30 Mar 2000
| by JULIETTE GARSIDE
How do you double the value of a Skoda? Fill it with petrol. What
do you call a Skoda with no wheels? A skip. For us Brits, Skoda has
symbolised everything that didn t work about the former Soviet bloc.
30 Mar 2000
| by PAMELA BUXTON
In the 50s, Haagen-Dazs founder Reuben Mattus spent six years
perfecting his strawberry ice cream before launching it on the
market.
16 Mar 2000
| by ALEXANDRA JARDINE
The Press Association is talking to creative and media agencies
about a pounds 10m campaign to promote Ananova, its new business and
internet operation.
16 Mar 2000
Justine Harris has been promoted to director of marketing and
communications at Jewish Care, with responsibility for DM, PR,
advertising, design and web site development. She was formerly an
account director at Saatchi & Saatchi.
09 Mar 2000
| by CONOR DIGNAM, Editor
Banks: the Worst Brands in Britain was the headline on a
Marketing feature last September. We reported how the country s banks
were trying to turn around public perceptions that they were fat,
arrogant and greedy institutions, where profit and process always came
before the customer.
02 Mar 2000
March 14-16: The International Direct Marketing Fair
02 Mar 2000
I very nearly judged this book by its cover. The title, Tantrums
and Talent - How To Get the Best From Creative People, seems to divide
the world into Us (rational, reliable managers) and Them
(irrational, emotional creative people). Ironically, this epitomises the
very divide this distinguished...