From The Chicago Sun-Times | S.C. Johnson, a home products manufacturer in Racine, Wis., said last week that is putting the advertising accounts for its entire global portfolio of iconic brands into review, something that could “spell disaster” for DraftFCB/Chicago. DraftFCT, one of the largest global advertising agency networks with headquarters in both Chicago and New York, has handled advertising for a huge number of S.C. Johnson brands since 1953, including well-known products such as Pledge, Windex and Raid.
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CPSC orders huge recall of window shades, blinds
The death of a toddler who strangled in a window shade cord spurred a huge recall Wednesday, even as the industry crafts a better standard to make window coverings in American homes safer for children.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission says Hanover Direct Inc., of Weehawken, N.J., has agreed to recall about 495,000 roman shades and some 28,500 blinds. Hanover is the parent company for Domestications, The Company Store, and Company Kids.
Stronger margins lift Newell Rubbermaid 23%
Newell Rubbermaid Inc.’s second-quarter earnings rose 23 percent as the household-goods company recorded stronger margins and a lower tax rate.
However, benefits of strong international demand were offset by a shift in buying patterns to the quarter before an information-technology change. Get the full story »
