19 Dec 1998
| by STEVE BELL
Unilever is setting up training courses for senior agency staff and
enrolling around 100 of its UK ad agency executives to sharpen the
competitive edge of the consumer goods firm.
19 Dec 1998
| by NEILL DENNY
Kellogg Europe has handed a large chunk of its pounds 153m media
buying account to Carat following a pitch against the incumbent,
MindShare. Carat picks up the business in Germany, Austria, Switzerland
and Eastern Europe. MindShare retains the business in the UK, Ireland
and Scandinavia.
19 Dec 1998
| by LISA CAMPBELL
Elida Faberge, the Unilever subsidiary, is bringing in its second
top marketer in just over a year to handle its pounds 63.9m ad
budget.
19 Dec 1998
| by IAN DARBY
Unilever subsidiary Lever Brothers is understood to be developing a
strategy to extend the positioning of key brands Persil, Persil Colour,
Persil Washing-Up Liquid and Jif on the internet.
SmithKline Beecham is putting #2 million behind the television
launch of a line of skin cleansing products, called Oxygen, that will
complement its existing range of Oxy medicated skincare.
18 Dec 1998
| by KAREN YATES
For years, global eyes have been on Dentsu, the sleeping giant of
Japan. Head and shoulders above the competition in its home market, but
with virtually no presence elsewhere, it was always the one to
watch .
18 Dec 1998
| by MAIRI CLARK
Last week, Societe Bic decided to give up its localised advertising
strategy and appointed TBWA to its 45 million worldwide account. The
Paris-based manufacturer of pens, razors and lighters has realised that
it needs a worldwide branding campaign to bolster its performance in
certain markets.
18 Dec 1998
| by STEFANO HATFIELD
Japan s Dentsu, which is about to carve itself a substantial slice
of Leo Burnett s global network, possesses a lot of the old can do
spirit that fuelled the Saatchi brothers empire-building in the
80s.
18 Dec 1998
| by ANDREW CRACKNELL
This is the Christmas edition so I ll get the rough stuff out of
the way quickly by saying there are very few certainties in the
increasingly bewildering world of the creative director. One is that
every junior team will eventually present you with a jungle script
featuring a David Attenborough type...
17 Dec 1998
| by LISA CAMPBELL
Crookes Healthcare is backing sore-throat remedy Strepsils with a
pounds 4.5m winter TV and radio campaign. McCann-Erickson has created
two television commercials and radio ads to air in the UK and Australia.
The 30-second TV ad emphasises that sore throats are a global curse by
sweeping from a Hong...