With Thanksgiving plans taking precedence among retailers and shoppers, brand marketers ease up on promotional activity in this week's newspaper inserts.
Among promotions featured in FSIs:
Nintendo expected to have 10,000 interactive freestanding and countertop displays at retail by Thanksgiving. The units feature samples of three or four games.
Powder-coated metal and dried gourds and foliage to create a new take on an old standard, the Thanksgiving horn of plenty. This design fostered the notion of high perceived value of the Godiva product line.