27 Sep 1996
| by MIKE CAVERS
It s hard to control the first point of contact a consumer has with a
brand (be it a TV ad, direct mail or word of mouth) so it s vital that
the brand has the right conversation at the right time with the right
person. Brands shouldn t be schizoid, wooing you one minute with a TV
commercial then bludgeoning...
27 Sep 1996
surf circuit event. The cider brand is
hoping to reach the 18-25 target market via its association...Merrydown has teamed up with the campaigning group Surfers Against
Sewage (SAS) to sponsor its surf circuit event. The cider brand is
hoping to reach the 18-25 target market via its association with the
competition which runs until the end of November at beaches across
Britain.
...
27 Sep 1996
Ain t love grand? One could easily assume Fishburn Hedges associate
director Graham McMillan (left...Ain t love grand? One could easily assume Fishburn Hedges associate
director Graham McMillan (left) was the intended of Simon Gentry,
external scientific affairs manager at SmithKline Beecham, during
Gentry s recent stag weekend in Brighton. However, this happy couple,
formerly colleagues ...
27 Sep 1996
that the
badge s motif is a mobile phone with quotes from the Scout Association.
All but the Daily Mail outlined...The story of the latest Scouting proficiency award, which made an
appearance in all the national newspapers, originated from the pages of
PR Week via the Evening Standard. All articles carried the fact that the
badge s motif is a mobile phone with quotes from the Scout Association.
All but the Daily Mail ...
27 Sep 1996
Alcopops
A resounding 69 per cent of callers (100 calls) agreed that the drinks
industry was cynically aiming its alcopops advertising at children,
while just 31 per cent disagreed (45 calls).
The Campaign Phone Poll
Each week, in association with the automated telemarketing company ...
27 Sep 1996
Fishburn Hedges has dropped its 18-month search for a director of public
affairs and adopted an internal solution instead.
Graham McMillan, a consultant with the agency since 1994, has been
promoted to associate director and will oversee day-to-day public
affairs work as public affairs manager ...
27 Sep 1996
French PR agency Moreau Lascombe GCI has opened up a separate lobby firm
under the APCO brand.
A Moreau Lascombe subsidiary, APCO France is headed by general manager
Charles-Henri d Auvigny, formerly an associate director with French
public affairs consultancy Concord Consulting Group ...
27 Sep 1996
| by JOHN TYLEE
, the Advertising Association is
pulling out all the stops for Labour at Blackpool next week. There will
be a ...
, said the
heavy emphasis on Labour did not mean that the association regarded the
outcome ...
27 Sep 1996
| by JOHN-PIERRE JOYCE
and IT associated with each firm strictly separate,
Compuware opted to end the relationship.
We are at a ...
through a long review
of our press relations.
Firefly associate director David Hargreaves, who ...
27 Sep 1996
The Bisto kids have been usurped by Julie Walters in a new pounds 5
million campaign by Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, to be revealed next week.
The demise of the eternally youthful duo, who have been associated with
Bisto gravy for 80 years, is part of an pounds 8 million investment ...