08 Nov 2001
| by SUZY BASHFORD
Short break specialist Center Parcs has parted company with its
below-the-line agency, Euro RSCG Direct.
Sources close to the company said the move was part of a cost-cutting
drive and the brand could take some of its DM work in-house.
Center Parcs sales and marketing director Jennie...
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.
01 Nov 2001
Air Miles is launching its first two-for-one promotion to boost
take-up of flight tickets. The campaign, due to last until Christmas,
offers customers buying a flight anywhere in Europe using Air Miles or
part-miles/part-cash another ticket to the same destination for free.
Air Miles collection...
25 Oct 2001
First Great Eastern, the train operator serving Essex and Suffolk,
is promoting its London to Shenfield off-peak trains with a direct
marketing campaign that aims to get commuters off the road. The
activity, through WWAV Rapp Collins, includes sampling of Burton's
Foods' Jammie Dodger brand,...
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.
12 Oct 2001
| by Sylvia Westall,
NEW YORK - A month after the terrorist attacks in the US, New York's Governor George E Pataki and Mayor Rudolph Giuliani have taken part in a new "I Love NY" TV commercial produced by Wolf Group New York.
11 Oct 2001
First Great Western has launched 'London for Less' and 'West for
Less' campaigns offering travellers discounts on train travel. The
promotions, through WWAV Rapp Collins will be supported by more than
500,000 door-drops in London and the West.
05 Oct 2001
| by IAN DARBY
Heathrow Express, the rail service that runs between Paddington and
Heathrow, is reviewing its advertising and direct marketing agency
requirements.
Black Cat, the below-the-line agency owned by J. Walter Thompson,
currently handles advertising and direct marketing activity for the
service....
05 Oct 2001
| by HOLLY ACLAND
There has been a tendency in the direct marketing industry to play
down the significance of e-mail marketing with practitioners rather
sniffily pointing out that it is, after all, "just another marketing
channel".
This reluctance to wholeheartedly embrace e-mail into the direct
marketing...
30 Aug 2001
Transport for London (TfL) has shortlisted Carlson Marketing Group,
Haygarth Direct, Clarke Hooper Proximity, Triangle and KLP Euro RSCG to
pitch for its below-the-line account. The review is being led by TfL
general manager marketing communications and corporate design Charlie
Edelman. Incumbent...