NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — After months of getting hammered by negative same-store sales results, retailers were provided a temporary reprieve in June as consumers spent those stimulus checks.
(TrendHunter.com) There have been several posts over the past year about engineering innovations that have enabled robots to scale vertical surfaces. These have generally required the use of adhesives or suction pads. This…
(TrendHunter.com) Bridgette Neilsen, formerly Mrs. Sly Stallone, decided to go for a few rounds with the plastic surgeon – on live TV. Gerhard Sattler was the doctor she chose for her major body overhaul. She had fat removed…
iJustine of iPhone bill fame is hyping the new iPhone 3G in a video detailing how much abuse her current iPhone has withstood over the year+ she’s owned it.
(TrendHunter.com) Nevada has declared “underboobs”, the exposure of the lower half of female breasts, illegal. The Gaming Commission prevented the Palms from having burlesque performers reveal the lower part of their breasts.…
(TrendHunter.com) This campaign from Kingston, India tries to promote flash drives, SD cards, USB drives and computer memory through the notion that you need your own space. Rebel against the, ‘don’t wear a mini’, ‘don’t…
Ikea is going green in Denmark with a new program that loans bikes with trailers to customers to take home their purchases. The bikes are built in the classic Ikea design and sturdy enough to handle a…
(TrendHunter.com) I love these advanced welding helmets from Miller. I have never been near a welding torch in my life, and don’t ever plan to, but I love the look of these bad boys.
Granted they may be a bit “rock,”…
(TrendHunter.com) When you are groggily waiting for your checked luggage to appear at the airport after a long flight, there’s a chance it could pass by you three times on the luggage carousel before you notice. At least…
CHICAGO (AdAge.com) — Ruby Tuesday is taking heat over what's interpreted by some as a mishandled response to a patron's death. Rodney Hawkins, a rapper in Lovejoy, Ga., with a severe shellfish allergy, died from anaphylactic shock after consuming the restaurant's Chicken Oscar — a dish that comes topped with crab meat.
Martina from Adverblog sent in this video she worked on for Nike Football Italy.
(TrendHunter.com) Ikea is going green in Denmark with a new program that loans bikes with trailers to customers to take home their purchases. The bikes are built in the classic Ikea design and sturdy enough to handle a…
(TrendHunter.com) The ever increasing gas prices have crossed the line from ridiculous to unbearable. Well known for their socially aware and witty t-shirts, fashion brand Alphanumeric depicts this sad situation on their…
LOS ANGELES (AdAge.com) — In a joint interview with Advertising Age, Screen Actors Guild President Alan Rosenberg and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists National President Roberta Reardon traded barbs and accusations, while nonetheless expressing a desire for "peace" and "joint negotiations."
Yes, it’s time to pimp ad:tech.
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — The effects of the writers strike from earlier this year are becoming more defined. The average cost per unit for a prime-time spot on the four biggest broadcast networks in the second quarter dropped 11.1%, to $139,728, according to an analysis by independent media shop TargetCast TCM.
YORK, Pa. (AdAge.com) — Sales figures back up indications that more consumers are saying goodbye to Windows and hello to Macs. Analysts agree that while the Vista operating system's poor public reception — deserved or not — has done little to spur PC sales, they also caution that it's not the only factor driving Mac's increasing market share.
What happens when the best-in-class marketing and branding genius goes up against a brand that used to occupy the same space but didn't change with the times and is seen by many as irrelevant? Ding-ding! Put the gloves on. Introducing Barack Obama vs. Jesse Jackson.
LONDON – A drama about the British Armed Forces in Iraq, the third series of US sci-fi series ‘Heroes’ and a new drama starring ‘Doctor Who’ actor David Tennant head BBC Two’s autumn schedule.
The concept behind Shine, Yahoo's new gal-focused website/portal/destination thing, makes enough sense: Create an internet landing pad for women between the ages of 25 and 54 who think Oprah's gotten a little too mouthy nowadays. Sprinkle it with publicist-approved celeb factoids, the barest hint of edge-free wit and images of pretty, skinny white people, and voil?: a site that sates the target audience's every information and entertainment jones. The execution, however, is so klutzy as to make one wonder if Yahoo has taken its we-done-built-the-internet preeminence for granted.
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