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Altoids Launch Rips Valentine’s Day

Feb 14, 2007 6:05 AM, PROMO Xtra

Coaches Association Signs Sampling Pact

Feb 9, 2007 6:02 AM, PROMO Xtra

Miller Set to Sample New Brew in Southern States

Feb 8, 2007 6:03 AM, PROMO Xtra, By Patricia Odell

Playtex Starts Promotions for New Tampon

Jan 30, 2007 6:03 AM, PROMO Xtra

Sampling Helps Kick Off Aquafina Alive Debut

Jan 25, 2007 6:03 AM, PROMO Xtra, By Patricia Odell

Wild Oats Pushes "Healthy Aging" In-store

Jan 2, 2007 6:03 AM, PROMO Xtra, By Betsy Spethmann


CAMPAIGN SPOTLIGHT

PowerBar Launches Sweeps with Lance Armstrong

As part of a longstanding partnership, PowerBar is collaborating with championship cyclist Lance Armstrong to launch a sweepstakes and mobile tour to motivate consumers to live healthily while promoting its nutrition bars.

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Issues, Research and Trends

Trade Show Sampling: Help or Hindrance?

Oct 12, 2005 6:10 AM, By Patricia Odell

There were likely hundreds of disappointed women, and some men, who approached booth No. 3880 last month at the Motivation Show....

Q&A;: Sampling Sense

Sep 1, 2005 12:00 PM, Amy Johannes

First-hand experience of a product can dramatically impact a consumer's purchase intent of a brand. We asked folks at top agencies (drawn from the PROMO...

Arizona Proposes Alcohol Sampling

May 1, 2005 12:00 PM, Patricia Odell

The Arizona state legislature has proposed a bill that would allow sampling of beer, distilled spirits and wine to customers shopping in grocery stores....

Teaching Tools

Apr 1, 2005 12:00 PM, Tim Parry

Free, take one. Who doesn't love those freebies picked up at the grocery store, event or in the mail? But if marketers don't properly educate consumers...


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Miller Chill is a unique product to the Miller Brewing portfolio.

Miller Set to Sample New Brew in Southern States

Feb 8, 2007 6:03 AM, PROMO Xtra, By Patricia Odell

SABMiller will launch a new beer next month, debuting a product that is unique to the brewer’s portfolio.

Miller Chill will test in warm climes in March in Texas, Florida, New Mexico, Arizona and San Diego. These markets have large Hispanic populations, however, Miller says the beer, flavored with lime and salt, is targeted at the general market.

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Sampling: More insight

Free Beer

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Patricia Odell

California beer drinkers are in for a treat. A new state law, allowing beer sampling in restaurants, took effect on Jan. 1. And brewers are rushing to...

KFC Takes a Shot at Wendy's with Free Chicken Strips

Jan 29, 2007 6:03 AM, By Amy Johannes

In a competitive swipe against Wendy's, KFC is promoting free samples of its signature Crispy Strip today at participating restaurants....

Sampling Helps Kick Off Aquafina Alive Debut

Jan 25, 2007 6:03 AM, By Patricia Odell

Aquafina is targeting a number of popular film festivals to put samples of its new vitamin-enhanced water beverage into consumers’ hands....

Bear Necessities

Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Betsy Spethmann

Procter & Gamble is hosting an upscale public restroom in New York City's Times Square this holiday season where it is putting rolls of its Charmin Ultra...

2007 Sampling Program Planner

Sep 1, 2006 6:00 AM

Far more than simple "freebies," you know that samples can be an...

Starbucks Cools off Customers with Free Beverages

Aug 24, 2006 6:01 AM

It's hot out there and Starbucks plans to cool off a few regulars—and entice a few new customers—with free iced coffee. ...

Sam Adams Lets Consumers Pick Next Craft Beer

Aug 21, 2006 6:02 AM, By Patricia Odell

Sam Adams is going to its customers to find the next beer to add to its Brewmaster's Collection next year. ...

Baskin-Robbins Ties Valentine's Day with Sweet Incentive

Feb 14, 2006 6:06 AM, By Amy Johannes

Ice cream maker Baskin-Robbins is offering a sweet incentive to celebrate Valentine's Day&#151a free scoop of its Love Potion No. 31 ice cream. But there's a catch. To receive the free treat, ice-cream lovers must dress like cupid. ...

Bally Offers Fitness for Free

Jan 10, 2006 6:05 AM, By Andrew Scott

Just in time for New Year's resolutions to get in shape, Bally Total Fitness unleashed a new promotion this month to draw families to its fitness centers....

Swap Meet

Jan 1, 2006 12:00 PM, Patricia Odell

Olay skin care is enticing consumers to try its products by offering a free bottle of Total Effects 7x Facial Moisturizer in exchange for a used department...

Dunkin' Donuts Targets Health Clubs with Sampling Program

Dec 28, 2005 6:04 AM

Dunkin' Donuts is rolling out a sampling program to more than 200 Northeast health clubs to promote its new Latte Lite drink, a 0% fat product....

Schick Revved Quattro with Sampling

Dec 26, 2005 6:05 AM, By Betsy Spethmann

Schick is wrapping up a workplace sampling effort for Quattro for Women that caps a launch year full of tour dates, sampling flights and tongue-in-cheek premiums that play up the razor's high-performance roots....

Domino's Customers Get Free Coca-Cola Zero

Dec 22, 2005 6:02 AM

Coca-Cola has partnered with Domino's Pizza to sample its Coca-Cola Zero beverage in a week-long event....

McDonald's Rolls Out Gift Cards with $22 Million Sampling Effort

Nov 29, 2005 6:07 AM

McDonald's Corp. is out with its own reloadable gift card designed to increase the speed of register sales and give consumers a new gift-giving option. And this week, the QSR plans to celebrate the launch by seeding $22 million worth of cards to consumers....

Simon Malls Lure Gift Card Buyers with Sweeps, Treats

Nov 23, 2005 6:09 AM, By Betsy Spethmann

Mall manager Simon Property Group and Visa USA are running an instant-win game touting its Simon Visa Giftcard to holiday shoppers....

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