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Stuart Elliott: July Madness -- Shop ‘til Who Drops?

Stuart Elliott: July Madness -- Shop ‘til Who Drops?

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Stuart Elliott

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July 22, 2015

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Among my favorite movies about advertising is the 1940 screwball comedy "Christmas in July," which mocks one of Madison Avenue's most popular consumer come-ons, the slogan-writing contest. The plot is centered on an ambitious young clerk whose co-workers trick him into believing he's won a $25,000 prize, back in the day when that was real money.

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Stuart Elliott reports on the media exclusively at MediaVillage.com. He has spent more than three decades covering advertising, marketing and media. He is best known as the advertising columnist of The New York Times, a post he held from May 1991 to D... read more

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