31 Dec 2000
Brewer Blackler has appointed new staff to deal with increased business
from clients such as Quaker and One2One. Those joining include Pip
Bowyer who moves from Interfocus, and Alex Kendall who joins from
NatWest.
31 Dec 2000
Pocket Phone Shop has launched its first activity since its
acquisition by mobile phone network giant One2One.
During the run up to Christmas, consumers who buy a mobile telephone on
any network at the 170-strong chain will get a music-compilation CD.
Eight of the CDs will feature...
31 Dec 2000
| by ANNA CLARKE
POP is enjoying a new prominence as its role in determining
purchasing patterns becomes more recognised. Companies are investing in
lenticular and digital technology, for example, while agencies such as
Triangle, Iris and Brewer Blackler are dedicating stand-alone operations
to POP.
'POP...
31 Dec 2000
| by RACHEL OLIVER
In a bid to strengthen its relationships with its home-PC customer
base, computer manufacturing and e-business giant IBM has teamed up with
Grey Interactive and 36.com to launch a portal which can be accessed
directly from IBM PCs. The portal, Digihere (www.digihere.com), is
currently in its...
31 Dec 2000
Japanese giants Sony and Matsushita are teaming up with NTT DoCoMo
in a joint venture to offer music over its mobile phones in Japan.
The venture plans to start offering music over handsets by the end of
this year.
Sony will also shortly be introducing mobile phone in Japan that can...
31 Dec 2000
Voice-activated mobile portal CrossJunction.com has launched a Hong
Kong version of its site. The service allows users of mobile phones and
other WAP-enabled devices to access a range of news and information via
voice commands. The Hong Kong version will be available in both
Cantonese and English....
31 Dec 2000
| by DAVID KILBURN
'One picture is worth 10 thousand words.' American ad man Fred
Barnard was thinking of baking soda when he coined that maxim for a 1927
advertisement.
The mobile internet was not then a glint in anyone's eye.
But now, with over 18 million Japanese laboriously keying email messages...
22 Dec 2000
UK mobile phone group Vodafone has agreed to buy Eircell -– the Irish mobile phone business owned by Ireland’s national telecoms company, Eircom -– in a deal worth £2.6bn.
22 Dec 2000
Online games retailer Gameplay reported strong year-on-year sales growth yesterday, prompting its share price to leap by 11.5% this morning.
21 Dec 2000
| by TANIA MASON
Solar Century, a new 'profits for purpose' company intent on convincing the world to convert to solar power, has lured senior Nike marketer Michelle McKenna to be its marketing director.