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My book is available at the ANA Bookstore.

For the latest news of interest to channel marketers, visit our blog, TPMtoday.

 The next TPMA meeting will be in Phoenix in November.

Several times a month, we provide news and insights in our newsletter, TPM Update. To subscribe, click here. Here are some of the past Updates.

February 2005:

Does Sarbanes-Oxley mean more whistles will be blown?

March 2005:

Another one bites the dust - oops, make that "two"

April 2005:

What happens when the rebates end?

Chaos and trade promotion

May 2005:

Nike and Sears: protecting the brand 

More on Chaos

October 2005:

TPM in China 

November 2005:

If the media is hurting, what does it mean to trade promo?

Updating the Update: Saks , China , Media

January 2006:

The TPAs' dilemma

... and now, Home Depot 

It isn't just an American thing

The two-per-channel theory 

February 2006: 

Are exclusive promotions an antitrust issue?

Yet Another

A constitutional challenge to Sarbanes-Oxley

The day the music died

March 2006:

TPM convergence

Wal-Mart gets their wish -- sorta

Is the store a medium?

April 2006:

Will CPG continue to lead the way?

June 2006:

P&G wants retailers to earn their money

July 2006:

Trade promotion collaboration

August 2006:

The in-store agency

Program differentiation by product

September 2006

But first, a word from our sponsor

News Flash! Selling to department stores is getting tougher

Is in-store TV effective?

October 2006

Another retailer fiddles with allowances

The end of the insert?

November 2006

Electoral effects on marketing

Hershey says trade promo works

Private-label music

Two very different perspectives

December 2006

Opening the Sarbox

Circulation drops, ad rates rise

January 2007

Is trade promo about to go into decline?

February 2007

Sarbox -- the Lemonade Law

March 2007

HP goes CPG

Is the SEC about to give TPM outsourcing a helping hand?

Repeal Robinson-Patman?

What a difference a year makes

Oxley says, "I'm sorry"

April 2007

Thoughts on ingredient marketing

May 2007

Harry Potter and the Disappearing Channels

June 2007

Is MSRP OK?

July 2007

Trade Promo = $450 billion

What's so great about PRISM?

October 2007

Is Trade Promo Failure a CPG Thing?

March 2008

Could It Happen Here?

April 2008

Irrational Behavior / A Trade Promo Tactic I Don't Recommend / A Follow-Up to "Could It Happen Here?"

Shopper Marketing and Trade Promotion / The Accelerating Effect of a Slowing Economy

May 2008

Trade Promo Tactics and Processes for Shopper Marketing

 

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