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PETA scored a win with Nike by showing the shoemaker a grisly video of cruel tactics used to harvest animal skins, and Nike's Cole Haan unit agreed to forswear the use of exotic animal skins in its footwear. Now if only PETA would give up puns.

Most people had never heard of clothier Weatherproof Garment until recently when the company posted a billboard in Times Square featuring an AP photo of President Obama wearing one of its jackets as he strolls along the Great Wall of China. The billboard was a huge boost to Weatherproof's brand,...

When you settle in to watch the annual spectacular of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade this year, your viewing experience will be missing something. No, it's not just the cast of Glee (banished due to the show's unusual popularity on the rival FOX Network); it will also include a PETA...

The Walt Disney Company (DIS) recently announced that it will be doing the unthinkable. It's tinkering with Mickey. The most obvious step in the iconic mouse's makeover will be an upcoming video game. Titled "Epic Mickey," it presents a vision of Mickey that can be naughty or nice, cunning or...

Shamu, the first female orca ever captured, has been dead for 38 years. Isn't it time the world's most famous performing killer whale got her own wax figure? With private-equity firm Blackstone Group, which owns Madame Tussauds wax museums, reportedly in talks to buy SeaWorld and Busch Gardens...

It's hard to say goodbye to the summer shopping season. Not only are flip-flops, sundresses and tissue tanks easy to wear, they're also usually the least expensive clothes you'll buy all year. The onset of fall -- and the start of at least six months of dropping temperatures -- means it's time to...

It was a scene right out of Mean Girls, only it was adults, and supposedly those who are working toward the good of the planet: the billboard from animal rights activism group PETA with the slogan, "Save the Whales / Lose the Blubber: Go Vegetarian" next to an image of an obese woman in a...

[Sound of gavel tapping] I hereby call this meeting of the InterTwitter Fraternal Council to order!Brothers and Sisters, we have come to call your attention to the latest marketing campaign by the most irreverent fraternal organization on our campus of environmental activism. I know, we all agreed...

Say you're the head of the National Football League. You have the chance to make a long-running and very annoying public relations problem go away without spending a penny. Oh, and you get to do the right thing in the bargain. Wouldn't you do it? That's the choice current NFL commissioner Roger...

Every day, WalletPop will be bringing you information about a fantastic freebie. Like what you see? Check back tomorrow for more!PETA has generated considerable controversy with its aggressive approach to anti-carnivore and animal cruelty advocacy but, regardless of whether you eat meat, it's hard...