13 Dec 1996
| by JANE AUSTIN
Paul Weiland, one of advertising s most successful commercials
directors, has accused agencies...Paul Weiland, one of advertising s most successful commercials
directors, has accused agencies ...
profit
of about pounds 4 million in the year ended April 1995, claimed agencies
were still making ...
.
Weiland called for a return to effective copywriting skills and for
agencies to put an end to using ...
13 Dec 1996
Client: British Airways
Agency: Optimedia
Buyer: Susie Martin...Client: British Airways
Agency: Optimedia
Buyer: Susie Martin
Client: Safeway
Agency: Zenith Media
Buyer: Tracy Stern
Client: BT Yellow Pages
Agency: IDK Media
Buyer: Simon Curley
Programme: Moll Flanders
TV station: ITV Meridian
Date: 1 December, 21.00
Break ...
13 Dec 1996
| by DAVID BARKER
In the past, agencies delivered a united brand concept. That was until
marketing got increasingly...In the past, agencies delivered a united brand concept. That was until
marketing got ...
of selling
wisdom rather than giving it away.
The fact is, all around me agencies are surrendering ...
I felt the need to make a rallying cry.
My contention is that agencies, being bloated ...
13 Dec 1996
| by MICHELE MARTIN
Spike Lee is setting up an ad agency with an urban flavour....Spike Lee is setting up an ad agency with an urban flavour.
Most commercials directors ...
-maker, Spike
Lee, who last week revealed he was opening a US ad agency.
Called Spike DDB, the shop ...
not conflict with the network s main international
clients.
For an agency with Spike DDB s potential ...
13 Dec 1996
| by MICHELE MARTIN
Ben Langdon, chief executive of McCann-Erickson, has asked the agency s
60-strong board to resign...Ben Langdon, chief executive of McCann-Erickson, has asked the agency s
60-strong board to resign as part of a restructuring programme to turn
the company into a total communications agency.
The en masse resignation was put to staff on Tuesday. The package is to
shake the agency out of what ...
13 Dec 1996
| by CLAIRE BEALE
Robert Saville, the joint creative director of GGT, is leaving to set up
a creative agency...Robert Saville, the joint creative director of GGT, is leaving to set up
a creative agency that will have Channel 5 as its first client.
The agency, which has yet to be given a name, is already ...
are in the pipeline.
Saville, who has been with GGT for six years, decided to launch his own
agency after ...
13 Dec 1996
| by HARRIET GREEN
Mark Robinson, the Publicis business development director, has quit the
agency to join J. Walter...Mark Robinson, the Publicis business development director, has quit the
agency to join J. Walter ...
with existing clients and to be a focus for business
run through WPP s network of communication agencies. His ...
marketing chief, Martin Jones, who this
week started as managing director at the Advertising Agency ...
13 Dec 1996
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
its new name, despite the fact that it has
not yet finalised which advertising agency will run...The insurance company, Royal Sun Alliance, has unveiled a pounds 5
million campaign introducing its new name, despite the fact that it has
not yet finalised which advertising agency will run ...
Alliance, which merged
with Royal in July, used Leagas Shafron Davis, and the two agencies ...
13 Dec 1996
Poppe Tyson Interactive, the new-media agency owned by Bozell Worldwide,
has dramatically raised...Poppe Tyson Interactive, the new-media agency owned by Bozell Worldwide,
has dramatically raised its profile by poaching staff from several
London Internet specialists to help with its European expansion.
Launched in the UK earlier this year as a three-person operation, Poppe
Tyson now has ...
13 Dec 1996
s agency buildings were: 1. Simons Palmer; 2.
Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO; 3. BMP DDB (tough one that, given...Justin Cernis of Mellors Reay was one of the eagle-eyed readers who
spotted that last week s agency buildings were: 1. Simons Palmer; 2.
Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO; 3. BMP DDB (tough one that, given the tell-
tale logo).
This week we take a look at adfolk who have starred in their own ads
(this ...