June 8, 2009
Chris O\'malleyThe three principals of The Basement Design and Motion left another firm to set their own course in the world of Web convergence
marketing.
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April 20, 2009
Optimedia Indianapolis recently signed a deal to handle 11 new Dairy Queen media markets in addition to the 23 currently held.
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April 13, 2009
Anthony SchoettleLess than three months after hiring a new advertising agency, Steak n Shake has jettisoned and is now suing Georgia-based
The Varnson Group.
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April 6, 2009
Indianapolis-based Brand Acceleration Inc. has announced an expansion of its service area to include the South-Atlantic and
Mid-Atlantic states.
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April 6, 2009
Indianapolis ad firm The Heavyweights and its local client Clarian Health have won one of the ad industry's biggest awards
for one component of Clarian's "A Call to Change" campaign.
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December 22, 2008
Anthony SchoettleThe Indianapolis AdClub is getting another face-lift, and this time some heavy hitters are coming in to make the changes.
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June 30, 2008
Anthony SchoettleLocal advertising powerhouse Young & Laramore signed a new contract with Steak n Shake, one of its flagship clients, just
two weeks ago, but ad industry observers can't help but wonder if the 18-year-old relationship is about to run its course.
Before the ink on the contract was dry, the struggling hamburger chain had a new board chairman who is likely to shuffle Steak
n Shake's executive suite and take the company in a new direction.
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November 26, 2007
Anthony SchoettleIn an unlucky turn for area ad agencies, Hoosier Lottery officials rebuffed all six bidders for the creative portion of its
advertising account. The rejection of all bidders is an unusual occurrence in the ad industry and it has never before happened
with the lottery account, one of the most lucrative, high-profile jobs in the state.
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May 7, 2007
Anthony SchoettleHhgregg's decision to take its $20-million-plus advertising account out of state is sending shock waves through the local
creative community. The Indianapolis-based electronics and appliance retailer's longtime agency of record, Pearson McMahon
Fletcher England, will lose a third of its staff as a result, including three of five active partners.
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April 9, 2007
Anthony SchoettleAs head of MZD Urban, a division of one of the city's largest advertising agencies--MZD Advertising--Troy Julian Gipson is
ready to take the city into the future of multicultural marketing.
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March 12, 2007
Anthony SchoettleHH Gregg--under increasing market pressure--has put its multimillion-dollar advertising account up for bid, and Pearson McMahon
Fletcher England this month decided not to pursue the contract it has held for an unprecedented 24 years.
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My favorite magician is Mickey in Fantasia.
I ate at a Steak n Shake a couple of weeks ago and was amused to see a poster of him (and a lineup of employees) just inside the entrance. You don't see that at other chains -- OK maybe Dave the Wendy's guy, but that was when he was also in their TV ads.
Well he wasn't a magician in the latest movie, but up in Fort Wayne he was featured on Happy the Hobo when I was a kid and I LOVED THE SHOW!
Shake Shack>Steak n' Shake
I really enjoyed the Hollywood Bar and Film works, they had good food and decent prices I understand that parking was one of the reasons for its closing. If other major events were going downtown parking was expensive if not impossible. Hope the new cinema bar will have parking.