06 Nov 2000
and is able to reach 3m households.
The move will put pressure on rival Tesco’s service, which currently ...
27 Oct 2000
LONDON (Brand Republic) – Sara Lee, the US food and underwear giant, has started a bidding war for ownership of the UK turkey firm Bernard Matthews just days after its founder offered 232m to take it private.
Bernard Matthews, whose “Bootiful” TV advertising catchphrase made him a household name, said ...
26 Oct 2000
LONDON (Brand Republic) – Sara Lee, the US consumer products giant, reported a slip in profits as it restructures itself in a bid to return to profitability.
The company said it would concentrate on three key areas -- underwear, coffee and tea, and food and household products –- in order to reverse the 2 ...
25 Oct 2000
Toiletries and household products giant Colgate-Palmolive is keeping tight-lipped about a potential...LONDON (Brand Republic) – Toiletries and household products giant Colgate-Palmolive is keeping tight-lipped about a potential bid for Gillette, after the shaving company ousted its chief executive last week.
Chairman and chief executive Reuben Mark refused to comment on rumours that Colgate could ...
17 Oct 2000
| by Louise Banbury
, which compares online prices for goods including domestic appliances, computers, CDs and books.
Its ...
21 Aug 2000
Food and household products giant Unilever is urging its UK suppliers to use euros when invoicing...LONDON (Brand Republic) - Food and household products giant Unilever is urging its UK suppliers to use euros when invoicing the company.
Already 20% of Unilever’s purchasing is done using euros and the company uses the currency for its internal accounting and external reporting.
The move is designed ...
16 Aug 2000
| by Camilla Palmer
Household products group Reckitt Benckiser said a strategy of culling brands, such as that being...LONDON (Brand Republic) – Household products group Reckitt Benckiser said a strategy of culling brands, such as that being pursued by Procter 171m, with sales growing at 3% to 1.56bn.
According ...
restructured itself into two divisions –- concentrating on food and household products –- in a bid ...
16 Aug 2000
recently bought electrical appliance company DH Haden for 3.2m, was in talks with three other companies ...
15 Aug 2000
More than a quarter of UK households now have access to the internet, according to the latest...LONDON (Brand Republic) - More than a quarter of UK households now have access to the internet, according to the latest figures from audience measurement firm MMXI Europe.
Of the 24.86m households in the UK, 7.17m now have access to the internet. This has grown from 4.9m in October 1999 when MMXI began ...
10 Aug 2000
| by Louise Banbury
LONDON (Brand Republic) - 3Com is launching a 100m ad campaign that aims to target modern-day Luddites by focusing on the downside of technology.
The networking hardware manufacturer is targeting households and small businesses, which it believes are sick of the hype and “techno-babble” which accompanies ...