Lane Fox backs dotcom ’right to fail’
25 May 2000 | by POPPY BRECH
Lastminute.com founder Martha Lane Fox this week defended under-siege internet start-ups and said that people must be allowed to fail in pioneering new web businesses and brands.
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Umbro, the official kit supplier of the England football team, has appointed Fallon to handle its advertising as Euro 2000 approaches.
Lastminute.com founder Martha Lane Fox this week defended under-siege internet start-ups and said that people must be allowed to fail in pioneering new web businesses and brands.
Carling, the UK s best-selling lager brand, is ending a 16-year relationship with WCRS, after the agency secretly pitched for a rival.
Ken Livingstone, the newly elected mayor of London, is preparing to build a pounds 10m ad budget to back his policies.
eBay.co.uk, the online auction house, has appointed Lindsay Crawford as its first marketing director and has lined up a shortlist of five agencies for its first UK ad campaign.
IPC Magazines has promoted IPC tx marketing director Phillipa Brown to become its first group marketing director and is set to launch an all-out marketing offensive across its portfolio.
BMW (GB) has appointed Jim O Donnell as managing director to replace Kevin Gaskell, who left in February to join CarsDirect.com. O Donnell joins from BMW s South African division where he was sales and marketing director.
Neil Henry, marketing director at convenience store operator Spar (UK), has quit to become group marketing director at an unnamed home improvement retailer.
Virgin Cars, Richard Branson s on- and offline car sales venture, goes live this week with a brand-building advertising campaign focusing on service, rather than price.
Beyond Interactive, the global interactive marketing agency owned by Grey Global Group has acquired specialist digital media planning and buying agency, Media21.