19 Dec 1998
| by LISA CAMPBELL
Pressure from the media has put price back at the top of the agenda
for the UK s food retailers, according to a report from research company
Verdict.
19 Dec 1998
| by LISA CAMPBELL
Marketing is presenting its second annual conference aimed at
senior marketers interested in exploring the basics of using the
internet as a marketing tool. Everything you always wanted to know
about the internet (but were afraid to ask) is at the London Marriott
Hotel on March 2 1999.
19 Dec 1998
| by LISA CAMPBELL
Guinness Great Britain (CGB) has given up marketing Harp Irish
Lager and is phasing out Enigma lager as it focuses all its marketing
energy behind its flagship stout.
19 Dec 1998
| by STEVE BELL
Martin Dawes Telecommunications, Europe s largest mobile service
provider, is launching the UK s fifth mobile phone network.
19 Dec 1998
| by STEVE BELL
Over half of Eagle Star s 50-strong marketing department are to
lose their jobs as the impact of its merger with Swiss insurance giant
Zurich Insurance is felt.
19 Dec 1998
| by STEVE BELL
NatWest-owned Coutts Group, the international private banking
business famed for its aristocratic clientele, has restructured its
marketing operation.
19 Dec 1998
| by STEVE BELL
BT, the BBC and Marks s strongest
indigenous brands in a worldwide study by marketing services giant
WPP.
19 Dec 1998
| by STEVE BELL
America Online, one of the UK s largest internet service providers,
is to become the first web firm to market its service specifically on
the basis that it protects children from pornography on the
internet.
19 Dec 1998
| by STEVE BELL
NatWest is launching an online banking service early in January,
following the completion of a two-year PC home banking trial. It will
allow customers to access personal, business and credit card
accounts.
19 Dec 1998
| by JAMES KYDD, Marketing Director, Virgin
One hundred and six viewers have objected to the Independent
Television Commission about the Government s hard-hitting ad that
encourages businesses to prepare for a new European currency.