26 Feb 1998
| by DANNY ROGERS
Kellogg, the US cereal giant renowned for its conventional approach
to marketing, is courting controversy with new corporate ads that focus
on the sensitive issues of super waif models and teenage anorexia.
26 Feb 1998
| by DANNY ROGERS
Guardian Royal Exchange is looking for an advertising agency to
launch a corporate brand-building campaign. The insurer, which comprises
the Guardian Insurance, Guardian Direct and Guardian Health brands, is
expected to use the same agency for creative work on the Guardian Direct
brand. Media buying...
26 Feb 1998
| by VICTORIA MEDHURST
Bass Taverns, the retailing arm of the brewer, is planning to
extend its loyalty card scheme across the entire pub chain.
26 Feb 1998
| by VICTORIA MEDHURST
Kellogg s new advertising strategy already has lobby groups
reaching for their pens. Even the faintest suggestion that parents who
don t buy Kellogg s cereals are risking the health of their children
would be, to put it mildly, counter-productive. We re confident,
however, that Kellogg will have the...
26 Feb 1998
| by VICTORIA MEDHURST
Yakult, the fermented-milk drink company, is launching a pounds 1m
television campaign on Central TV. It is supported by magazine
advertising and will run from March to May.
26 Feb 1998
| by JEREMY BULLMORE
Mars Confectionery this week lays to rest the popular Opal Fruits
brand by renaming the sweets Starburst. The new name brings UK marketing
in line with the rest of the world.
26 Feb 1998
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
The runaway rises in circulations for men s magazines, revealed in
last week s Audit Bureau of Circulations figures, will have come as no
surprise to many FMCG advertisers who have been quietly transferring ad
spends into magazines such as FHM and GQ over the past few months.
26 Feb 1998
| by BINNUR BEYAZTAS
Order a round in certain pubs over the next few months and you ll
have more than just the drinks to remember. Tesco and Scottish Courage
are hoping that, if their test of Clubcard in pubs is successful,
drinkers will soon be handing a card over the bar to be swiped in return
for their pints.
26 Feb 1998
| by LISA CAMPBELL
This is war: a taste war, declares Burger King s European
marketing director, John Prior.