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THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES
For Stein Mart, It's 'Love At First Find' In its first campaign since hiring ArnoldNYC as its creative advertising agency, the Jacksonville, Fla.-based retailer adopts a mosaic format through the integrated effort, which includes digital, social media, print and radio. A television commercial that begins running on Monday shows real Stein Mart customers (who were recruited through Facebook and other sources) talking about their favorite merchandise. CBS's EYE IS ON THE FALL WITH THE FREE "CBS FALL PREVIEW" iPAD APPCBS, America's most watched network, has launched a free CBS Fall Preview iPad app, the first-of-its-kind, which gives iPad users a unique look at the Network's new fall drama series UNFORGETTABLE, PERSON OF INTEREST and A GIFTED MAN, as well as its new comedy series 2 BROKE GIRLS and HOW TO BE A GENTLEMAN. Waaay Back To The Future: Nike's 23-Year Journey To Make McFly's Shoes RealNike's Tinker Hatfield not only designed the original shoe concept for the film, he made it a reality 23 years later. Also: here's why the MAG doesn't have power laces. Connecting the DRTV-Internet DotsIt's hard to imagine, but there was a time in the not-so-distant past when the DRTV industry was deathly afraid of the Internet. How dare this new direct medium come in and invade a turf that was held sacred for decades? Sales cannibalization was just one of many different fears swirling around in the average DRTV company's head as E-commerce grew by leaps and bounds in the late 1990s. Content Deluge Swamps YahooIt's a simple rule of any market. The more information that is created, the more the value is reduced. And despite attempts to woo spending with bigger, bolder and more targeted ads, services that help consumers navigate that content, namely search, remain the big money makers online. Heineken Takes Spot To Theaters, Partners With IFCHeineken USA is taking "The Date" to theaters nationwide and partnering with the IFC Network for a show that details the making of the long-form spot. Ramen by HP? The Wild Possibilities Of Printing FoodThe Cornell Creative Machines Lab wants to bring 3-D food printing technology to restaurants and home chefs. Top culinary talents believe this could lead to healthier diets, not just snazzier snacks. AOL Ads Trail Yahoo, Project Devil CoolsAOL fell behind Yahoo in terms of its proportion of higher-priced oversized/custom ad units -- 17% vs. 25%. "This was a meaningful decline from 24% for [the second quarter of the year] and 26% in [the first quarter], when AOL led all portals in terms of oversized/custom home page ad units," according to Macquarie analyst Ben Schachter. Tim Hawthorne's PicksHere are some articles that have recently caught Tim Hawthorne's attention.Hawthorne Direct on Facebook
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