Express on Sunday axes Platell
21 Sep 1999 | by CONOR DIGNAM
Express Newspapers has axed Amanda Platell from the editor s role at the Express on Sunday after the paper s circulation fell below the one million mark.
Beleaguered Marks & Spencer has appointed an internal candidate to be its first marketing director for UK retail.
Express Newspapers has axed Amanda Platell from the editor s role at the Express on Sunday after the paper s circulation fell below the one million mark.
IPC, which last week said it was making 200 redundancies, added to the gloom this week by axing Options magazine, the monthly women s title.
BT has finalised the shortlist for its pounds 160m advertising account and for the first time will be focusing on youth as a separate sector.
Mirror Group Newspapers is seriously considering a cash offer of 200p per share from Regional Independent Media, publisher of the Yorkshire Post. This follows the collapse of talks with the regional publisher Trinity International Holdings last week. (Raymond Snoddy, page 8).
Emap Active, a new division of the Emap Group, has appointed its first advertising agency.
David Clayton-Smith has assumed control of Boots The Chemist s customer marketing after a shake-up of senior management by the retailer.
The value of UK internet advertising at least doubled last year, according to the most authoritative report yet on the sector.
Virgin Direct is launching a pounds 5m campaign, created by Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe, in a bid to unravel consumer confusion about the introduction of Individual Savings Accounts and the phasing out, at the same time, of PEPs and TESSAs in April this year. The campaign will include TV advertising,...
Warner Brothers has struck a licensing deal with Swedish fashion retailer H&M to supply Warner-branded creches. Industry insiders say that Warner Bros is planning similar deals with larger retail chains across Europe.