Pepsi pounds 25m jackpot into Claydon Heeley
18 Dec 1997 | by JEREMY BULLMORE
Pepsi Cola International has consolidated its pounds 25m pan-European below-the-line business with Claydon Heeley International.
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The Spice Girls may yet be a big hit on the silver screen but they ve already proved a massive miss in TV ads. According to Marketing s Most Annoying Ad of the Year survey, the Girls ad for Walkers Crisps irritated more viewers than any other.
Pepsi Cola International has consolidated its pounds 25m pan-European below-the-line business with Claydon Heeley International.
Yet again we ve polled 1000 consumers to find the UK s most hated ad. And yet again we ve demonstrated that recall and likeability don t go hand-in-hand.
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