20 Dec 2001
on January 2
through Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO.
The ads promote Sainsbury's 'Be Good To Yourself ...
07 Dec 2001
Jamie Oliver has shrugged off recent PR disasters to appear in a
new burst of TV advertising for Sainsbury's in the run-up to
Christmas.
The campaign, through Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, comes in the wake of
research that claimed the celebrity chef is a turn-off for Northern
shoppers ...
30 Nov 2001
WH Smith has apologised to Geordies who are angry about its new
commercial, by Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, starring Nicholas Lyndhurst,
which depicts them as vulgar, messy-eating couch potatoes. The
Independent Television Commission is investigating the complaints. -
General release.
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30 Nov 2001
Jamie Oliver, the celebrity chef and star of the Sainsbury's TV
campaign, is close to agreeing a new 1 million contract with the
supermarket chain. The two-year deal is expected to be signed by the end
of December despite reports that the ads, by Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO,
are a turn ...
29 Nov 2001
More than 30 northerners angry about being stereotyped as
overweight, bingo-playing idlers, have complained to the Independent
Television Commission about WH Smith's Christmas ad campaign starring
Nicholas Lyndhurst. The ads, by Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, show the Smith
family paying a Christmas visit ...
23 Nov 2001
| by JOHN TYLEE
Sainsbury's is putting new advertising impetus behind its online
operations in an effort to close the gap on the market leader,
Tesco.com.
Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO has produced the print campaign to back the
claim that the service - called Sainsbury's to You - makes no
compromises ...
13 Nov 2001
| by Sylvia Westall,
Leo Burnett won the most creative awards this year, putting it four points ahead of last year's winner BBDO Worldwide in second place and 1999 winner DDB Worldwide in third place, both of which are Omnicom agencies. Leo Burnett has climbed from its number four spot in 2000, when the Omnicom agencies ...
09 Nov 2001
| by CAMILLA PALMER
the "Value to shout about" campaign of
1999, produced by Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO.
AMV paid ...
08 Nov 2001
there will be more
than a dozen ranging in length from ten seconds to more than 20, are
being created by Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, with media buying and
planning by PHD, and will feature the strapline, 'Making ...
08 Nov 2001
Nicholas Lyndhurst stars as eight different members of the WH Smith
family in the retail chain's Christmas TV ad campaign this year. The
campaign, by Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, kicks off with the 'Smith' family
arriving in Newcastle to spend Christmas with their exuberant Geordie
cousins. The Newcastle ...