11 Jun 1998
| by M KIERSNOWSKI
: pounds
8m).
Was the draw of direct marketing inevitable? All I can say is that I
followed ...
26 Nov 1998
| by SALLY WEAVERS, Communication Strategy M
Virgin Radio has appointed its deputy sales director to the new
position of head of commercial marketing. Louise Webb will be in charge
of developing the Virgin Radio identity into brand extensions,
point-of-sale product recommendations by the station and new-media
opportunities.
26 Nov 1998
| by SALLY WEAVERS, Communication Strategy M
In the history of newspaper design the Financial Times share page
will never win awards for innovation but then it has never had to try
hard to get the reader s attention. The wallpaper of small print is
for a special breed of consumer - principally investors - who need the
information. Given that...
23 Jan 1997
| by RICHARD ALFORD, Account director, M&
The best known UK house builder, Wimpey Homes, has retained
McCann-Erickson for its pounds 4.5m...The best known UK house builder, Wimpey Homes, has retained
McCann-Erickson for its pounds 4.5m ...
in
November after Zenith resigned it.
Wimpey plans to spend pounds 4.5m on advertising this year, through
regional press, TV and radio, compared with just pounds 1m last year
(Register ...
21 May 1998
| by ALEX KROHN, Media Planner, Initiative M
BT has formally invited four agencies to pitch for its estimated
pounds 120m TV and cinema...BT has formally invited four agencies to pitch for its estimated
pounds 120m TV and cinema planning and buying business.
The agencies are Initiative Media, The Allmond Partnership (part-owned
by Manning Gottlieb Media), Carat and the incumbent The Negotiation
Centre, formerly IDK Media (part ...
27 Nov 1997
| by JOHN STOREY, joint managing director, M
to
comment - particularly if their views are negative. Being independent,
I m able to make the difficult...for agencies to
comment - particularly if their views are negative. Being independent,
I m able to make ...
-of-broadcast policies
for 1998. I m sure no chats in smoke-filled rooms played any part in
this decision. Of course, each sales house has a vested interest in the
new regime working, and I m certain they will reap ...
23 Jan 1997
| by RICHARD ALFORD, Account director, M&
Midland Bank is dumping its yellow griffin symbol after 31 years
and is rebranding its products and outlets with the red and white logo
of its Hong Kong-based parent bank, HSBC.
The new corporate identity will cost the bank about pounds 15m to
introduce over the next 18 months, and brings Midland ...
29 Mar 2006
| by Graham Fink, Creative director, M&C Saatchi
patronising and
condescending. You don't need me to dissect the ads listed here. I'm sure everyone
reading ...
how much you can save,
go to elephant.co.uk.' I'm sure the only reason that anyone remembers this ad ...
07 Apr 2009
| by Richard Alford, Managing director, M&C Saatchi
. So what can I say that's negative, to show I'm not a total mug? Well,
the only weakness this new ...
27 May 1999
| by FRANCIS GOODWIN, Managing Director Of M
There was shock in the marketing community recently, when Marketing
Society research revealed that relatively few companies appoint
marketers to the board, and that not many more continually monitor the
attitudes, satisfaction levels and opinions of their customers.