06 May 2003
| by Staff,
LONDON - Advertising industry groups, including Brand Republic, representing more than 1,500 agencies and 500 clients in the UK have come together to back a single database that aims to make the process of finding an ad agency easier than ever.
06 May 2003
| by Staff,
LONDON - Singles too impatient to log on to their computers to find a partner are to be saved by a new dating service that sends pictures of potential dates to their mobile phones.
06 May 2003
| by Staff,
LONDON - To coincide with the launch of Aller-eze nasal spray and eye drops for hay fever sufferers, Novartis Consumer Health, together with wireless marketing specialist Flytxt, has launched an innovative pollen count alert text message service.
06 May 2003
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - Freeserve is encouraging member loyalty with a new rewards scheme, giving long-standing members gifts including a VIP golf weekend.
06 May 2003
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Media group Chrysalis Group, which owns the Heart and LBC radio stations, is considering hitting the acquisition trail as first-half pre-tax profits rose to £9m from £0.6m last time, following the sale of one of its Galaxy stations last year.
06 May 2003
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - Champion golfer Tiger Woods duels with a Formula 1 race car in his debut commercial for the luxury watch brand TAG Heuer, in a spot called 'Who can beat Tiger Woods?'.
06 May 2003
| by Staff,
NEW YORK - Japanese advertising group Hakuhodo has made another move in its international expansion with the acquisition of a stake in Los Angeles agency Mendelsohn/Zien, according to reports.
06 May 2003
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Shares in BSkyB rose 2.31% today, ahead of its third-quarter results next week in which it is set to report an impressive rise in revenues up more than 13% to £803m, according to investment bank Morgan Stanley.
06 May 2003
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - FilmFour has relaunched its website as part of Channel4.com, with a new searchable database of films and local cinema listings, as well as a guide to the channel's programming.
06 May 2003
| by Staff,
NEW YORK - Lowe New York has been charged with creating a brand advertising campaign for Macy's in the run-up to Christmas, the first time that the US retail giant has undertaken brand promotion across all its stores.