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<text id=92TT0726>
<title>
Apr. 06, 1992: Business Notes:Promotions
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
Apr. 06, 1992 The Real Power of Vitamins
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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BUSINESS, Page 51
Business Notes
PROMOTIONS
Talking Heads
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<p> The next time you open a can of Coors Light Beer, it just may
start talking to you. On May 4 the Colorado brewery will begin
slipping more than 30,000 "talking" beer cans into 12-packs of
Coors Light and other Coors brews. Filled with carbonated water,
the lucky cans look and feel the same as those that contain
beer. But pull the tab, and a light-activated voice mechanism
will proclaim you the winner of one of more than 40,000 prizes--ranging from CDs to surround-sound audio systems--valued at
almost $1 million in all. Now, if you'd rather just have a beer,
Coors will offer a refund or another beer, depending on state
laws, says a spokeswoman.
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<p> This is not the first time a company has tried to capture
customers with a calculating can. Two years ago, Coca-Cola came
out with a similar promotion, dubbed MagiCan, but withdrew it
in three weeks after a number of the mechanisms that were
supposed to propel cash or prize certificates out of the opening
malfunctioned.
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