30 Aug 1996
| by CAROLINE MARSHALL
Bartle Bogle Hegarty has snatched the UK creative accounts for three
Elida Faberge brands worth pounds 6 million. The wins are: Salon
Selectives from BMP4, Lynx Skin Systeme from Ammirati Puris Lintas and
Pears Soap from J. Walter Thompson.
30 Aug 1996
| by GORDON MACMILLAN
The RAC has appointed the Media Business to handle its pounds 5 million
media planning and buying account as it prepares to revamp its image in
1997.
30 Aug 1996
| by KAREN YATES
The Lowe Group is poised to land Saab s pounds 8 million advertising
business in the UK after a disagreement between the client s Swedish
headquarters and its UK agency, Barker and Ralston.
30 Aug 1996
Philip Ley, the former marketing director of BSkyB, has launched a new
type of communications agency with the aim of creating marketing dream
teams for advertisers.
The Independent Television Commission has thrown into doubt the accuracy
of the advertising revenue figures claimed by some ITV companies.
30 Aug 1996
| by EMMA HALL
Nigel Griffiths, the Labour Party spokesman on consumer affairs, is
consulting 1,000 senior figures in the advertising and marketing
industry to help him finalise Labour s policy on advertising in the run
up to the general election.
A letter has been sent out, in conjunction with the industry lawyers,...
30 Aug 1996
J. Walter Thompson Manchester has scooped the pounds 5 million task of
building up the brand image of Britain s largest bingo group, Gala Clubs
Bingo.
30 Aug 1996
| by KAREN YATES
Ikea is evoking the spirit of the 60s women s liberation movement and
its burn your bras campaign in a new ad blitz encouraging British
women to switch to a modern style of furniture.
30 Aug 1996
The Guardian will achieve a newspaper first this Saturday by giving away
an individually numbered print of original work by the artist, Damien
Hirst, to every reader.
30 Aug 1996
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
Frontline Media has hired Helen Jones, the former communications
planning director at Ammirati Puris Lintas, to head a separately branded
company called Frontline Communications.