1. Department & Category

FaceTime with the Content Guy:  Comfort Food

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What do the Blackberry, “Gunsmoke” (a 50-year-old TV series), and traditional entertainment distribution models have in common with meat loaf, cinnamon buns, and chocolate chip cookies?  They all are a kind of comfort food and represent fertile opportunities for marketers.

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