STOP PRESS
20 Nov 1997 | by JULIAN LEE
Laura Ashley chief executive Ann Iverson has left the company and been replaced by David Hoare, currently chief operating officer.
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ITV is launching a new offensive to increase its revenue from direct response advertisers by creating a new call-handling system designed to encourage more people to respond to telephone numbers on commercials.
Laura Ashley chief executive Ann Iverson has left the company and been replaced by David Hoare, currently chief operating officer.
Cellnet marketing director Simon Esberger, one of advertising s greatest advocates, is eschewing the medium and taking a chunk of his pounds 10m budget below-the-line.
Orange is turning to direct marketing to combat customer defection as it launches the mobile-phone industry s first standalone loyalty scheme.
Now that modern technology, in the shape of e-mail, mobile phones and pagers, is becoming more widely established among consumers, marketers are beginning to give serious consideration to its use as a direct marketing medium for brand or promotional messages.
Eidos Interactive is backing the launch of its Championship Manager Season game with a pounds 250,000 promotional spend involving poster ads featuring Kevin Keegan, perimeter board ads and direct marketing.
Vodafone has jettisoned its celebrity spokesman, Kyle MacLachlan, in favour of an advertising campaign promoting a new proposition: The word is Vodafone.
One-2-One is stepping up the mobile phone war by offering business customers pounds 50 for rivals mobile phones when they switch to its brand.
Swedish mobile phone operator Ericsson is throwing parties to spread its brand message to trendy clubbers.
Clients who use 0800 Freefone numbers can now take their numbers with them if they switch service suppliers. The change in the regulations has led to a feeding frenzy of account changes, according to one industry source.