MARKETING

PepsiCo Signs Andre Agassi to Two-Year Deal: The Purchase, N.Y.-based conglomerate said it signed the global endorsement deal with the tennis star to promote two of the company’s soft drinks starting in 1996. Agassi will help pitch Mountain Dew in the United States and Pepsi Max overseas. Mountain Dew is growing at a 15% clip for the first half of 1995, while Pepsi Max, launched in 1993, will have more than $500 million in sales this year and a 70% 1995 growth rate, Pepsi said.