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Marketing Campaigns

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Quiznos' new commercials are the freakiest things we've ever seen -- but will they sell?

    ​The Denver-bred Quiznos chain is an odd duck. While its toasted sandwiches are now sold coast to coast, it's courted controversy because of its franchise practices. And its commercials, while memorable, are pretty damn strange, whether it's singing mutant hamsters, sexualized talking ovens or ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    Chipotle menu changes: What's taken - and what hasn't - a year into the chain's "Low Roller" menu revamp

    ​When hometown hero Chipotle unveiled a new "Low Roller" menu last spring in Denver, featuring novel options like single tacos, small salads, pozole and kids items, some people heralded it as a disaster of biblical proportions - fire and brimstone coming down from the skies, human sacrifice, d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2010

    Chipotle marketing: Life is pain -- so eat a burrito!

    ​Hometown burrito hero Chipotle tends to launch quirky marketing campaigns that inspire strong reactions -- sometimes adoration, sometimes not. But all we can say about the restaurant chain's latest gimmick -- emblazoning its takeaway bags with garbled Latin usually used as placeholder text ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Tequila twins take on California

    Twins Will and Dave Elger, who were born in Mexico but are very much Denverites, worked in the tequila business for a decade before creating their own five years ago: Muchote Tequila. Nancy Levine first caught up with it last September at Lime XS, where she discovered it made a good mango margarita. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    Cheapotle.com: Chipotle lovers want their big-ass burritos back

    The Great Burrito War of 2009 has begun and, like the foil-wrapped monstrosities on which it is based, it's big, messy and is giving more than few people heartburn. The trouble started when Chipotle Mexican Grill, the burrito restaurant chain born and bred in Denver, unveiled a new "Low Roller" men ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2009

    The ten worst fast-food ad campaigns

    Quiznos' rats aren't nearly as creepy as the old guy from the Today Show as Ronald McDonald. Some fast-food ad campaigns work because they're funny -- like the Taco Bell Chihuahua ads from the early '90s, or the more current examples from Jack-in-the-Box, which invite us to send our respects to the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2008

    Does Denver Water’s Naked Man Inspire Car Accidents Along with Conservation?

    Quiznos' rats aren't nearly as creepy as the old guy from the Today Show as Ronald McDonald. Some fast-food ad campaigns work because they're funny -- like the Taco Bell Chihuahua ads from the early '90s, or the more current examples from Jack-in-the-Box, which invite us to send our respects to the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2008

    What is the Sound of Color?

    Quiznos' rats aren't nearly as creepy as the old guy from the Today Show as Ronald McDonald. Some fast-food ad campaigns work because they're funny -- like the Taco Bell Chihuahua ads from the early '90s, or the more current examples from Jack-in-the-Box, which invite us to send our respects to the ... More >>

  • News

    March 3, 2005

    What's So Funny

    Quiznos' rats aren't nearly as creepy as the old guy from the Today Show as Ronald McDonald. Some fast-food ad campaigns work because they're funny -- like the Taco Bell Chihuahua ads from the early '90s, or the more current examples from Jack-in-the-Box, which invite us to send our respects to the ... More >>

  • People & Places

    March 25, 2004

    Best Slogan for a Colorado City That Isn't Denver

    "Alferd Packer: Eat Your Heart Out", Lake City

  • News

    January 30, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of January 30. 2003

  • People & Places

    March 29, 2001

    Best Stand-in by a Non-Colorado Town

    Portland, Oregon

  • News

    April 6, 2000

    Takin' It in the Pants

    In Jefferson County, vasectomies are quick, cheap and cool.

  • Film

    May 21, 1998

    And Now a Word From Godzilla

    In Jefferson County, vasectomies are quick, cheap and cool.

  • News

    March 5, 1998

    Off Limits

    In Jefferson County, vasectomies are quick, cheap and cool.

  • News

    June 6, 1996

    Calling All White People

    DPS launches an ad campaign to recruit white students now that busing is over.

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