by Guest Contributor HighJive, originally published at MultiCultClassics Change has come to America. But it took a detour around Madison Avenue. While citizens have adopted phrases like “post-racial,� the advertising industry operates in a pre-Civil Rights time warp. Whenever the topics of diver...

by Guest Contributor Highjive, originally published at MultiCultClassics Change has come to America. But it took a detour around Madison Avenue. While citizens have adopted phrases like “post-racial,� the advertising industry operates in a pre-Civil Rights time warp. Whenever the topics of diver...

by Guest Contributor Highjive, originally published at MultiCultClassics Change has come to America. But it took a detour around Madison Avenue. While citizens have adopted phrases like “post-racial,� the advertising industry operates in a pre-Civil Rights time warp. Whenever the topics of diver...

by Guest Contributor HighJive, originally published at MultiCultClassics Change has come to America. But it took a detour around Madison Avenue. While citizens have adopted phrases like “post-racial,� the advertising industry operates in a pre-Civil Rights time warp. Whenever the topics of diver...

As the recession deepens, empty high-end retail spaces on Madison Avenue are increasing. After more than 30 years on Madison Avenue, the retailer E. Braun & Company is packing up its $3,500 hand-embroidered tablecloths and $2,390 bedding sets and will defect in April for cheaper space on Park Avenue...

The Black Snob is asking for our help. She has written two posts about the ' hard time' that Madison Avenue seems to be having with finding adequate representation of The Obama Family: Child Model Look-A-Likes For Malia and Sasha Hard to Find? Hustlenomics: Will Obamas Be Boon For Black Models? So, ...

There has been a lot of buzz about how for the first time Superbowl ads will be less about warm fuzzy feelings and more about generating direct response …. Super Bowl Ads Try Hard-Sell Over the years, it has been called the Ad Bowl, the Bud Bowl and the Buzz Bowl. Super Bowl XLIII on Sunday will p...

From Crain's Cara S. Trager: "[W]ith sales of luxury goods hit particularly hard by the recession, nowhere is the impact being felt more acutely than on the gilded stretch of Madison Avenue running from East 57th Street to East 72nd Street. ... In a sign of the distress, vacancies last year soa...

This spot for Absolut has been spreading online like wildfire via both hip hop and fashion/streetwear blogs, and any time a spot can reach beyond the usual run of ad blogs, it says something for the spot. This one definitely has a bit to showcase, with a comical performance by Kanye and a powerful s...

Apparently, Bruce Wayne wears Giorgio Armani Hand Made To Measure, at least that's what Madison Avenue's Armani boutique is telling us.Ordinarily, we would have thought that the designer would have kept his top collections free of Summer blockbuster cross promotional activities, but then again, Mr. ...