Johnson & Johnson and Unilever to up regional spend
28 Feb 2003 | by Staff,
LONDON - Consumer goods giants Johnson & Johnson and Unilever have confirmed that they are set to make substantial investments in regional press advertising.
LONDON - The road rage beast can be tamed, or at least it can by drivers of the ultra-comfortable Citroen C5 in the car's new advertising campaign created by Partners BDDH.
LONDON - Consumer goods giants Johnson & Johnson and Unilever have confirmed that they are set to make substantial investments in regional press advertising.
LONDON - Readers of Emap's teenage celebrity magazine Sneak are being offered free ringtones from some of the biggest pop acts around, including Busted, Blazin' Squad and Avril Lavigne.
LONDON - The Eminem rap game, which uses audioclips from the rap star's debut film '8 Mile', has achieved record results of more than 20,000 plays a week on the Top of the Pops website.
LONDON - Heineken has transformed Zoe Ball, and a host of celebrities, from a down-to-earth mother into a glamorous 1950s pin-up to promote its switch to premium strength lager.
LONDON - The BBC's Radio 2 has linked up with the armed forces radio service and will be broadcasting special programmes to British personnel as the build-up of troops in the Middle East continues.
LONDON - The complexity of the merger between Granada and Carlton has been highlighted after the Office of Fair Trading failed to conclude its investigation into the merger within its usual 45-day period, leaving the delay convincing most that the deal will be referred to the Competition Commission.
LONDON - A new monthly magazine for senior executives in the public and private sector is being launched next month by Ethnic Media Group, the UK's biggest publisher of newspapers for Asian and African-Caribbean readers.
LONDON - More than half of UK sports fans do not differentiate between an official sponsor of an event or team and a brand that takes out advertising, unless a sponsor is seen to be getting involved at a grass roots level, according to research.
NEW YORK - Interpublic has tried to put a positive spin on John Dooner's demotion to the role of chairman and CEO of McCann Erickson WorldGroup, positioning the move as a 'bold' move that will help rescue the network and demonstrates 'real leadership'.