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Lamar Advertising Company
Lamar Advertising Company 5551 Corporate Boulevard Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808 U.S.A. Telephone: (225) 926-1000 Fax: (225) 923-0658 Web site: http://www.lamar.com Public Company Founded: 1902 Employees: 3,000 Sales: $810.1 million (2003) Stock Exchanges:... Read more |
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Tom Burrell
Thomas J. Burrell 1939– Business executive At a Glance… Aptitude Test Triggered Career Broke New Ground in Advertising Sources A major figure in American marketing and advertising, Thomas Burrell heads a leading marketing communications firm that provides advertising, public... Read more |
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Albert David Lasker
Albert Lasker Albert Lasker (1880-1952) was a prominent advertising executive during the first half of the 20th century. During his 40-year tenure with the Chicago-based Lord and Thomas, Lasker built the company into the largest advertising agency in the United States. Through his innovation and... Read more |
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Internet advertising
ADVERTISING, ONLINE Although the Internet economy experienced a general slowdown in 2000, there was a record number of online ad impressions—more than 172 billion—in the fourth quarter of that year, according to a report by AdRelevance, a subsidiary of Jupiter Media Metrix. Online... Read more |
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Young Rubicam Inc
Young & Rubicam, Inc. 285 Madison AvenueNew York, New York 10017U.S.A.Telephone: (212) 210-3000Fax: (212) 370-3796Web site: http://www.yr.com Wholly Owned Subsidiary of WPP Group plcIncorporated: 1923 as Young & Rubicam AdvertisingEmployees: 11,387Gross Billings: $10.52 billion... Read more |
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Outdoor Systems Inc
Outdoor Systems, Inc. 2502 N. Black Canyon HighwayPhoenix, Arizona 85009U.S.A.(602) 246-9569Fax: (602) 433-2482 Public CompanyIncorporated: 1980Employees: 1,490Sales: $471 million (1997)Stock Exchanges: New YorkTicker Symbol: OSISICs: 7312 Outdoor Advertising Services The largest outdoor... Read more |
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advertising
advertising in general, any openly sponsored offering of goods, services, or ideas through any medium of public communication. At its inception advertising was merely an announcement; for example, entrepreneurs in ancient Egypt used criers to announce ship and cargo arrivals. The invention of... Read more |
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Bait and Switch
BAIT AND SWITCH A deceptive sales technique that involves advertising a low-priced item to attract customers to a store, then persuading them to buy more expensive goods by failing to have a sufficient supply of the advertised item on hand or by disparaging its quality. This practice is illegal... Read more |
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Billboard
Billboard Background Billboard is the common term used to describe a type of outdoor advertising found along major highways. This name is most frequently given to large steel-framed signs, which are mounted on poles 20-100 ft (6.1-30.5 m) above the ground. Most often, the... Read more |
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