14 Dec 1995
| by HARRIET MARSH
UK Charity Lotteries will be targeting customers with the tagline Is
Lady Luck With You? in its first TV advertising, which breaks early in
January.
14 Dec 1995
Bass Breweries has plugged into public enthusiasm for gambling with the
launch of a Teletext lottery game around Stones Bitter. The Bars of Gold
promotion runs around a weekly prize draw for pounds 1000 with the
results broadcast to the pub via Teletext.
14 Dec 1995
| by HARRIET MARSH
PR disasters over its part-time staff, media coverage of BSE health
fears and now a major disagreement over creative strategy among Burger
King s top executives. 1995 hasn t been too kind to the fast-food chain.
Harriet Marsh reports
14 Dec 1995
Well, there were no preserved sheep or dissected cows but plenty of
Father Christmases, snowmen and festive hearthside scenes. The
NSPCC/Marketing Christmas Card Challenge 1995 made the Turner Prize look
like amateur night out - and here are the best of the bunch.
08 Dec 1995
The DMA has invested pounds 25,000 in a desperate attempt to challenge
the distance selling directive in the European Parliament.
08 Dec 1995
More than 50 international brands have signed up with the HelpAd charity
advertising scheme, which organisers say could make pounds 5m for the
International Red Cross within six months.
08 Dec 1995
Shelter, the UK s national homelessness charity, is seeking marketing
directors and senior marketing managers to offer strategic long-term
marketing input at board level.
08 Dec 1995
Benetton, the retailer renowned for its controversial style of
advertising, is laying even more emphasis on the visual power of
photography. Its latest issue of Colors magazine has completely
dispensed with words in favour of images. The quarterly magazine, which
is now on its 13th issue, has been...
08 Dec 1995
| by ROS SNOWDON
Only a week after the Advertising Standards Authority sharply warned
advertisers against flouting its guidelines, Virgin Interactive
Entertainment is preparing to do just that.