21 Dec 2007
The UK s fiscal hazard lights have been switched on in the form of the credit crunch and a faltering housing market. The rise in manufacturing costs is also being passed on to consumers via increased food and energy prices, which will ultimately reduce disposable income and outlay on non ...
14 Dec 2007
Experience is the theme this year, with media owners saying there's no
substitute for an old head when it comes to a bit of sparring during the
trading season. "Platty" also emerges with credit for attempting to
evolve the way media is traded. 2. Chris Locke, group trading director, Starcom Almost ...
14 Dec 2007
Collins has been widely credited
with turning around the creative output on the agency's Boots account ...
12 Dec 2007
| by Mark Attrill, Creative director, Carlson Marketing
First impressions are of a genuine bag of Costa Rican coffee. The labels
and foil packaging are convincingly authentic, the well-chosen font and
illustration style giving a traditional feel. Credit to the client for
spending a bit extra to achieve real standout. Inside, a pack of Naranjo coffee beans ...
05 Dec 2007
credit card....The programme, which previously incorporated only a House of Fraser
store card, now allows customers to collect redeemable points when they
use their branded credit card. The card can also be used ...
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work involves online and offline customer communications and
advertising. The branded credit card ...
04 Dec 2007
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
Ofcom has told Abbey and another company, Complete Credit Management, that it has evidence they both repeatedly exceeded its silent call limit over the period from October 2006 to April 2007. It has given them until January 7 to respond and will then consider what action it will take. It is able ...
04 Dec 2007
| by Bill Britt
LONDON - The true impact of the credit squeeze has manifested itself in a dramatic decline...Finance firms spend on traditional marketing relating to lending, across mortgages, credit cards and personal loans, has plunged since the squeeze began. Total adspend by banks, building societies and credit ...
been a particularly notable fall in investment in direct mail and print for credit card products ...
28 Nov 2007
| by Alex Donohue
The government body has advised customers who think they may have given out personal information to cold callers pretending to be from Consumer Direct to contact their bank immediately and review their credit and financial statements for unauthorised transactions. Consumer Direct, which offers information ...
27 Nov 2007
| by Ed Kemp
The telecommunications firm made its first move into the financial services market in July, when it launched the BT credit card through MBNA. The card rewards BT customers with 1p off their bills for each 2 of the first 250 they spend each month. Beyond this point, they receive 1p off their phone bills for every ...
27 Nov 2007
| by Claire Billings
, the on-line credit-monitoring and identity-fraud service, which is owned by Experian, also launched a ...