03 Aug 2001
| by ADAM HILL
As in so many areas of business and culture, Europe took a lead
from the US in the early part of 2001 as the stock of dot.coms declined
rapidly following the hi-tech feeding frenzy of 1999/2000 - which one
Italian PRO described as 'technology drunkenness'. As investors drew
their purse strings...
03 Aug 2001
| by ADAM LEYLAND
'Anyone with a pulse made money in hi-tech,' Hoffman chief
executive Lou Hoffman once remarked in the dot.com-dizzy days of 1999
and 2000. Not any more. The palpitations of the PR industry were almost
audible in the first quarter of 2001, as the Nasdaq plunged, and
dot.coms died, leaving a trail...
13 Dec 2002
| by Adam Hill
The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising's outgoing president, Bruce Haines, tells Adam Hill
16 Aug 2002
| by Adam Hill
mooted, it's been quite a week for the Chime
Communications rumour mill. Adam Hill asks whether
02 Apr 2004
| by Adam Hill
Campaign: Gladiator and Foot Battle ads
Client: Britvic Soft Drinks and Pepsico UK
PR team: Ketchum
Timescale: January-February 2004
Budget: Undisclosed
31 Aug 2001
| by ADAM HILL
Earlier this month the Radio Advertising Bureau suggested the
latest Radio Joint Audience Research figures showed people now listened
to radio (3.48 hours a day) more than they watched TV (3.46 hours).
But the RAB, in conjunction with the Commercial Radio Companies
Association, had used...
31 Aug 2001
| by ADAM HILL
Earlier this month the Radio Advertising Bureau suggested the
latest Radio Joint Audience Research figures showed people now listened
to radio (3.48 hours a day) more than they watched TV (3.46 hours).
But the RAB, in conjunction with the Commercial Radio Companies
Association, had used...
18 Aug 2000
| by ADAM HILL
Conor Dignam, editor of Marketing, is moving to New York to edit
Advertising Age International after an approach from Crain
Communications. Dignam takes up the post on the global advertising and
media magazine in November. Marketing, owned by PR Week s publisher,
Haymarket, has not announced a replacement.
12 May 2000
| by ADAM HILL
In the past two months, Barclays, the high street bank, has to
paraphrase its current advertising campaign, found itself with big
problems.
14 Apr 2000
| by ADAM HILL
What with the juxtaposition of Barclays new advertising campaign -
extolling the virtue of its size - and John Varley s unwillingness to
explain the relationship between the closures of regional branches and
the generous bonuses being handed out by the bank, the big bank for
the big world appears...