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On the Market Watch: Zipcar's Fast Lane to Smart Marketing

Brought to you by IBM. Zipcar CMO Rob Weisberg on how the company uses marketing towards its goal of making car-sharing more popular than car owning.

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On the Market Watch: Knewton's Educated Approach to Marketing

Brought to you by IBM. The COO of an online education site talks about how marketing crosses into his domain as his users and services grow.

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Sustainable Goods Go Hollywood With 'Green Product Placement'

A new company attempts to harness product placement's subliminal power for good.

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Selling to American Muslims, Saffron Foods Discovers the Future of Bicultural Marketing

When an entrepreneur wanted to attract American Muslims' $124 billion in spending power, he found the next big marketing strategy.

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Don't Drink the Water: Organic H20 Is a Total Sham

You already know bottled water is a marketing ploy. Don't fall for the latest attempt to get you to buy what flows freely from the tap.

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Could Paying Cash Help You Eat Healthier Food? Could Paying Cash Help You Eat Healthier Food?

New research suggests its easier to load up on Oreos when you pay with plastic.

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The Food Industry Tries to Redesign the Nutrition Label, Fails

The food industry tried to beat the FDA to the punch by redesigning the nutrition label first. Surprise: It might actually confuse consumers.

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How to Market Plastic Vaginas: Don’t Call Them Vaginas

Inside the marketing world of the Fleshlight.

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Intermission: "Man as Industrial Palace"

An animated look inside the bowels, based on a 1926 lithograph by the German artist Fritz Kahn.

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Selling Chips Inside an Insane Asylum

It's a personalized horror film, made specifically to sell you more chips.

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Are Cap’n Crunch, Ronald McDonald, Toucan Sam, and the Keebler Elves Headed the Way of Joe Camel?

The message from Washington: Make products healthier or stop advertising to kids.

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The FTC Cracks Down on Bogus Açaí Berry Ads

It’s gone from the beaches of Rio to the spam folder in less than a decade.

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Tackling Obesity with Neuroscience and Clever Design Good Books: David Kessler's The End of Overeating

Learn what David Kessler thinks we should do about our addiction to food and the country's burgeoning obesity problem.

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Food Studies: What's on the Label, and What Isn't?

Analyzing the nutritional information on a cereal box reveals a lot of misinformation, especially the daily recommended intake.

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March Madness: The Food Truck Edition

Bloomberg Businessweek reveals the best food truck in America, based on marketing and social media strategy. Check out the finalists from your region.