BRAND WATCH - McDonald's and Pizza Hut came under fire for being unhealthy, while Next and Abercrombie & Fitch were accused of making inappropriately sexual clothes for young girls, writes Jennifer Whitehead in this week's Brand Watch.
LONDON - ITV companies Carlton Communications and Granada are expected to report increased losses next week when the two announce their half-year results, which are also set to show improvements in the outlook for advertising.
LONDON - Ascot Racecourse is undertaking a marketing push to encourage young people to go to race meetings this summer.
LONDON - The accounting industry should treat the crisis caused by the Enron scandal as a product recall similar to the 80s Perrier benzene scare in order to save its reputation, according to advertising experts.
LONDON - Scottish Radio Holdings has seen pre-tax profits dive by 27% to £5.7m, but says that its prospects remain 'attractive' as it looks at possible acquisitions.
LONDON - Soft drinks brand 7-Up could pull its £474,000 World Cup Irish advertising campaign featuring disgraced Ireland captain Roy Keane, who was sent home yesterday after falling out with the team's manager Mick McCarthy.
LONDON - IPC Media has appointed Colin Tough as editor of What's on TV, the publisher's market-leading TV weekly.
LONDON - Boots the Chemist is branching out from selling cosmetics to selling cosmetic surgery, as it unveils plans to offer 'rejuvenating treatments', including Botox injections, at four of its stores from today.
LONDON - A number of media firms, including Granada and Reed Elsevier, are among those petitioning the government to stop BBC plans to spend £150m of licence-fee money over five years on its online education activities.
LONDON - David Montgomery, the former chief executive of the Mirror Group best known for launching the topless darts cable channel Live TV, is understood to be part of a consortium bidding for the ITV Digital licence.
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