LONDON (Brand Republic) - Online games retailer Gameplay reported strong year-on-year sales growth yesterday, prompting its share price to leap by 11.5% this morning. The company said revenues for the half year ended January 31 were expected to exceed 40m in spite of current technology market trends ...
LONDON (Brand Republic) - Online retailer eToys.com is understood to be looking for a buyer after warning that its Christmas sales will be well below expectations. The company, which is based in Santa Monica, California, expects its third-quarter sales to be between 120m and 130m, after forecasting ...
closely with its sister agency Lowe Azure on creative and branding aspects. It also runs the UK PR ...
LONDON (Brand Republic) – Aegis Group, which owns the Carat media buying network, claims the 1.85bn in new advertising contracts won in the first 10 months of 2000 will protect it from the slowdown in advertising spending, which is forecast for next year. Aegis’ billings for 2000 top the 1999 figure of 1 ...
LONDON (Brand Republic) – Harrods is joining forces with UK satellite broadcaster BSkyB to develop an interactive TV programme that will allow subscribers to the broadcaster’s Open interactive platform to buy products from the luxury department store. The first show will be aired on Sky One on Thursday (December ...
LONDON (Brand Republic) – Luxury goods firm Gucci has launched a lawsuit against its partner and rival LVMH for alleged defamation. Gucci said it was taking action after LVMH made what it claimed were “baseless accusations attacking the integrity of key Gucci executives”. The move comes after ...
LONDON (Brand Republic) – Hamleys, the London toy store, has put itself up for sale for the second time this year and is talking to venture capital firms about its future. One of the venture capitalist firms said to be interested is Alchemy, which attempted to buy the remnants of UK car manufacturer ...
LONDON (Brand Republic) - Sony’s PlayStation2 launched in the UK today, amid warnings that shortages of the new games console could create a black market. The company’s policy of only releasing pre-ordered consoles means that the first batch is already accounted for and no more are expected until next year. Only ...
LONDON (Brand Republic) – Toy giant Hasbro has consolidated its estimated 80m- 100m creative advertising account into DDB Worldwide after a US review which saw pitches from Grey Worldwide, Rotter Kantor and Griffin Bacal. Griffin and DDB are both Omnicom-owned. The company’s media agency, Optimum Media ...
LONDON (Brand Republic) – The UK’s largest online pet store has closed its e-commerce operation and has been put up for sale by its owners. The company is understood to have failed to raise new investment capital and run out of operating cash. PetsPyjamas.com is one of a number of online companies run ...
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