Today I was digging for some info on ‘marketing competition’ and came across the following paragraph:

Penney Co. will open fewer new stores this year than originally planned while stepping up its efforts to attract frugal shoppers away from rivals with new brands a nd marketing pitches. … Given the economic uncertainty, “we need to inspire customers to shop more with us and not the competition,” said Ken Hicks, president of J. C. Penney….

More Advertisement slogan related stuff I found:

GE Numbers Come in Shy

Originally Published In the News April 11 2008 12:05 PM GE apparently does not pre-announce bad numbers. CEO Jeff Immelt is blaming GEs shortfall on the effects of Bear Stearns colapse in the last two weeks of March. He had better be careful lest he is assigned a valuation more appropriate to a specialty finance operation: GE dropped as much as 12 percent in New York trading, the most since the October 1987 market crash. The decline wiped out as much as $42.2 billion in market capitali

Frankly, not what I was looking for, but you might find it an interesting read.

iams=cruelty to animals

Right now, animals are suffering endlessly in concrete cells with no exercise or stimulation just so that Iams can slap new claims onto its products and maintain i ts market share. Its all about marketing. … P&G spends more money on advertising in five days than it has spent on developing alternatives to animal testing in the last 14 years….

What do you think of that?

The Nightowl Newswrap

I don’t recall there ever being a “rice” shortage: Southeast Asia nations meeting in Bali agreed on Saturday to cooperate over the rice market, but stopped short o … When the economy does start to really tank, consumer electronics are going to tank along with it, I’m sorry to say:…

I tried several more searches on ‘market economy’ but after 10 minutes I got lazy, gave up and posted this entry to ‘Advertisement slogan’. Still, I think it was an interesting time.