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What's growing faster than Internet ad spend (and way faster than tv, print and radio)? AdvertisingAge reports that Shopper Marketing has doubled since 2004 and is on pace foran annual growth rate of 21% through 2010, making it faster than even theInternet juggernaut (which is rising 15% annually).

Pantone recently announced it's launching the PANTONE Goe System, a new color matching system. According to their press release, the new orange cube contains the PANTONE GoeGuide, PANTONE GoeSticks, myPANTONE Palettes,  plus the ability to travel through time.

As Brand New noted recently, the NFL is updating its logo. After more than 60 years, it’s probably about time.

Everyone around here is abuzz about the new Stella Artois billboards in RI and MA: just a glamour shot of the product with the old tagline “Perfection has its price.” The campaign’s been in use for at least six years, since this humorous ad came out in 2001. In some contexts (like on Boston’s Newbury St.) it could almost make sense. But next to a discount store in a low-income neighborhood? That’s inauspicious media placement at best.

While hot internet properties such as Facebook and Youtube undeniably get eyeballs, marketers have been struggling with how to commoditize that traffic. Just throwing up banner ads hasn’t been working out that well, according to a study from Forrester that recommends moving past run-of-site placements to engage users.

As online search has become more efficient and effective, users are spending less time searching and more time enjoying the content they’re searching for. What does this mean to search marketers? We have to be even more creative to get and hold consumers’ attention.