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Brother, can you spare some diapers?
If you're receiving unemployment benefits and you have the paperwork to prove it, Kmart will give you 20% off any Kmart-branded merchandise. (source: POP Design, Jan/Feb 20101)

99 and still clipping
The world's oldest barber, Anthony Mancinelli. The cost of a haircut has gone up nearly 5,000% since he started trimming at age 12, and some of his original customers now send their great-grandchildren his way http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/16/nyregion/16barber.html

Death by burger
Heart Stoppers Sports Grill features waitresses dressed like naughty nurses and menu items like Chest Pain Chili Fries. Anyone over 350lbs gets a free meal, possibly their last.

The Tao of soup
Campbell's has redesigned their red labels based on biometrics http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704804204575069562743700340.html?mod=dist_smartbrief (source: WSJ, 2/17/10 via Mary G. Tx, Mary)

eMail not dead
Social media users still check their personal email frequently: 4x a day (42%), 2-3x (32%), 1x (16%). That's more email checking than non-soc-net users. (source: eMarketer, 2/3/10)

Life in the margins
"The history of pretty much everything," a 21,000-page flip-book video produced by 17-year-old Jamie Bell for his high school art class, has pulled over a million views http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNYZH9kuaYM&feature=player_embedded

Lovely when wet
A table cloth that gets prettier when your guests spill on it. Clever Norwegians. (source: notcot.org via Ann McAllister. Tx, Ann)

HEMI empowerment
Dodge tries a little role reversal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2pgSuhzOCo
Interesting contrast to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RyPamyWotM
Then there's the spoof
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou5Ens-qNRc&feature=player_embedded#

Perspective
The Haiti earthquake killed about 2.5% of the nation's population and injured more than that, making it proportionally the most destructive natural disaster ever recorded. To give you an idea what that ratio would look like in the US, kill everyone in greater Atlanta, greater Rochester, and greater Las Vegas, then damage most everyone in NYC, all in about 35 seconds.

A new approach from Nike
Broadcast during the Olympic opening ceremony http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPO354_ugF8&feature=player_embedded (source: Vince. Tx, Vince)

Out of the box
No longer must UPCs be boring rectangles. I like this idea so much, I had to re-post it from the Daily P. Check out some of the stock shapes http://www.vanitybarcodes.com/ . They also offer custom codes. (source: interns. Yay, interns)

A touch of MBA
I've never thought of the Grateful Dead from a business case study perspective, but they truly are a phenomenally innovative and still surprisingly relevant brand. See what the academics have to say http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/201003/grateful-dead-archives

We ROC!
Despite what many may think, we are NOT on this list. Sorry Cleveland and Buffalo http://www.forbes.com/2010/02/11/americas-most-miserable-cities-business-beltway-miserable-cities_slide.html

Logorama
I wanted to bring you the whole short film, but it's been pulled from everywhere now that it's Oscar nominated. Very Tarantino. Michelin Man vs. Ronald McDonald. A brand manager's worst nightmare. Trailer will have to do - at least you'll get a little Dean Martin in your day http://www.logorama-themovie.com/