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Wendy Clark To Head DDB Worldwide

The Coca-Cola marketing veteran will helm one of the world’s largest advertising agencies.

One of the world’s largest advertising agencies has a new CEO. DDB Worldwide is naming Wendy Clark, a prominent Coca-Cola executive, as their new leader, effective in January 2016.

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Target to open at 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day

Target Corp.’s plan is the latest sign of retailers spreading their deals beyond Black Friday

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Red Starbucks holiday cups cause social media outcry

Starbucks execs said they wanted to embrace simplicity and show that coffee shops are a “sanctuary” during the holidays

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Toys have best year in a decade

Hollywood tie-ins and better technology behind the boom

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Facebook bans rival that shares ad revenue with users

Facebook is deleting millions of posts with links to Tsu — more than 9.5 million of them since September, Tsu says

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Fast food protesters set sights on candidates

The protests were planned by organizers at more than 270 cities nationwide, part of a campaign called “Fight for $15”

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Whatever Happened To … Ed Ladd, the first general manager of MacArthur Center

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“I didn’t fully appreciate the challenge until I got here” nearly two decades ago, Ed Ladd recalled last week.
His mission: to open MacArthur Center in Norfolk. Just as important: to build public support.
Ladd said “the project had plenty of naysayers” when he arrived as general manager in December 1997 before the mall opened. The most common barbs:

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