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Full story: FIR Interview: Guillaume du Gardier, Ferrero
Ferrero is one of the world’s largest chocolate producers, the owner of brands such as Ferrero Rocher chocolates, Nutella chocolate-hazelnut spread, Tic Tac mints and Kinder. Like many consumer products companies, Ferrero has traditionally been a big spender on TV advertising in its various markets. The company is also moving its marketing footprint onto the […]
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Full story: The bailout pictured
(Click the image to see the larger original.) How do you react when you see some of the numbers that talk about how much various government bailouts will cost in the global recession that we’re surely heading into? I tend to think of them as just numbers, big ones for sure, but hard to relate […]
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Full story: Less email spam with OtherInbox
For the past few months, I’ve been using an email service in private beta called OtherInbox as a way to manage email from companies whose services I sign up for. This is especially useful when you sign up for something and you just know they’re going to email you. Even worse is when you sign […]
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Full story: Keeping tabs on LeWeb08
What is arguably the most influential technology conference in Europe kicks off in Paris today when LeWeb08 welcomes over 1,600 participants to the City of Lights. From relatively simple beginnings in early 2005 – when the event was known as Les Blogs and attracted a few hundred early adopters and enthusiasts including me – organizer […]
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Full story: The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #404: December 8, 2008
Content summary: FIR Interview with Bob Pearson, Dell, posted, two more coming plus book reviews; Michael Netzley reports on blogging in Vietnam and Iran; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits – what can Google Friend Connect do for you?, is Pepsi Motrin done right?; listener comments from Keith Childs, GM Europe, and […]











