28 Aug 1998
| by EMMA HALL
Nike (UK) is to take Savacentre to court over allegations that the
Sainsbury s subsidiary is selling counterfeit Nike goods in its stores.
The sports giant said HM Customs had alerted it to a suspicious
consignment of 25,000 garments spotted entering the country. Nike
officials later claimed to have...
28 Aug 1998
| by EMMA HALL
McCann-Erickson has recruited a deputy managing director to replace
Rae Burden, who left the agency to be the UDV worldwide account director
at Lowe Howard-Spink earlier this year (Campaign, 14 May).
28 Aug 1998
| by KAREN YATES
Cadbury Schweppes is looking for a new agency to handle its quirky
fruit drink, Oasis, after splitting with Saatchi & Saatchi, the
incumbent on the brand for the past three years.
28 Aug 1998
| by ELEANOR TRICKETT
Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker are to be reunited in an ad for
Pizza Hut. The ad, through Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, will focus on
Corbett s diminutive stature and will feature his famous easy chair.
Barker will provide the voiceover. - Daily Mail
28 Aug 1998
| by EMMA HALL
Mother s first work for Trebor Extra Strong Mints introduces Bobby
Mallet, a preacher whose mission is to rid the world of chewing gum and
promote the heat, the glow and the glory of Extra Strong Mints.
28 Aug 1998
| by JANE HALLION
Anyone out there who thinks that having a baby means bunking off
work for a few months, putting your feet up, swooning over Kilroy and
reading all your favourite magazines is obviously not a parent, probably
still single and most definitely a man.
28 Aug 1998
| by STEFANO HATFIELD
The press release from Sky says that Seinfeld is often described as
a show about nothing . Certainly, when random scenes reveal someone in
a restaurant being castigated for eating a sandwich with eww, fingers
- it s now cool to eat them with a knife and fork - one can
acquiesce.
28 Aug 1998
| by STEFANO HATFIELD
Lest we be accused of only passing comment when Ogilvy s only fair to commend the agency
for its Eurotunnel win last week. After several weeks of trying to
convince us that the latest two-bit account win was a sure sign of the
agency s renaissance following its Guinness and Ford disasters this
year,...
28 Aug 1998
| by PETER GATLEY, a senior art director at
Unless you are sent brilliant campaigns, these reviews can be a bit
daunting to someone like me who has about five friends.
27 Aug 1998
| by BINNUR BEYAZTAS
British Interactive Broadcasting has drawn up a shortlist of four
advertising agencies to pitch for its creative and media business,
believed to be worth about pounds 40m. The competitors are Saatchi &
Saatchi, Ogilvy & Mather, Lowe Howard-Spink and Bartle Bogle Hegarty. A
decision is expected in the...