement ends a dispute that has lasted a decade.Nicolas Loufrani, CEO of the... Read more
Facebook finally introduced its Timeline profile format for brands today at a marketers'conference in New York after rolling Timeline out to consumers beginning last September.
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Facebook has today revealed several updates for brand pages, with the aim of helping business and organizations share their stories through milestones – the brand Timeline - and connect with people.
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Magazine sales can be hard to drive up but here's one title that seems to have got its act together . . .From January, it is raising the paid circulation guarantee it gives advertisers to 1.5 million from 1.3 million - an increase of 15.4%. In... Read more
Why can’t every American takeover of a British business go as smoothly as Wal-Mart’s acquisition of Asda? No burning effigies, no shoppers threatening to boycott the store and set up their own supermarket chain – just profits,... Read more
As part of The Drum’s Year of Retail, Carat and Synovate Retail Performance will be running a year-long study called the Year of Retail and the Role of Media. It will examine key elements ranging from mobile to the evolution of supermarkets. Here,... Read more
Hordes of crazed bargain hunters have become a top trending topic on Twitter after over eager shoppers were snapped crushing through doorways, skipping queues and steering badly over loaded shopping trolleys to check outs.
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