Scribbles

Today’s history lesson involves a 50-year-old brand that nearly didn’t make its five-year anniversary. Then, due to either extraordinary strategic forethought, or just dumb luck, the brand made it’s way onto a NASA spaceflight, and the rest is history. Literally. more

I curse the little stickers affixed to each and every apple I buy. I figure I’ve wasted at least 5 cumulative lifetime minutes peeling the irritating little things off of fruit, and what for? more

Remember marshmallow peeps, the yellow, bird-shaped, sugar-coated globs of gloriousness that appeared in your kitchen every year around Easter? They just got their own retail store, which raises the question “how many peeps does a body really need?” more

Been hanging out at the In-Store Marketing expo the past few days, where I overheard the words “shopper marketing” 2,747,387 times. Talk about buzz. I think at least half the conversations were people arguing about the definition. more

There’s an Ad Age survey out this week revealing the hourly rates of ad agency people, showing that Top NY Creatives are charging clients $750 an hour. I guess the recession hasn’t crossed over the Hudson yet. more

Tom Hansen, the Managing Director at Rivet, Chicago will be sharing his thoughts with us using a cartoon version of himself.