19 Dec 1997
| by ANNA GRIFFITHS
HHCL s communications agency
roster to work on the development of a global product. The agency was
invited to work for Unilever s personal hygiene and beauty division
without a pitch after initial meetings with management. The assignment
is being described by Elida Faberge only as a brand development
project...
19 Dec 1997
| by RICHARD COOK
Consider this: in the summer of 1990, according to unprompted
brand-awareness indicators, the three best remembered marques in the UK
were Mars, Coca-Cola and National Power. The first two were harvesting
the fruits of decades of big-spending ad campaigns. And, because it was
the summer of a World Cup,...
18 Dec 1997
| by FABIENNE TYLER, Chair, DMA Royal Mail A
Jeremy Nathan has been made head of European marketing
communications with global network company 3Com. Nathan has previously
been a director at Ogilvy s appointments made in
the marketing team include Alison Taylor as its European analyst
relations manager and David Parish as European Internet marketing
manager.
12 Dec 1997
| by KAREN YATES
The international news giants, NBC and Dow Jones, announced their
long-awaited strategic alliance this week in an initiative that will
create a global media force.
11 Dec 1997
| by DANNY ROGERS
BMG Interactive is trading off the controversy surrounding its
Grand Theft Auto game with a provocative radio and press campaign. The
game, criticised for its violent content, was threatened with a ban
following a debate in the House of Lords earlier this year. It has since
been passed by the British...
11 Dec 1997
| by LISA CAMPBELL
She s a gun-slinging, ass-kicking cyberbabe, with a sprinter s
thighs and more silicon than the cast of Baywatch. He s a fast-talking,
hype-seeking marketer. Together, Lara Croft - heroine of Tomb Raider -
and Larry Sparks - worldwide marketing director of its publisher, Eidos
Interactive - have made...
05 Dec 1997
| by Our Parliamentary correspondent
Transco, the gas pipeline operator, has awarded its pounds 3.3
million media buying account to the Media Business.
04 Dec 1997
| by LISA CAMPBELL
Royal Mail is to link up with Microsoft to provide an added-value
e-mail service in a bid to fight back against the competing
technology.
04 Dec 1997
| by QUENTIN BELL
London Electricity has launched an attack on British Gas with a
radio, poster and direct marketing campaign offering customers up to
pounds 150 off gas bills. The message Strange But True - you can buy
your gas cheaper from London Electricity will appear in radio ads,
newspaper inserts and door drops...
04 Dec 1997
| by JANE BAINBRIDGE
There once was a time when a huge gulf separated the techies in
anoraks and the brand gurus in marketing.