03 Dec 1999
| by GIDON FREEMAN
Gucci, the world s third largest fashion business, last week hired
Ketchum across Europe to advise on its internal communications.
03 Dec 1999
| by DAVID MCCORMACK
Burson-Marsteller has been appointed by spirit manufacturer Jim
Beam Brands (JBB) on fees in excess of pounds 500,000 to handle the
first pan-European campaign for the world s best-selling bourbon, Jim
Beam.
02 Dec 1999
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
Unilever s decision to cull certain brands and focus its resources
on an A-list of products has sparked a review of media strategy across
its portfolio companies.
02 Dec 1999
| by BEN ROSIER
Boots is set to launch a major online initiative in the next two
weeks, with a health and beauty site offering information and
transactions.
02 Dec 1999
| by ALEXANDRA JARDINE
Parfums Christian Dior, the French cosmetics group owned by Louis
Vuitton Moet Hennessy, is losing UK marketing director Diane Miles to
the US, as part of a global reshuffle.
02 Dec 1999
| by ALEXANDRA JARDINE
Wilkinson Sword is embarking on its biggest marketing campaign,
with a pounds 13m spend on ads designed to target women as well as
men.
02 Dec 1999
| by IAN DARBY
Vileda, the home cleaning products brand, is to relaunch next
spring with a direct marketing campaign through Tequila Manchester.
02 Dec 1999
| by ALEXANDRA JARDINE
When Boots introduces an own-label cosmetics range called Botanics
next month, it will be more than just a run-of-the-mill launch. For
Boots, the success of its own-label power brands is central to its
survival plan.
02 Dec 1999
| by DRAYTON BIRD
What can be more calculated to set your pulse racing, as the days
shorten and the weather worsens, than the chance to take part in a
brand new autumn survey ?
02 Dec 1999
| by JANE BAINBRIDGE
1900 - Coca-Cola is introduced to the UK by Charles Howard Candler,
the son of the company s founder.