Poor delivery services will harm mail order
31 Dec 2004
Home delivery is so bad that companies offering it are endangering their future success, according to research by marketing support services provider, Prolog.
Abacus has launched a pooled database for B2B marketers in which members contribute customer information from catalogue sales, including all transactional data.
Home delivery is so bad that companies offering it are endangering their future success, according to research by marketing support services provider, Prolog.
UK consumers bought £27bn worth of goods from direct mail in the 12 months up to September 2004 - an increase of 2.3 per cent on the 2003 figure, according to DMIS.
Royal Mail's second Business Barometer indicates that 200,000 businesses changed their records in the last six months, revealing the extent of business-to- business data decay.
LONDON - An Underground poster campaign for the morning after pill, Levonelle, featuring the strapline 'Immaculate Contraception' has been pulled after being found offensive, following complaints from religious groups.
LONDON – Draft has been appointed as Interpublic's lead agency after the network won Computer Associates' $150m (£77.6m) global marketing and advertising business.
LONDON – The government is investing £15m in an interactive TV service for the NHS, which will be available to 7m viewers with Sky Digital.
LONDON - Publishing and media group United Business Media has appointed Symbian chief executive David Levin to the top role recently vacated by Lord Clive Hollick.
SHANGHAI: Package delivery company UPS is taking direct control of its network in China, involving the transfer of operations from Sinotrans to UPS in 231 locations across the country.
BANGKOK: GlaxoSmithKline has appointed McCann Worldgroup to handle its prescription drugs account. McCann beat Grey Worldwide and OMD in the pitch, which took place about two months ago. Promotions were previously handled either in-house or by a small agency or freelancer.
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