27 Nov 1998
| by AMANDA HALL
Agencies selling to Eric Nicoli, chief executive of United
Biscuits, are preaching to the converted. For Nicoli landed the top job
at the pounds 1.2 billion branded foods empire that is home to
McVitie s, Penguin and Hula Hoops via the marketing route. He knows the
ad business, likes it, believes it...
26 Nov 1998
| by DANNY ROGERS
Eurotunnel is close to signing a deal with a major retail operator
as it searches for a way...Eurotunnel is close to signing a deal with a major retail operator
as it searches for a way ...
-channel operator, still billions of pounds in debt from its
construction, is in talks with retailers including ...
, is the most likely partner
for Eurotunnel, which wants to extend its retail facilities dramatically ...
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.
19 Nov 1998
| by IAN DARBY
about the strength
of retailers, with 54% agreeing with the contention that supermarkets
hit ...
30 Oct 1998
| by KAREN YATES
administration. And because of the Dixons group s 950 ready-made retail
outlets, there s no need for expensive ...
: the fact
that Dixons is first, and foremost, a retailer. A retailer, moreover, of
one of the key growth ...
.
Publicly, Dixons says it hopes to woo a wide variety of retailers into
its new shopping mall ...
15 Oct 1998
| by ALEX BENADY
advertiser) in mobile phone retailing, it is a minnow up
against some very big fish.
Until now ...
there
will be over-capacity. There could be a shake-out similar to that in
sports retailing, predicts Ben Perkins, an analyst for Corporate
Intelligence on Retailing.
Growth has come from new technology working its ...
02 Oct 1998
| by CAROLINE MARSHALL
Bates Dorland has pulled out of the contest for the British Airport
Authority s retail account...Bates Dorland has pulled out of the contest for the British Airport
Authority s retail account, ending a ten-year relationship with the
client.
The agency s decision follows a protracted pitch process for the BAA
business which will now be contested by four as yet unnamed shops.
A letter ...
02 Oct 1998
| by CAROLINE MARSHALL
for serious retail accounts (Selfridges and Wallis
notwithstanding).
After all, competitors have ...
the ability to do
the kind of top to bottom dirty work that retail clients require.
I ll bet some ...
24 Sep 1998
| by BINNUR BEYAZTAS
Hollinger s retail site, The Best of
British, on Yell s e-commerce service, Shop Yell....Yell, the internet service from Yellow Pages, has linked up with
Hollinger Digital to feature Hollinger s retail site, The Best of
British, on Yell s e-commerce service, Shop Yell.
The site features a selection of British-made goods from suppliers such
as Bendicks of Mayfair and Fortnum & Mason ...
24 Sep 1998
| by KEN GOFTON
retailers as an incentive to stock particular lines or
feature special displays. It is a potent offer ...
subcontinent.
More than 31,000 retailers have signed up.
Conversely, the big incentive travel ...
chairman of the sales
promotion and trade marketing consultancy TSM, agrees. Retailers now
realise ...