Royal Mail price hikes expected to hit DM budgets
22 Dec 2010 | by Ed Owen
Price hikes proposed by the Royal Mail prior to a privatisation next year will hit agencies' direct marketing budgets, according to direct mail specialists Post Switch.
Former Dixons marketing director Anna Burleigh has been appointed marketing director at Musgrave Retail Partners GB, owner of the Londis and Budgens brands.
Price hikes proposed by the Royal Mail prior to a privatisation next year will hit agencies' direct marketing budgets, according to direct mail specialists Post Switch.
Proximity has won the £50m Lloyds TSB direct marketing account, putting an end to its three year relationship with Rapier.
Heinz is to launch a new range of babyfood, Taste of Home, backed with a £1m marketing campaign.
Breakdown cover provider RAC has launched what it claims to be the UK's first "breakdown gift card", targeting consumers in the build-up to Christmas.
WPP has bought US DM agency Marketing Direct for an undisclosed sum, in a deal brokered through KBM Group.
Archibald Ingall Stretton (AIS) has scooped the Grand Prix at the 2010 DMA Awards for its O2 3D England rugby campaign.
Bottlegreen, the soft drinks brand, is ramping up its digital activity as it looks to grow its position as an alternative to alcoholic drinks.
Refreshed Direct's Jane Holmes has beaten four other hopefuls to win the Direct Marketing Association's Young Spark new talent award.
Fans of the annoyingly catchy We Buy Any Car TV ads could soon be in for a few surprises, following the car-valuation company's decision to appoint an advertising agency.