Jim Kirk

In the age of e-mail and computer design, you'd think writing instruments for kids would be passe. But Bellwood-based Sanford, believes the future is bright when it comes to putting...

Given the amount of business Boeing does in Washington, D.C., you'd expect it to try and reach key decision-makers in government Nowadays, though, reaching those officials efficiently is tough. In...

This much we now know about Leo Burnett USA's creative: If nothing else, it's deemed to be effective. Burnett, which seems to be perpetually undergoing some kind of creative reorganization,...

Oak Brook-based Ace Hardware is taking its advertising business out of Chicago and heading for the West Coast. After a three-month national shootout that, in the end, included Kirshenbaum Bond...

Like several big companies, McDonald's Corp. likes to have two advertising agencies constantly battling each other to keep both of the agencies on their toes. Now there's word that the...

On the fast track to formulating a new long-term strategy for Sears, CEO Alan Lacy is hunting for a high-level executive who might help get him there quickly. The Hoffman...

In a move that may be the precursor to the current trend of advertising agencies unbundling their media buying function into separate operations, Cramer-Krasselt is adding a new position of...

Gone are the days when actresses like Raquel Welch and Cher were hired to hawk sugar substitute Equal. Now it's recording artist Casper and a remake of his "Cha-Cha Slide"...

The housing industry may not realize how good it has it. Not only is it one area that has remained hot in a decidedly cool economy, but never before has...

A big player in the Hollywood entertainment-marketing scene is buying Chicago-based marketing services firm Upshot--known for its deep consumer marketing--months after the company was put into play. Los Angeles-based Equity...