18 Dec 1997
| by JEREMY BULLMORE
Whitbread Hotels has appointed a new marketing director to head up
its budget hotel brand Travel...Whitbread Hotels has appointed a new marketing director to head up
its budget hotel brand Travel Inns, ahead of the chain s first brand
building push next year.
Guy Parsons, 34, joins from ...
the 190-strong chain s first
brand-building campaign through recently appointed agency, Holder Henry ...
18 Dec 1997
| by BY AMANDA LUTCHFORD
, who joined First Direct in January 1997 to develop co-branding
opportunities and who left ...
to run their own mini 24-hour TV channels. These channels will
carry corporate branding, details ...
marketing opportunities and we look forward to the
development of BIB as a major consumer brand. Simon ...
18 Dec 1997
| by AMANDA LUTCHFORD
, reportedly worth pounds 10m, which covers
branding work for its soon-to-launch banking and telesales...Standard Life has appointed The Leith Agency to handle its
corporate advertising account, reportedly worth pounds 10m, which covers
branding work for its soon-to-launch banking and telesales
operations.
Edinburgh-based creative shop The Leith Agency, whose existing clients
include Irn ...
18 Dec 1997
| by FABIENNE TYLER, Chair, DMA Royal Mail A
depend on a successful brand having a life cycle of at
least ten years. These days you are doing well if a brand lasts ten
months.
Entire new sectors mushroom almost overnight, explode into a ...
.
We wouldn t have brands any more, we would have labels - which seems
fair since that is the only ...
18 Dec 1997
, Tom Monk
Art director: Jon Harvey
WINNER
Three years of brand-building activity ...
years.
Direct marketing has played a fundamental role in this, the brand being
made accessible ...
the perception of the brand had been
changed. They added: It is good to see a major manufacturer making a ...
18 Dec 1997
| by FABIENNE TYLER, Chair, DMA Royal Mail A
If you want to be a brand manager, don t go into production
first....If you want to be a brand manager, don t go into production
first.
According to our survey, no production people ever become brand
managers, while finance and human resources fare little better, each
claiming only 2% of those who end up in the job.
Most brand managers come from ...
18 Dec 1997
| by DANNY ROGERS
Burnett to develop a brand-building ad
campaign....Burnett to develop a brand-building ad
campaign.
Leo Burnett fought off Heinz s lead agency ...
Lemeunier, already handles
Heinz s Petit Navire fish brand. However, the new brief will focus
solely on the UK market.
It will be the first above-the-line promotion the brand has received
since 1991 ...
18 Dec 1997
| by DANNY ROGERS
. Burton will hold a 65% stake in the
company and its brands will appear in Littlewoods existing...The Burton Group and Littlewoods are launching a jointly-operated
direct home shopping company. Burton will hold a 65% stake in the
company and its brands will appear in Littlewoods existing
catalogues.
Cadbury is relaunching its Snack and Time Out brands in 1998 with new
ads through BDDP ...
18 Dec 1997
| by DANNY ROGERS
to north-west ad agency Juice, in a move to
brand its two new stations under the Galaxy banner....Chrysalis Radio has awarded the pounds 1m creative account for its
Galaxy dance music stations to north-west ad agency Juice, in a move to
brand its two new stations under the Galaxy banner.
Juice won the business after a pitch between Leeds-based agency
Poulters, J Walter Thompson Manchester ...
18 Dec 1997
| by JANE BAINBRIDGE
Where to go when you ve reached the heady heights of marketing
director is a dilemma many a brand...Where to go when you ve reached the heady heights of marketing
director is a dilemma many a brand manager would be all too happy to
face. However, if the career goes well it s a decision that may have to
be made.
Ultimately there are about four choices, according to David MacKenzie ...