30 Jan 2003
| by Staff,
LONDON - Texaco is concentrating its full promotional activity for 2003 on a relaunch of its Global Club loyalty card scheme, which is to be rebranded as 'WE.O.U' next month.
30 Jan 2003
| by Mark Kleinman,
LONDON - Air Miles is upping the stakes in its battle against the Nectar loyalty programme with the appointment of Maher Bird Associates to handle its direct marketing activity.
30 Jan 2003
| by Staff,
LONDON - Sainsbury's has poached Abbey National's head of customer communications Jonathan Latham to lead its DM function as the battle for customer loyalty in the supermarket sector intensifies.
30 Jan 2003
| by RAVI CHANDIRAMANI
Virgin Retail is to scrap the V.Shop brand name and rebrand all 63 branches as Virgin Megastore Express as it steps up its home entertainment offering at the expense of mobile phones.
30 Jan 2003
| by MARK KLEINMAN
Nestle Rowntree has struck a £6m deal with ITV to link its confectionery brands to the 2003 series of Pop Idol, the show that launched the careers of Gareth Gates and Will Young.
30 Jan 2003
| by BEN BOLD
Toyota's UK commercial director Mike Moran is leaving the car industry after 20 years to become worldwide director of marketing and strategy for Thames Water, the world's third-largest water company.
30 Jan 2003
| by BEN BOLD and MARK KLEINMAN
Online bank Egg has appointed the marketer responsible for Budweiser's acclaimed 'Whassup' campaign to oversee its UK advertising.
30 Jan 2003
| by DANIEL ROGERS
The difficult task of promoting Britain as a tourist destination at a time of terrorist threats and disintegrating transport systems has been handed to Kenny Boyle, currently head of NTL's Premium TV.
30 Jan 2003
| by MARK KLEINMAN
Troubled discount supermarket chain Kwik-Save is overhauling its brand with the appointment of a new creative agency. It is doubling its ad budget and also investing in store revamps and an own-label range.
30 Jan 2003
The Tote, the government-owned bookmaker, has poached Marks Spencer Financial Services head of marketing Lorraine Brannan to become its new marketing director. Brannan will replace Rick Cowan when she takes up the post next month.