14 Dec 2001
Virgin's lingerie label Virginware is on the hunt for a consumer PR
firm to handle all its ...
14 Dec 2001
| by ED SHELTON
Client: Segway
PR Team: Burson-Marsteller New York and Segway in-house
Campaign: Launch of the Segway human transporter
Timescale: Ongoing
Budget: Undisclosed
For almost a year there had been speculation in the US and the UK about
a radical new transport device. Known as 'Project Ginger',...
19 Oct 2001
| by TARA STEVENS
Client: Sony AIBO
PR Team: Phipps PR
Campaign: UK launch of second generation Sony AIBO robot
Timescale: September 2000 - June 2001
Budget: Undisclosed
After the launch of the first limited edition AIBO robot in 1998, Sony's
second-generation electronic dog was a tough act to follow...
12 Oct 2001
| by ED SHELTON
Client: easyJet
PR Team: In-house
Campaign: Let's get Europe flying again!
Timescale: September - ongoing
Budget: Within departmental budget
Following the tragic events of 11 September, passenger bookings at all
airlines declined. While other airlines announced cutbacks and even
bankruptcy,...
28 Sep 2001
| by BEN BOLD
Client: Gala Bingo
Campaign: Making bingo cool
PRTeam: Herald Communications
Timescale: May 2000 - Dec 2000
Budget: 50,000-plus
Herald Communications' Gala campaign earned account executive Imogen
Carter an award in the PRCA Frontline Best Consumer Campaign
category.
Research...
28 Sep 2001
Roger Staton Associates has won the entire UK PR business of
lighting manufacturer Osram following a four-way pitch.
The six-figure account comprises B2B and consumer work, raising
awareness of the brand in the lighting supply chain as well as among
consumers.
The challenge is to...
14 Sep 2001
| by Peter Simpson
Client: Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses
PR Team: JamesPR
Campaign:Passionate About Cheese
Timescale: June 2000 - June 2001
Budget: 40,000
During the past three years UK demand for English regional cheeses has
fallen by 30 per cent.
Among those producers suffering was Lancashire cheese-maker...
31 Aug 2001
| by CHRIS SCOTT
National Lottery operator Camelot has handed Revolver
Communications its national consumer PR ...
31 Aug 2001
| by CHRIS SCOTT
National Lottery operator Camelot has handed Revolver
Communications its national consumer PR ...
03 Aug 2001
| by CHRIS SCOTT
Frank PR has been appointed by computer game manufacturer Acclaim
International as its retained consumer agency worldwide.
The hire follows a review of communications by Acclaim international
head of PR Simon Smith-Wright, which sees the agency move away from its
past practice of appointing...