23 May 2012
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
it's the most successful use of a personality that they've seen."
Gilbert was speaking ...
to be pulled after BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, complained that featuring Tennant, a 'Doctor Who' programme logo and Virgin founder Branson using a time machine, implied that the long-running BBC ...
23 May 2012
With the recent weather suggesting we now live in a land of perpetual winter, the energy brand...Mktg: Hi, I'm planning on moving into a place with friends and I'm looking for the best energy deal, but we don't know exactly where it will be.
E.ON: If you want a rough quote, you can go ...
bodies of the industry.
It will give you a full list in cost order of tariffs. Moneysupermarket ...
22 May 2012
| by Matthew Chapman
EDF Energy is running a TV campaign starring its orange blob brand character in an athletics...joined by glittering dancers in a golden finale with showers of tickets and fireworks.
Creative ...
the ad as the first instalment of its 'Feel Better Energy' positioning that offers each customer a reward ...
was launched in April with a 60-second television ad pushing the brand's low-carbon claims and introduced ...
22 May 2012
The ad, by Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, promotes the EDF customer reward scheme, Thank Yous, which offers opportunities to win tickets to London 2012. The soundtrack is the 80s A-ha hit Take On Me .
The ad was written by Andy Booth and art directed by Jim Seath. It was directed by Nick Gordon through ...
22 May 2012
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
Apple has extended its lead at the top of Millward Brown's annual ranking of the top 100 most...The eight UK brands in last year's BrandZ top 100 lost 10% of their collective brand value ...
at the top.
Google dropped 3% to $107.9bn and lost second place to IBM, which benefitted from a 15% boost ...
in fifth with a value of $76.7bn.
Vodafone, the most valuable UK brand, held on to 12th place despite a ...
22 May 2012
| by Matthew Chapman
".
Day said: "It will be a bit like the John Smith's of the mobile world in that is plain, no ...
phase out the Orange brand.
He argued: "We've pulled out a number of high profile sponsorships ...
venture between Orange and T-Mobile, could drop the Orange brand escalated in January after it released a ...
21 May 2012
| by Noelle McElhatton
time to come. They ve got a good, relatively simple model that seems to have captured the world ...
his controlling interest suggests that he many plans up his sleeve. Facebook is a fascinating organisation with a great deal more potential.
Marketing: Virgin Media is present on Facebook... I d ...
18 May 2012
| by Sara Luker
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has started a pitch process for its corporate and b2b PR contracts....both on a consumer, corporate and enterprise level. Li confirmed that Fleishman-Hillard has accepted ...
17 May 2012
| by Kim Benjamin
Vertu made its name more than a decade ago by producing mobile handsets encrusted with precious stones and providing a personal concierge service for its users, accessed at the touch of a button.
Launched in 1998, it is a UK-based subsidiary of handset manufacturer Nokia. Its phones are made by hand ...
16 May 2012
| by Noelle McElhatton
For proof, witness the record 45 new entrants in this year's Power 100 list of the UK's most powerful marketers, reflecting the evolving digital landscape - a social-media marketer makes his debut ...
and, yes, sweat over the Power 100.
Several factors in particular shaped this year's elite marketer ...