18 Dec 1998
| by KAREN YATES
Mattel has awarded its sales promotion and direct marketing
business for the Fisher-Price brand to Dynamo after two separate
reviews.
18 Dec 1998
| by MAIRI CLARK
Last week, Societe Bic decided to give up its localised advertising
strategy and appointed TBWA to its 45 million worldwide account. The
Paris-based manufacturer of pens, razors and lighters has realised that
it needs a worldwide branding campaign to bolster its performance in
certain markets.
27 Nov 1998
| by JOHN OWEN
This week s Private Surf by Alastair Duncan makes depressing
reading. Can some of the current best advertisers in the UK -
Volkswagen, Cellnet, Orange - really be so off the mark with their
online output? Well, the best thing you could do is check out their work
for yourself. But for what it s worth,...
20 Nov 1998
| by ALASDAIR REID
Open ... is, of course, called Open ... because no-one s entirely
sure how it will work or what the implications are. As in, let s keep an
Open ... mind about this. And what on earth are those four dots
(mandatory, apparently) all about? According to the design consultancy,
Wolff Olins, they help to...
12 Nov 1998
| by LISA CAMPBELL
Food producer Baxters is spending pounds 6.5m over the next four
months on an integrated TV, radio, press and poster campaign to support
its range of soups, chutneys, jams and sauces. The campaign, through
Edinburgh-based The Union, introduces a new slogan, Baxters - We ve Got
a Name for It .
12 Nov 1998
| by LISA CAMPBELL
Virgin aims to put some fizz into its flat cola sales by
redesigning the product for the first time since its launch four years
ago.
06 Nov 1998
| by JULIETTE GARSIDE
PR Week is presenting its fourth annual conference Communicating
Business Strategy on Thursday 21 January at London s Dorchester. The
theme will be Your Staff as Brand Evangelists . For further details
call Tania Cassell on 0171 413 4116.
29 Oct 1998
| by HARRIET MARSH
It is now a year since Richard Eyre, chief executive of ITV,
confirmed the appointment of John Hardie to the newly created role of
marketing and commercial director. A marketing veteran from Procter s appointment completed ITV s top management triumvirate.
23 Oct 1998
| by HARRIET GREEN
The Independent has returned to brand advertising with a striking
cinema commercial from its new agency, Lowe Howard-Spink.
22 Oct 1998
| by DANNY ROGERS
The Formula 1 establishment has thrown a spanner into the works of
British American Tobacco s (BAT) pounds 300m sponsorship machine by
banning it from putting different tobacco brands on each of its
cars.