Today marks the global premiere of the Michael Jackson documentary This Is It, which chronicles the artist's preparation for a string of his final concert performances in London. Soon after Jackson's

The Good: Labor Practices American Apparel (APP) has been lauded for its sweatshop free, “Made In Downtown L.A.” production, a soup-to-nuts system where everything from knitting and dyein

Fashion retailers have made an art out of the science of seduction. From the lush magazine ads and traffic-stopping billboards to the stylish salesclerks and strategically designed shops, few industr

This week, Google (GOOG) launched a global marketing campaign to advertise its online apps to business holdouts still relying on desktop programs by Microsoft (MSFT), Apple (AAPL), and IBM (IBM).Acco

New York's cash-strapped Metropolitan Transportation Agency -- the behemoth that oversees the operation of the city's subways, buses, and commuter rail lines -- has sold the naming rights to one of t

What a way to usher in a decade: In 1980, ads for Calvin Klein jeans featured a 15-year-old Brooke Shields breathily asking, "You want to know what comes between me and my Calvin's? Nothing.&quo

Two years ago, the clothing company American Apparel (APP) used Woody Allen’s image -- a still shot of Allen as a Hasidic rabbi from his 1977 movie Annie Hall  -- on billboards i

Kevin Depew's Five Things You Need to Know to stay ahead of the pack on Wall Street: 1. Change Comes Hard This morning I was rudely greeted by two bizarre news headlines; bizarre because they were

Starbucks (SBUX) employees driving to the corporate headquarters in Seattle are greeted with a billboard proclaiming, "4 bucks is dumb." It's part of the campaign for McDonalds' (MCD) lates

At a time when many retailers are closing stores and trimming the fat, one brave soul is remaking itself as a tourist destination. According to Reuters, Walgreen (WAG) has opened its d