09 Mar 2000
| by ALEXANDRA JARDINE
The New Millennium Experience Company is to extend the Dome s
opening times on weekday nights from April to get back on track for its
target of ten million visitors this year.
09 Mar 2000
| by ALEXANDRA JARDINE
Sainsbury s has begun phasing out its troublesome Savacentre brand
by converting the hypermarket sites to standard Sainsbury s supermarkets
and selling off excess space to other retailers.
09 Mar 2000
| by POPPY BRECH
The Central Office of Information, the UK s second biggest spending
advertiser, is reviewing its pounds 86m media buying business.
09 Mar 2000
| by IAN DARBY
Telewest will relaunch under a new brand, following its January
decision to merge with broadcaster Flextech, and has created an agency
roster for a pounds 30m communications drive.
09 Mar 2000
| by POPPY BRECH
Thomson Travel has consolidated its pounds 22m media planning and
buying business into Mediapolis as part of chief executive Charles
Gurassa s drive to achieve new efficiencies and stem falling
profits.
09 Mar 2000
| by POPPY BRECH
Vauxhall has conducted a major restructure of its sales, marketing
and customer care divisions in response to increased competition from
online car dealerships.
09 Mar 2000
| by BEN ROSIER
Kevin Gaskell, former managing director of BMW GB, has moved to US
internet car site, CarsDirect.com, as its chief executive for Europe.
CarsDirect.com will launch in Europe later this year to rival web car
brands such as OneSwoop.com and carbusters.com.
09 Mar 2000
| by BEN ROSIER
Virgin Interactive, the video games publisher, has ended a
three-month search by hiring Sean Ratcliffe from rival EA Sports as
European vice-president of marketing.
09 Mar 2000
| by CORDELIA BRABBS
Britvic has defended its controversial Tango TV ad, which was
banned by the Independent Television Commission (ITC) last week.
09 Mar 2000
| by ALEXANDRA JARDINE
OgilvyOne has knocked WWAV Rapp Collins London off the top of
Marketing s Direct Marketing League for the first time since the annual
table was launched in 1988.