Links 12/08/09

Deals

Nordstrom partners with Michael Buble for U.S. Tour

International Polo Club Palm Beach Announces New Sponsorship Agreements With Nestle and Others

Concord Pacific Becomes Official Supplier to Vancouver Winter Games

AMI Graphics Renews with MInor League Baseball as Official Signage Partner

FC Barcelona secures seven-figure, three year investment from Turkish Airlines

Dunkin Donuts and Miami Dolphins Team Up

Gannett Signs MIlk to Sponsorship for HighSchoolSports.netLive Nation and Waste Management Team Up For Recycling

IRL Extends Peak Performance Partnership

Trends

Chess Wants Sponsors as Mates

TNS: Total Measured Advertising Expenditures in the First Nine Months of 2009 Dropped by 14.7 percent

New MLS Team Tests Market For Jersey Sponsorship

Social Media's Effect on Sponsorship

Tactics

Coke Zero Hopes to Ride 'Avatar' Hype/a>

LG Pulls Out Stops With 'Avatar' Campaign

Pepsi's Sponsorship Inside Location-based Social Network, Foursquare

Gatorade Drops Tiger, Decided Before Wreck

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