25 Apr 1997
| by ROBERT DWEK
Robert Dwek looks at the reasons for Radion s move from upfront,
brash ads to scented direct marketing.
25 Apr 1997
| by MEG CARTER
The incoming president of the Institute of Practitioners in
Advertising, Graham Hinton, has called on advertising agencies to give
greater weight to data-driven marketing. In his inaugural speech earlier
this month, Hinton, the chairman of Bates Dorland, urged members to
show that we are practitioners...
25 Apr 1997
| by GORDON MACMILLAN
Fine wine and classy jazz tunes prevent Tony Watson from becoming a
Nethead. Gordon MacMillan reports.
25 Apr 1997
| by IAN PRAGER, a director of Prager and Pa
Most media planners would rather write out BRAD in Cantonese with a
feather between their teeth than consider putting direct mail on a media
schedule. The only affection they have for the Post Office is that they
like Postman Pat.
25 Apr 1997
| by STEVE ALDRIDGE, creative director of Wu
Can work that generates a response ever be beautiful? It s easy to
be seduced by glamorous media, big budgets and exotic locations. Not to
mention the excitement of a 3-D piece or the high production values of a
major loyalty programme. But if Le Corbusier is to be believed, real
beauty is total function....
18 Apr 1997
| by KAREN YATES
Barker and Ralston has found a car account to plug part of the gap
left by Saab s departure to the Lowe Group last year (Campaign, 30
August 1996).
18 Apr 1997
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
Cellnet has dealt a blow to the Abbott Mead Vickers group by
bypassing the AMV-owned Barraclough Hall Woolston Gray, its lead direct
marketing agency, in favour of Ogilvy and Mather Direct.
11 Apr 1997
| by EMMA HALL
Ammirati Puris Lintas unveils a print campaign for the Mini next
week, in which the cult car is billed as a made-to-measure fashion
accessory.
11 Apr 1997
| by RICHARD COOK
The Guardian will target techno music and film fans later this
month by giving readers a free four-track CD by the dance band, Orbital,
whose latest single is the theme tune for the forthcoming movie, the
Saint.