09 May 1997
| by JOHN-PIERRE JOYCE
Mobile phone retailer The Phone House has hired Grayling to support
its shop launch programme in France. A subsidiary of UK chain The
Carphone Warehouse, The Phone House has already opened two outlets in
France and plans to open a further 15 this year and 50 next year.
Recruited following a competitive...
03 Sep 1999
| by SOPHIE BARKER
French retail giants Carrefour and Promodes, which this week
announced they were merging to create...French retail giants Carrefour and Promodes, which this week
announced they were merging ...
was set to move into the French market. The deal is
widely expected to trigger a spate of mergers ...
will work alongside the group s French
financial PR agency, DGM.
Carrefour and Promodes merger ...
17 Nov 2000
| by PAUL MICHAUD
PARIS: Carrefour - the world s second largest supermarket chain after Wal-Mart - has hired French...PARIS: Carrefour - the world s second largest supermarket chain after Wal-Mart - has hired French agency DGM to handle PR following the recent French beef crisis.
Carrefour was at the centre ...
distributors to withdraw beef from sale.
French restaurant chain Buffalo Grille has decided to withdraw ...
30 Oct 1998
| by SOPHIE BARKER
PARIS: French retail giant Pinault-Printemps-Redoute has appointed
Jacques Suart as its first...PARIS: French retail giant Pinault-Printemps-Redoute has appointed
Jacques Suart as its first ...
overseas.
Suart is currently communications director at French building materials
company Lafarge ...
and French homeware
chain Conforama.
The group s principal shareholder is Artemis, the holding ...
26 Jun 1998
| by SOPHIE BARKER
rental chain Europcar, handling both
French and pan-European PR....PARIS: Eric de Riedmatten has been appointed to the new post of
communications director for car rental chain Europcar, handling both
French and pan-European PR.
He will oversee ...
-based Jeremy
Snook PR.
Europcar belongs jointly to German car firm Volkswagen and French hotel ...
25 Apr 1997
| by JEMIMAH BAILEY
Italian born, educated in an English school in French speaking
Switzerland, Marina Galanti has...Italian born, educated in an English school in French speaking
Switzerland, Marina Galanti has the kind of background which means she
will slip into her new international role as head of communications at
the Body Shop with ease.
Marina has the ability to move seamlessly from country ...
19 Sep 1997
| by JULIETTE GARSIDE
French food retailer Promodes is using Burson-Marsteller to support
its pounds 2.8 billion...French food retailer Promodes is using Burson-Marsteller to support
its pounds 2.8 billion takeover bid for rival supermarket chain Casino
and its holding company, Rallye. A successful takeover ...
of the market. French legislation designed to protect city
centres and smaller shops has made organic growth ...
08 Dec 2000
| by RICHARD CARPENTER
on the high street.
At the end of the day, this does not feel like an M s more French Connection than ...
19 Sep 1997
| by IAN DARBY
account executive at The PR Connection,
joins as assistant PR manager...., formerly senior account executive at The PR Connection,
joins as assistant PR manager.
...
09 Sep 2005
Frangi has appointed Redhead PR to position Tie Rack as a supplier of
'luxury goods for the masses'. Recently installed group marketing
director Sara Carter said the company believed Tie Rack's Italian
connection had been underplayed. Redhead replaces three-year incumbent and fashion specialist Stephanie ...