20 Dec 2001
| by MARK KLEINMAN
Pharmacia is launching a festive direct marketing push for its
Nicorette nicotine replacement brand in a bid to encourage smokers to
kick the habit as part of their New Year's resolutions.
The pharmaceuticals company is sending advent calendars to smokers
registered on the Fresh Start programme,...
07 Dec 2001
| by CAMILLA PALMER
WWAV Rapp Collins has won the 3 million brief to handle
direct marketing for L'Oreal's Garnier and Maybelline cosmetics
brands.
The non-roster agency WWAV pitched against roster agencies, including
the incumbent, Publicis Dialog, after L'Oreal appointed a new
communications team to work...
06 Dec 2001
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has appointed Grey Desire to handle the first
direct marketing work for its denture fixative brand Poli-Grip.
The brief is to boost the number of denture-wearers who use a
fixative.
According to research, only 20%of the UK's 13 million denture-wearers
use a...
04 Dec 2001
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - MyPoints Europe, the internet rewards programme, is claiming it has undertaken the UK's first audio-enhanced email direct marketing campaign in conjunction with Pharmacy2U.
08 Nov 2001
L'Oreal Paris is launching its Open Color hair colourant with a
touring promotion that offers entrants a chance to win a Peugeot 206CC
motor car. The campaign, targeted at women between the ages of 15 and
35, features an open-topped Peugeot decked out in Open Color branding
that will tour London,...
07 Nov 2001
| by Sylvia Westall,
LONDON - Television and direct marketing are the most popular and successful ways to target the over-50 "grey" market, according to research from Thomson Intermedia.
16 Oct 2001
| by Staff,
LONDON - Despite the shockwaves of September 11 and falling advertising revenue, advertisers expect the current downturn to be brief, according to the IPA Bellwether Report.
11 Oct 2001
| by MARK KLEINMAN
Lever Faberge has appointed brand response agency MWL to handle the
first ongoing direct marketing activity for its Organics haircare
products, without a pitch.
10 Oct 2001
| by Mark Kleinman,
LONDON - Lever Faberge has appointed brand response agency MWL to handle the first ongoing direct marketing activity for its Organics haircare products.
27 Sep 2001
| by MARK KLEINMAN
Glaxo SmithKline, the pharmaceuticals giant, has appointed Grey
Desire to handle the first relationship marketing activity for its
Macleans toothpaste products.
Grey Desire was assigned to the business, worth an undisclosed sum,
following a competitive pitch against three unnamed agencies....