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The Ad Store received its order of delicious Girl Scouts cookies today — a wide assortment of flavors ranging from Thank U Berry Munch to the classic Thin Mints. We can’t decide which flavors we love the best — and we’ll see how long they last!
Have you placed your order already?

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Sn-OMG! Snomaggedon. Snowpocalypse.
Thanks for tuning in — we’re keeping busy with the latest and greatest live coverage of the snowstorm here at The Ad Store. No snow day for us, but luckily the office is cozy warm. Yes, we made the several blocks trek in the still falling and rapidly accumulating winter white stuff — [...]

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Have you made your pledge to own a piece of the Pabst Brewing Company? The Ad Store and Forza Migliozzi have joined forces to crowdsource the $300 million purchase of the last American brewer which is currently up for sale. The project has raised over $118 million so far with over 3 million pledges. You [...]

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On December 18, 2009, The Ad Store went to Chelsea Piers’ Sky Rink to celebrate the holidays with some good ol’ fashioned ice-skating. A good number of us never skated before, but that didn’t stop The Ad Store from lacing up for the challenge!
Here is a short video that captures the recent outing:

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I went to playboy.com this month because there was a stream of tweets and retweets that AMC had done a really cool takeover of the Playboy homepage.
And it does look pretty cool. There’s a formica wallpaper with a wisp of cigarette smoke in the top left corner. There’s a whole host of banners and headlines [...]

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I got lots of calls yesterday and this morning about what I think about Amazon buying Zappos. It’s great for Zappos and people who love Zappos. It’s pretty simple from where I sit. Before Amazon came along Zappos had investors that were looking to get a return on their investment sooner rather than later. That’s [...]

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No really, our cat TV died.

It is with a heavy heart that I share the news that our beloved cat TV passed away last night. She leaves behind her long time cat companion Radio.
TV was a part of our lives for 12 years here at The Ad Store. Like everyone else at [...]

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“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” - George Orwell
The Ad Store founder Paul Cappelli, ever espousing journalistic integrity, has a new article in Adweek today about truth and transparency in advertising.
Seek illumination here and leave a comment.

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We are very excited to roll out eight new TV spots (two 30-second spots and six 15-second spots) in 2009. In all of the spots, various people in their underwear “step into” a Zappos box, and, as they lift the box up and over them, they are magically clothed in gear from Zappos.
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Fortune Magazine just released it’s “100 Best Companies to Work For”, and we’re proud to announce that not only was our client Zappos.com ranked No.23 but they were also mentioned on the cover!
We couldn’t agree more that they are indeed among the best companies to work for, and we take great pleasure and pride in [...]

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