11 Apr 1997
| by LAURA MARKS, chair of the Association o
With the general election looming, the political parties are
working up a fever to find out what the voters think of them and their
policies and - more importantly - to discover what the public really
wants.
11 Apr 1997
| by LAURA MARKS, chair of the Association o
Many media buyers felt the Vanishing Man was one of the best
one-off spots ITV had offered for some time. It was a two-hour special -
which may become a series - about a modern-day invisible man, starring
Neil Morrissey of Men Behaving Badly fame.
11 Apr 1997
| by LAURA MARKS, chair of the Association o
We ve long understood that in 90 per cent of media industry
wrangles, cock-up theories will lead us to the root of the problem
rather than any conspiracy theory. Rarely can this have been so
obvious as with the Independent Television Commission s decision to
censure BT and Carlton Television over...
11 Apr 1997
| by LAURA MARKS, chair of the Association o
Caroline Marshall chooses Simons Palmer Clemmow Johnson s Do
running poster for Nike: Just when I thought that Dave Dye had the
market for advertising running gear sewn up, along comes Nike with this
eye-catching and timely poster. Every enthusiastic amateur can relate to
the runner s high depicted...
28 May 1999
| by DOMINIC MILLS
So, I m reading all about Marks s dire results, and how
they re down to a bureaucratic culture...So, I m reading all about Marks s dire results, and how
they re down to a bureaucratic culture, frumpy fashion lines, a fuzzy
image and dull stores. I turn the page and what s there but an ad - for
a man s non-iron cotton shirt.
It s not hard to make the connection. Like the others in a ...
07 Jul 2000
| by DOMINIC MILLS
News that Marks & Spencer has completed its media pitches (as I
write, we await the results...News that Marks s also a significant campaign for the ad
industry as a whole. If advertising can be seen to help rescue M s likely to be pretty upfront
and confident. This has less to do with the creative work per se as with
the differing tones adopted by the competing agencies.
BMP s approach ...
17 Oct 2003
| by Claire Beale, claire.beale@haynet.com
Just when Marks & Spencer looks like it's pulled itself up by its knicker-elastic, it manages
07 Dec 2001
| by MATTHEW COWEN, matthew.cowen@haynet.com
Christmas in three words? Let's see. Sentimental and nostalgic?
Or awkward and embarrassing? 25 December can turn out either way - and
so can Marks & Spencer's yuletide ad from Rainey Kelly ...
, the spectacular
failure of the "normal" size 16 woman running naked up a hill instead
left a question mark ...
12 Aug 2005
The AA is returning to customer publishing with the launch of the UK's second-largest circulation magazine.
14 Dec 2006
| by by Staff
Marks Spencer as Advertiser of the Year? A few years ago the idea would have seemed fanciful if not downright preposterous. The retailer was never serious about it. So ubiquitous were the stores, that they simply advertised themselves, it was reasoned. As for the punters, well, they just kept the tills ...