20 Dec 2001
| by Gordon MacMillan and Jennifer Whitehead,
online banks such as Egg and Intelligent Finance. Lloyds itself bungled its own online banking aspirations -- last year it abandoned its online brand Evolvebank.
Recent work by Saatchis this year ...
20 Dec 2001
Lever Faberge has axed its Lynx-branded barber shops. The company
said the two shops, one in London and one in Kingston-upon-Thames, had
developed a loyal clientele but were not performing to its standards.
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20 Dec 2001
Associated New Media, the digital arm of Associated Newspapers, is
to enter the online travel market with the launch of
www.thisistravel.co.uk in January. The site will act as a research tool ...
and cars online through selected
commercial partners. Associated New Media also operates the sites ...
20 Dec 2001
SceneOne, Flextech's e-commerce entertainment brand, has teamed up
with Umbro.com in an exclusive deal to sell official Umbro Mean Machine
movie merchandise on the SceneOne shop on SkyActive. The movie, which
stars Vinnie Jones, opens in cinemas across the UK on December 26.
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20 Dec 2001
Overture, the pay-for-performance search engine, has signed up
Marks & Spencer, Debenhams, Littlewoods, Comet and Interflora to book
search advertising campaigns for the Christmas shopping season. The
addition of the high street brands takes Overture's paying advertisers
to more than 3000.
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20 Dec 2001
Littlewoods, the stores and home shopping group, said it will
concentrate on improving its margins over the next year and continue to
move away from discounting. It reported a pre-tax loss of 9.9m
for the six months to October 31, against a loss of 34.2m the
previous year.
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20 Dec 2001
, in specialist press
and online. Media is by Carat and Target NMI.
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20 Dec 2001
out how to join the RSPCA and donate
money online.
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20 Dec 2001
| by JULES GRANT
BT pokes fun at New Age business trends that emerged in the 90s in
its latest advertising aimed at business customers. The campaign
represents St Luke's first work on the account, which it won from M 15m. Press, poster, radio and online activity accompany the
television campaign.
TV buying ...
20 Dec 2001
| by MARK KLEINMAN
of Valentine's Day. There are around 2000
Interflora-branded florists shops in the UK.
Polaroid ...