30 Apr 1998
| by LISA CAMPBELL
Bhs has become the first retailer to offer a credit card option to
its loyalty card holders...Bhs has become the first retailer to offer a credit card option to
its loyalty card holders with the launch of the Bhs Gold Card, which
offers up to eight weeks credit. The launch is being handled by retail
marketing specialist RMP.
...
11 Apr 2002
| by MARK KLEINMAN
are barred from receiving credit....(Marketing, November 22, 2001), is spearheading the
initiative, which is likely to include credit cards ...
to open current
accounts with high street banks. Established credit card players are also tapping ...
without a credit history. Barclaycard recently decided to introduce a 'risk-based pricing'
policy. Instead ...
10 Jan 2006
| by by Staff
LONDON - Asda is launching a campaign to help customers understand credit ratings should...Customers applying for an Asda credit card will receive a "Clearer Credit" pack to help them repair their credit rating.
It will tell customers that how a poor credit rating can be caused by a ...
send away for their credit reference. The £2 fee normally charged by Experian is paid by Asda ...
09 Feb 2005
| by Ben Bold
with the launch of a credit card....will be briefed to develop a wider campaign.
If the credit card proves successful, Morrisons is set to introduce ...
Finance announced a £160m profit for 2003, while Asda is launching a credit card next month in a ...
24 Nov 2008
| by Staff
LONDON - Supermarkets have increased their ad spending as the credit crunch hit other marketing
23 May 2008
| by Ian Darby
difficulties securing credit insurance on its £24 million media spend....The furniture retailer is moving creative and media into the
full-service agency McCann Erickson Birmingham. Sources suggest the
switch was prompted by MFI's inability to secure credit insurance on its ...
and concern over the credit insurance issue is said to have
made it difficult to conclude a deal ...
02 May 2007
| by Alex Donohue
LONDON - The credit card industry has come bottom out of six marketing sectors, in a study...The report by Arvato Loyalty Services, said a radical rethink is needed within the credit card ...
on investment from associated schemes and initiatives. Arvato described the credit card industry as over-saturated and facing a dilemma of having too many dormant customers. The study said 48% of credit card companies ...
13 Sep 2002
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
the misleading practice of advertising credit deals as 'interest free', after the government started a crackdown...The three high-street chains were all advertising "interest-free credit" and APRs of 0%, when interest was, in fact, payable from the date of the agreement if a lump sum was not paid off in full by the end of the interest-free period.
The Office of Fair Trading has said that such advertising breaks ...
19 Mar 1998
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
Marks s credit
operation....Marks s credit
operation.
Rushton will work with Jenny Stott, head of marketing for its life
assurance and pensions products. They will report to group marketing
executive Richard Waugh ...
on to develop the current product offering,
including chargecards, personal loans, credit cards, Unit Trusts ...
18 Jan 2005
| by Colin Grimshaw,
LONDON - Sky is to introduce a credit card within weeks that can be used via the second card slot...Three other broadcasters are lining up in partnership with high-street retailers to use the card slot to facilitate loyalty-card schemes and offer high-street discounts to viewers.
The Sky credit card will be positioned as a way to pay for home-shopping through the box and to respond to interactive ...