With the increase in broadband penetration further enhancing how messages get delivered, we should continue to see a favorable environment for increased Internet ad spending.

Marketers are overwhelmed by the hundreds of diverse opportunities for reaching consumers within each individual store environment. Our clients need answers to basic questions: ?What are all of the retail channel marketing options? How are these options measured? What marketing objectives can actually be achieved in-store? And how will you measure the ROI?

We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyones arguing over where they're going to sit.

But the industry has to have a healthy economic environment, and if that environment is not there, an aggressive consumer advocate could mess up the marketplace something horrible.

Especially in this environment, where there's a lot of cash in the market, I don't think they'd have too many problems getting it away.

I felt safe in the environment,