19 Dec 1997
| by A PUNTER
watching television at home, walk out of
the room during the commercial break and listen to the ads...Call me a scrooge if you like, but what exactly is happening to
Christmas? The next time you re watching television at home, walk out of
the room during the commercial break and listen to the ads ...
message to Christmas retail advertisers is: be realistic, save
your money, don t advertise stuff you ...
19 Dec 1997
| by KAREN YATES
.5 million advertising
task to position Waitrose as the top supermarket for value and
quality....to complement its management line-up.
Banks Hoggins O Shea has scooped the pounds 4.5 million advertising ...
19 Dec 1997
| by CLAIRE BEALE
on
advertising in the UK. However, the retailer unveiled a major TV
campaign at the end of September, its first UK TV work, as part of a
more aggressive marketing strategy.
The company appointed a new ...
18 Dec 1997
| by DANNY ROGERS
will be responsible for advertising, PR and design as well as
corporate development, which some observers interpret ...
TV
ads. However, Waitrose s marketers recognise the need to develop a
distinctive personality ...
18 Dec 1997
| by DANNY ROGERS
-the-line firm Communications Innovation Group as commercial
director.
Live TV has won its High Court ...
will be
added to the 2.1 million homes that already receive Live TV.
ITV has appointed Jeremy Boulton as controller of acquisitions. Boulton
currently works at Sky Television as director of acquisitions ...
12 Dec 1997
| by KAREN YATES
-awaited assault on
the British digital TV market following revelations that senior
personnel from his company ...
The Independent Television Commission has ruled that flight prices
advertised on Teletext, Oracle or other ...
the massacre at Luxor
three weeks ago. Sixty-two people, including six British tourists, died
in the attack ...
12 Dec 1997
| by ALASDAIR REID
transactional television - television as
a direct sales medium. And we re not just talking about...forward in UK television advertising - the corporate infomercial . This
phenomenon is, perhaps ...
transactional television - television as
a direct sales medium. And we re not just talking about ...
-shopping
channels, direct response television (DRTV) and its extended format
cousin, the 30-minute infomercial ...
12 Dec 1997
| by EMMA HALL
Halfords is reviewing its pounds 9 million advertising account
after four years with Publicis....Halfords is reviewing its pounds 9 million advertising account
after four years with Publicis.
The bikes-to-car spares retailer is believed to have approached six
agencies about its above-the-line creative account with a view to
putting together a shortlist soon after Christmas.
Although ...
11 Dec 1997
| by DANNY ROGERS
Sainsbury s is reviewing its direct marketing account, thought to
be worth more than pounds 7m, little more than a year after appointing
WWAV Rapp Collins to take up the reins of its Reward Card loyalty
scheme.