17 Dec 2001
1. National Geographic
National Geographic consistently trounces all the usual suspects such as
The Economist and the Financial Times in surveys such as Europe 2001 and
EMS. It is one of the few titles to have been successful at masthead
programming, and its National Geographic television...
14 Dec 2001
| by JEREMY WHITE
Dockers Europe, the clothing company owned by Levi Strauss, has
hired BlueberryFrog, the Amsterdam-based guerrilla and buzz marketing
agency, to its pan-European account.
BlueberryFrog will work on a pan-European integrated promotional
campaign that will launch next year. The agency was...
23 Nov 2001
GOLD
Title: Holocaust
Agency: Delaney Lund Knox Warren & Partners
Author: Richard Warren
Creative Directors: Gary Betts, Malcolm Green
Copywriter: Malcolm Green
Client: Imperial War Museum
Product: Holocaust Exhibition
Delicate and sensitive planning was at the heart of this campaign,...
16 Nov 2001
| by JEREMY WHITE
After nearly 20 years, Interpublic's Campbell-Ewald is making a
return to the European market - but only just. You feel that the agency
would like to draw as little attention to the move as possible.
According to the Michigan-based shop, the move back into the European
market - backed by...
16 Nov 2001
| by LUCY AITKEN
The events of 11 September confirmed newspapers' place in society.
Whereas endlessly repeated (and often badly edited) TV images could be
too brutal to take in, the world turned to newspapers for information,
comment and comfort. Suddenly, newspapers were a million miles away from
being written...
16 Nov 2001
| by ROBERT GRAY
Did you hear the one about the Turkish newspaper that ran a special
offer of free funerals? Sounds like a joke? Well, it isn't.
Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of newspaper promotions. The
example above neatly illustrates that the nature of what is acceptable
in one European country...
13 Nov 2001
| by Staff,
LONDON - Mars has dealt a further body blow to its relationship with D'Arcy in Europe by switching the Mars Bar creative account to Grey.
26 Oct 2001
Fallon has picked up the lion's share of the 10 million
pan-European Citibank business.
The agency has been appointed to work on Citibank's brand positioning
and brand advertising.
While the incumbent, Young & Rubicam Europe, remains on Citibank's
roster, insiders expect the entire...
26 Oct 2001
| by JEREMY WHITE
The Spirit Group has picked up the 5 million pan-European
above-the-line creative account for the US-based clothing company
OshKosh B'Gosh.
The company, which sells its clothes in 70 countries and last year
posted sales of 453 million, is looking to raise its profile in
Europe, especially...
12 Oct 2001
| by IAN DARBY
John Owrid, the managing partner at Ogilvy & Mather, is leaving the
agency to join the Agency.com division i-traffic.
Owrid, who has worked for the Ogilvy Group for five years, is taking the
role of European president at i-traffic. His new job will include
developing a strategy for growing...