10 Mar 2011
| by Katherine Levy
Asda has appointed Carat to its £12 million regional media planning and buying business....The account was previously held by Brilliant Media but the appointment consolidates Asda ...
media account.
As one of its biggest clients, the loss of Asda is a blow to the Leeds ...
and splits its account between Brilliant and MediaCom.
The loss of the Asda account and the DFS media ...
29 Sep 2011
| by Sara Kimberley
Asda has appointed LBi to overhaul its online presence and handle its digital advertising strategy....is understood to be the supermarket's first dedicated digital agency, will work across the Asda.com, Asda Direct and Asda Financial Services brands as the company looks to increase its online sales.
Asda sells ...
websites.
Its relationship with Saatchi Saatchi is unaffected by the appointment.
Asda, which has ...
05 Nov 2010
| by Ed Owen
Asda today launched a campaign to look for the biggest Miley Cyrus fan in the UK, and will give him...The promotion ties to the Miley and Max clothing range at Asda's George that launched in September, designed by noted fashionista Max Azria, and "inspired" by the Miley Cyrus look.
Cyrus, who is also ...
, and Asda is giving her "biggest fan" the chance to meet her.
Open to those aged 16 and under only ...
08 Mar 2012
| by Anne Cassidy
Asda is reviewing its customer relationship marketing and experiential activity....The supermarket giant has sent out an RFI to agencies interested in pitching for the business, in a process being handled directly by the client.
Asda s recent CRM campaigns have revolved around ...
, the voucher book contained 40 worth of tokens for spend over 40.
Asda also handed out "thank you ...
08 Nov 2010
| by Ed Owen
Asda's Christmas campaign will launch today (8 November), focusing on special producers.... Home-grown feed and nurturing morning and night." Supplying Asda since the 1980s, Ivory will now supply the retailer 28-day matured beef for their Extra Special range. This will be the first ad in Asda ...
to focus on the Extra Special range, the Asda Price Guarantee, Voucher Book, and electrical and toys. Print ...
17 Jan 2012
| by Matthew Chapman
director role, for which it has recruited Asda's operations director for new business and home shopping...joins the business on 5 March.
Halfords has brought in West for the expertise he gained at Asda ...
to Halfords, West helped double the turnover of Asda's online grocery business during his three years ...
09 Feb 2012
| by Matt Cartmell
Asda is pitching its high value public affairs account as it prepares for major expansion in 2012....that the agency shortlist includes TLG.
Like its competitors, Asda faces numerous governmental and legislative ...
stores.
Last month, Asda unveiled plans to create around 5,000 jobs this year in a 500m expansion ...
could come up against political opposition at a local level.
Asda director of public affairs Allan ...
20 Jun 2011
| by Ben Bold
Former Asda chief executive Andy Bond has launched a new business venture that will buy retail...Bond, who quit as Asda's chief executive last year , has joined forces with a number of business supremos, including ex-Goldman Sachs investment banker David Yealland.
The as-yet unnamed business ...
petrol forecourt retailer Euro Garages.
The gap left by Bond's departure from Asda was filled in May ...
15 Feb 2012
| by Hannah Crown
Asda's public affairs account has been awarded to Open Road, in readiness for a move towards...As revealed in PRWeek , Asda repitched its public affairs support out of TLG, as it prepares for a 500m UK-wide expansion this year. Asda director of public affairs Allan Edwards said the choice ...
more, while refurbishing 43 and building three more depots. Asda says this will create 5,000 jobs ...
21 Jan 2011
| by Katherine Levy
BBC Magazines has launched an iPad app for its culinary title, Good Food Magazine....into the iPad format, following the launch of Focus magazine s app in November.
Good Food magazine s new app ...
director Elizabeth Galbraith, and the magazine s design team worked with agency Mobile IQ on the new version.
BBC Magazines intends to produce fully digitised iPad versions of each forthcoming issue ...