George Lazarus

Being a judge of the world's best TV commercials can't possibly be hard duty, especially if you're doing it near the main drag of this steamy, sun-drenched resort. But what's...

There's plenty of hoopla this week at the Cannes International Advertising Festival, a.k.a. Schmooze City, but Publicis chief Maurice Levy has upstaged the show with another stunning acquisition. Publicis S.A....

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. is going to give Taste of Chicago visitors something to chew on besides the many goodies on sale. In what appears to be the Chicago-based firm's...

SuperStand, a magazine megastore, is about to flex its muscles in the Chicago market. On July 14, this Houston-based firm will open three locations: one in the Old Town area...

The Magnificent Mile shopping magnet is in line for a good chunk of airtime to showcase some of its retailers on the QVC shopping channel. Cable viewers are well aware...

Zenith Electronics Corp. is gearing up to make a bigger splash in advertising through newly hired Cramer-Krasselt Chicago. One of the agency's first initiatives will be to introduce a new...

With the flap over out-of-state production of Frango mints a distant memory, sweet times no doubt are ahead for this longtime mainstay of Marshall Field's. On Friday, two cheesecakes bearing...

Enterpreneur Tom Baur might have been ahead of the pack in 1984 when he started a travel agency, dubbing it Travel Technology Group, certainly not a traditional name for what...

While Nabisco is being shopped and Keebler appears to be a takeover target, there's been wheeling and dealing in the biscuit category involving longtime Chicago favorite Salerno. Salerno's new parent...

Tobacco giant Philip Morris USA unwittingly may have delivered a one-two punch to the magazine industry when it pulled the plug on ads in 40 publications with substantial numbers of...