Posted AT 6:48 AM EST on 07/08/08
Olympic marketers pick up the pace
BEIJING — McDonald's brought out dancing girls, Ronald McDonald and U.S. gold medallist Carl Lewis on Thursday in a bid to hype its involvement in the Beijing Olympics, where corporate sponsors risk losing ground to ambush marketing.
McDonald's is one of 12 global sponsors paying up to $100-million (U.S.
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