The Shopper Backlash Begins: Where’s My Brand of Tea?

When the bottom suddenly dropped out of retail sales last fall, the precipitous degree of the drop took everyone’s breath away. So no one was surprised when retailers began to slash their inventories. Retailers, from mass merchants to high-end department stores, advised vendors they would be cutting orders, eliminating SKUs and deleting brands. (read more)

P&G Didn’t Buy Time in Glenn Beck’s Show, So How Did Its Ads End Up There?

BATAVIA, Ohio (AdAge.com) — When Procter & Gamble Co. started getting complaints last month about having its ads on Fox News’ Glenn Beck program, it seemed odd. That’s because P&G had never intended to buy ads on the show in the first place. (read more)

A New Ratings Low for ABC

The summer of 2009 has been mostly cruel to the broadcast networks, with ratings generally down alarmingly across the board; but for ABC some of the weekly results have been record-setting in ways no network wants. (read more)