BELOW-THE-LINE: BRIEFS
14 Dec 1995
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British Telecom is teaming up with Maiden Outdoor to launch Postercall, the first direct-response outdoor poster scheme.
Land Rover s decision to use only direct marketing for the key launch of the first all-new Range Rover for 25 years has earned the company and its agency Craik Jones the top prize in this year s Direct Marketing Association/Royal Mail awards.
The direct-marketing industry suffered the worst possible result in Europe this week, as Euro MPs voted for a ban on cold calling into the Distance Selling Directive late on Tuesday night.
Alcoholic hard soft drinks are the success story of 1995 - yet the battle for market share and consumer attention is not being fought in the high exposure above-the-line arena. Instead the brands entering the alcoholic soft drinks sector have launched, and flourished, using below- the-line techniques.
The past year has seen a continued shift of marketing spend below-the- line, according to new research from the Marketing Forum.
In the run-up to Christmas the Conservative Party sent out a direct mail appeal to 100,000 homes of Tory voters asking for donations to the party.
New research shows that the rift between clients and their advertising agencies is as deep as ever - and below-the-line agencies could be heading the same way