25 Nov 1999
| by IMELDA MICHALCZYK
Bacardi Breezer has signed a pounds 700,000 deal to be the sole
sponsor of London Transport over the Millennium celebrations and will
fund free bus and tube travel home for central London revellers on New
Year s Eve.
25 Nov 1999
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
Channel 5 and Bass have struck the first deal of its kind for UK
television, in which the advertiser s Hooch brand will sponsor the
production of 20 short films for pounds 150,000.
25 Nov 1999
| by PAUL WHITFIELD
Camelot blamed the rising cost of marketing the National Lottery
this week as a key reason for a 40% slump in profits in the past six
months, while sales continue to fall.
25 Nov 1999
| by DANNY ROGERS
British Airways veteran ad chief, Derek Dear, is moving to manage
the airline s programme of millennium marketing projects, including its
sponsorship of the Dome and the London Eye ferris wheel.
25 Nov 1999
| by JANE BAINBRIDGE
Coca-Cola has been voted the brand of the century by Marketing s
panel of experts in our celebration of the best of marketing over the
past 100 years.
25 Nov 1999
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
Graham Hinton has been axed as chairman of Bates UK, ending weeks
of speculation about his future at the troubled agency. His replacement
is Toby Hoare, who was chief executive of Young & Rubicam until its
merger with Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe.
25 Nov 1999
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
Groupe Danone, the French-owned food and drinks giant, is
understood to have retained Carat to handle its pounds 15m UK media
buying account.
25 Nov 1999
| by ALEXANDRA JARDINE
Littlewoods is to give its store fronts a new look as it tries to
brighten up its old-fashioned image and appeal to a younger
audience.
25 Nov 1999
| by PAUL WHITFIELD
The Conservative Party has joined the Direct Marketing Association
and the Consumers Association in calling for substantial changes to the
Representation of the People Bill, outlined in last week s Queen s
Speech.
25 Nov 1999
| by PAUL WHITFIELD
With the winter flu season fast approaching, SmithKline Beecham is
launching a pounds 4m television campaign for Beechams Flu Plus, set to
run from this weekend until February. It shows a woman suffering the
different symptoms of flu through visual metaphors: ice crystals and
flames on her face; a hydraulic...