16 Dec 1999
| by MARKETING REPORTERS
Abbey National s marketing director, Sara Weller, has quit and is
set to take a senior marketing role at beleaguered retailer
Sainsbury s.
16 Dec 1999
| by ALEXANDRA JARDINE
Burton, the Arcadia Group-owned menswear retailer, has handed its
only TV ad campaign for this year to Willox Ambler Rodford Law, in a
move which puts a question mark over its relationship with Grey
Advertising.
16 Dec 1999
| by ALEXANDRA JARDINE
Somerfield has restructured its marketing department once again,
marking a U-turn in the business strategy it announced in July. It is
now seeking a board-level marketing director to oversee a new
centralised department.
16 Dec 1999
| by DANNY ROGERS
Vision Express, the high street optician, is reviewing its pounds
11m advertising account, currently held by Ammirati Puris Lintas.
16 Dec 1999
| by IVAN CLARK, director, TV strategy, Medi
MediaVest has picked up media planning and buying for the launch of
Ipoints, a new rewards programme for the internet.
16 Dec 1999
| by BEN ROSIER
Top Shop/Top Man, the Arcadia-owned fashion store chain, is
revamping its web site to support a tie-up with Universal Music.
16 Dec 1999
| by KEVIN JOHNSON
Friends thought I was bordering on the suicidal when I told them,
in June 1997, I was taking the role of commercial director at the
Millennium Dome.
16 Dec 1999
| by LAURA MAZUR, a business writer and auth
Don t be surprised if you spy a few UK retailers lining up to see
what Santa Claus has got for them in his sack.
16 Dec 1999
| by GAIL KEMP
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16 Dec 1999
| by STEPHEN CHANDLER, an account director a
15 years ago: Demand is outstripping supply of Sinclair Computers
in the run-up to Christmas, with retailers predicting stock will be
scarce , despite record production levels throughout the autumn; British
Telecom plans to launch a chain of high street shops, offering a range
of telephones and services;...