Colgate backing Baking Soda & Peroxide Whitening Toothpaste with $32 mil. ad/promo.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
COLGATE SUPPORTING BAKING SODA & PEROXIDE WHITENING TOOTHPASTE WITH $32 MIL. in advertising and promotional spending beginning in 1997. Colgate-Palmolive claims the ad budget is the "biggest support plan ever in the whitening segment." Of the planned outlay, $26 mil. is earmarked for an ad campaign created by Young & Rubicam that is scheduled to begin in February.