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 ...
08 Dec 2006
The big retail chains are going all out to make the Christmas market their own, but what winter...for
the catalogue retailer with the story of a little boy, a Christmas wish
and a father who was prepared to do ...
the task somewhat easier. THE STRATEGY The retailer is continuing in its "Argosing it" strategy ...
to be dominated by multi-channel retail, with a
predicted 50 per cent rise in online shopping. Argos must think ...
08 Dec 2006
electronics retailer Circuit City....The business was previously handled by Doner in Michigan. The client
split with the independent agency earlier this year, ending a five-year
relationship. The appointment follows last month's news that the retailer had handed
its $200 million media planning business to DeutschMedia,
following a pitch against ...
08 Dec 2006
Desperate retailers keen to get the punters in ahead of Christmas are
sending out a glut of coupons via e-mail. The "40 per cent off" one at
Threshers has received massive publicity because it's gone to more
people than the retailer intended, but we've also received some offers
from Gap ...
01 Dec 2006
WINNER
Title: Plugging eBay Into Music
Media agency: PHD
Media director: Julian Smith
Account director/media planner: Jenny Harden
Creative agency: Delaney Lund Knox Warren Partners
Account director: Jared Shurin
Account planner: Ed Warren
Client: eBay
Brand/product: eBay
Marketing director:...
01 Dec 2006
| by Ian Darby
ZenithOptimedia on alert as US retailer kicks off pan-European media pitch....Gap, the US fashion retailer, has kicked off a review of its £30
million pan-European media arrangements. ZenithOptimedia, the incumbent on the business, is expected to repitch
for the account against ...
to the $100 million business in June. PHD was the previous
incumbent. The retailer is battling to turn ...
01 Dec 2006
Carrefour, the European retailing giant, has appointed Euro RSCG Bogota to its Colombian...The agency picked up the business after a five-way pitch against DDB,
Wunderman, JWT and the incumbent, Publicis. The agency will be handling the advertising for all of the retailer's
brands, as well as creating a launch strategy for the company as it
begins the roll-out of its new smaller format stores ...
30 Nov 2006
| by by Ian Darby
LONDON - Gap, the US fashion retailer, has kicked off a review of its £30m pan-European media...to the $100m business in June. PHD was the previous incumbent.
The retailer is battling to turn around its ...
24 Nov 2006
Chrysalis Content has signed a deal with John Lewis to produce the retailer's first series
24 Nov 2006
| by James Hamilton
The company, which is owned by the US electrical retailer Best Buy, has
teamed up ...
the Carphone Warehouse and the retailer. Under the terms of the deal,
the Carphone Warehouse will trade as an independent mobile phone
retailer in the US, under the Best Buy brand. The Geek Squad service faces ...