20 Dec 1999
| by MATTHEW BOYLE
NEW YORK: An online retailer filed suit against PR Newswire (PRN)
and several other hi-tech companies last week, claiming that the
defendants libeled it throughout the world on the Internet.
20 Dec 1999
| by KELLEY CROWLEY
Last year was considered by many to be the first e-Christmas - the
year that the Internet met with Christmas shopping. As e-Christmas
enters its second season, there are now a slew of e-tailers hoping to
cash in on the online retail toy market. Analysts forecast that the
online retail market may reach...
13 Dec 1999
| by AIMEE GROVE
DALLAS: In a bid to widen its universe of potential consumers,
CompUSA last week hired Lagrant Communications to handle PR and
advertising for the US African- American market.
15 Nov 1999
| by KIMBERLY KRAUTTER
LOS ANGELES: The relatively new phenomena of Internet music
downloads and online auctions has forced a shift in how music labels
promote artists and new releases.
15 Nov 1999
| by ANA VARGAS
NEW YORK: A Ketchum study of teenagers released last week has
revealed that Generation Y trusts traditional sources when it comes to
making purchasing decisions.
15 Nov 1999
| by LARRY DOBROW
NEW YORK: The McNeil Consumer Healthcare Division of Johnson &
Johnson has chosen Hill & Knowlton over a host of suitors for the launch
of its new liquid Tylenol Sore Throat medicine.
08 Nov 1999
| by AIMEE GROVE
SAN FRANCISCO: Healthshop.com, the leading Web retailer of natural
health products, has tapped Southern California boutique agency The
Blaze Company to roll out a national consumer PR campaign.
08 Nov 1999
| by STEVE LILIENTHAL
NEW YORK: Online consumer electronics retailer Roxy.com has chosen
HWH Public Relations as its agency of record. Backed by catalog giant
Fingerhut, the site was founded in 1996 and has become the top Internet
seller of DirecTV satellite systems.
08 Nov 1999
| by KRIS OSER
Client: Design Division (Los Angeles)