Most cruise operators pulled their regular marketing campaigns at the start of the key reservation period.

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Visa competed neck and neck with MasterCard until it pulled away after the marketing coup that came with being the exclusive plastic of the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

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W.A pulled some impressive artistic and marketing stunts with the release of Straight Outta Compton.

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Nvidia has pulled the trigger on the Project Shield marketing machine.

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The content can then be pulled in to internal systems to support product development, customer support, or marketing.

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Now, after Amazon already pulled the digital download, EA has apparently sent an email out to all marketing affiliates asking them to stop actively promoting the game.

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