22 Dec 2000
| by Claire Billings
BMP DDB has been hired by The Guardian to handle advertising for the newspaper group’s online...LONDON (Brand Republic) – BMP DDB has been hired by The Guardian to handle advertising for the newspaper group’s online and offline brands.
BMP beat M 3m on advertising, is expected to significantly increase its marketing spend next year.
Marc Sands, Guardian Newspapers’ marketing director, said, “We ...
22 Dec 2000
Online games retailer Gameplay reported strong year-on-year sales growth yesterday, prompting its...LONDON (Brand Republic) - Online games retailer Gameplay reported strong year-on-year sales growth yesterday, prompting its share price to leap by 11.5% this morning.
The company said revenues for the half year ended January 31 were expected to exceed 40m in spite of current technology market trends ...
22 Dec 2000
| by Louise Banbury
15.4% market share, compared with Sainsbury s 15%, the retailer said. However, in a BBC Online ...
21 Dec 2000
News and information company Reuters has scrapped plans for a retail version of its online...LONDON (Brand Republic) - News and information company Reuters has scrapped plans for a retail version of its online brokerage system Instinet.
The company’s share price fell 76p to 11.92 yesterday, amid investors’ fears that plans to float Instinet would now be abandoned. Reuters, however, said ...
20 Dec 2000
The Body Shop has severed its contract with its internet partner, troubled Japanese internet...LONDON (Brand Republic) – The Body Shop has severed its contract with its internet partner ...
–- Body Shop Digital.
Softbank, which has ploughed 15m into the company, has seen its share price fall 90% since February following a collapse in profits. It will suffer a 9m shortfall from The Body Shop’s ...
20 Dec 2000
Beenz.com, the internet currency trader, has become the latest online business to announce a...LONDON (Brand Republic) – Beenz.com, the internet currency trader, has become the latest online business to announce a restructuring, including job cuts and the closure of overseas offices, as a result of a downturn in online spending by its customers.
The company, which is also said to be seeking a ...
20 Dec 2000
| by Claire Billings
online.
Meanwhile, Branson is delaying making a decision on whether to appeal the outcome of yesterday ...
19 Dec 2000
Online retailer eToys.com is understood to be looking for a buyer after warning that its Christmas...LONDON (Brand Republic) - Online retailer eToys.com is understood to be looking for a buyer after warning that its Christmas sales will be well below expectations.
The company, which is based in Santa Monica, California, expects its third-quarter sales to be between 120m and 130m, after forecasting ...
19 Dec 2000
off 32 staff, just two months after it laid off 22 employees when it combined its online and print...LONDON (Brand Republic) – Red Herring Communications, publisher of Red Herring - the US internet business magazine - has laid off 32 staff, just two months after it laid off 22 employees when it combined its online and print businesses.
The cutbacks come just six weeks after the appointment of Hilary ...
15 Dec 2000
| by by Louise Banbury
to halve its online investment.