The year was 1983 and the movie was Risky Business. Tom Cruise played a suburban Chicago teenager who is left home while his parents leave on a vacation.

Abercrombie, Hollister and Walmart? In a bid to reach the young, cool crowd, surfwear company Ocean Pacific (Op) is using some of the hippest names in young Hollywood to promote their 2008 spring/summer line.

Singer Gloria Estefan, Actress Angelica Vale and Hosts 'El Gordo' and 'La Flaca' Entertain Hispanic Consumers With New TV Vignettes

In a new study from the August issue of the Journal of Consumer Research, researchers from Northwestern University demonstrate how advertisements can be manipulated to cause overemphasis of a particular feature and increase the likelihood that a certain product is chosen.

Microsoft signs agreement with Digg to provide the social news network with online contextual ads.

In an ongoing effort to provide more transparency to advertisers, Google announced on June 11th the availability of a new AdWords report, called a Placement Performance report, which enables advertisers to see the exact sites on the Google content network where their ads appear.