29 Jan 1999
| by ANNA GRIFFITHS
The Direct Marketing Association will reveal this week that
companies fail to respond to nearly half of all requests for information
received via the internet.
28 Jan 1999
| by IAN DARBY
Highland Distillers Group has created a standalone company in the
UK to boost its performance in the spirits market. The division, headed
by managing director Paul Grimwood will incorporate Remy & Associates
and its Cointreau brands, which the company acquired last year. There
will be around 50 redundancies...
28 Jan 1999
| by STEVE BELL
Calvin Klein Cosmetics has promoted UK marketing manager Sarah
Wright to the role of European marketing director to extend its brands
focus beyond the UK.
28 Jan 1999
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
The Sunday Business is launching a special millennium rate card to
capitalise on interest shown by the IT and retail sectors in advertising
around the event.
28 Jan 1999
| by STEVE BELL
First signs that the bubble in internet company stocks may be about
to burst came last week when On-Line and Virtual.net saw sharp falls in
their share prices. The drop suggests that the City is becoming more
cynical about the real value of internet companies. Media magnate Rupert
Murdoch recently said...
28 Jan 1999
| by STEVE BELL
The Department of Trade and Industry is to encourage more
communication about innovation between businesses with the launch of a
new web site.
28 Jan 1999
| by STEVE BELL
Wine merchant Oddbins has launched a web site and wants customers
to provide ideas on how it should develop. Once the site is fully
operational, Oddbins will introduce an online ordering service complete
with payment facilities. The site, www.oddbins.co.uk, is designed by new
media consultancy, Nettec.
28 Jan 1999
| by STEVE BELL
AOL UK has launched a Business Finder service - a branded directory
of more than 2.2 million business listings. It has appointed TDL
Infospace UK, a joint venture between Thomson Directories and
Infospace.com, to supply the data. Users will be able to access
businesses on a who , what , and where...
28 Jan 1999
| by STEVE BELL
Live TV, which some commentators suggest could be axed if Mirror
Group is sold, has launched a new web site at www.livetv.co.uk, giving
details on presenters and programmes.
28 Jan 1999
| by STEVE BELL
Freepages Group, which trades under the Scoot brand, has linked its
site to Microsoft to allow Scoot users to access the MSN Expedia travel
service which provides flight times and prices, last minute holidays,
car rentals and hotel bookings. It launches in early February.