29 Jun 2001
| by IAN DARBY
AXA Sun Life Direct, the direct selling arm of the insurance giant
AXA Sun Life, is reviewing its pounds 10 million direct marketing
account.
The business is currently split between several agencies including Draft
Worldwide, TLG Marketing and Keith Barnes Associates. Around pounds 3...
29 Jun 2001
| by By
The Direct Marketing Association and the AAR have merged their
registers to form one list for clients looking to hire agencies in the
sector. It will be branded DMAAR and will offer two services to clients
- an agency search and a selection process. - General release.
29 Jun 2001
| by IAN DARBY
The direct marketing agency LIDA has created a campaign for the
launch of the Rover 75 Tourer.
The direct mail campaign builds on the added space that the Tourer
offers the motorist. An initial brochure mailing parodies an estate
agent's booklet with the line "Do you ever feel like you...
28 Jun 2001
Coverclick has launched a service which aims to protect small
businesses against bad debts. Creative work and direct mail has been
developed by agency Pipeline.
28 Jun 2001
| by SUZY BASHFORD
Clearlybusiness, the web site for smaller companies that is backed
by Barclays and Freeserve, has lined up four agencies to pitch for its
below-the-line account. The brief is to raise the brand's profile
following its launch last summer.
Mustard, Triangle, Joshua and one other undisclosed...
28 Jun 2001
| by MARK KLEINMAN
The UK's largest direct marketing agency, WWAV Rapp Collins, has
launched a fierce attack on the Office of Fair Trading's (OFT) decision
to clear Royal Mail's involvement in the Postal Preference Service
(Marketing, June 21).
WWAV group chief executive and chairman Chris Gordon said the...
28 Jun 2001
| by SHAUN WESTGATE, Head of studio, UffindellWest
Sophisticated, compact, shiny, edgy, sexy. No, not my wife, my Sony
MZ-R900 MiniDisc recorder - an accessory I'm proud to be seen with in
public.
As you would expect from a cutting-edge MD recorder, it has among its
many features high-quality digital recording, crystal clear sound,
powerful...
28 Jun 2001
Shell International has appointed Tequila Worldwide to handle its
dollars 45m (pounds 32m) global promotional marketing business.
Shell vice-president of global brand and communications Raoul Pinnell
made the appointment last week. Tequila pitched against J Walter
Thompson, the global incumbent...
28 Jun 2001
The Direct Marketing Association (UK) is to merge its agency search
service with that of the AAR Group to create a more comprehensive
service for client marketers. The strategic alliance will be branded
DMAAR, and will launch in the autumn. AAR direct marketing chief Julie
Constable will be...
28 Jun 2001
Nova Vehicle Finance, a subsidiary of Hitachi UK, has appointed The
Black Hole to develop a response-driven marketing strategy for the
brand. The agency, whose clients include Argos, will be charged with
persuading business customers of the benefits of personal leasing for
purchasing company...