19 Dec 1996
| by JANE BAINBRIDGE AND JULIAN LEE
Cosmetics company Clarins is threatening legal action against Asda for
selling products from its skin-care range at knockdown prices in the
run-up to Christmas.
19 Dec 1996
Jean-Paul Gaultier is putting pounds 750,000 behind a pre-Christmas
national television campaign to promote his scent for men, Le Male,
launched in early 1996. The ad has been art-directed by Gaultier
himself, who promises it will excite . The campaign, through Kenneth
Green Associates, will be supported...
19 Dec 1996
Festive advertising is big business for media owners as advertisers fill
pre-Christmas space and airtime with the latest ideas to tempt Christmas
shoppers.
28 Nov 1996
Some of you may (or perhaps should) be interested in the latest
publishing news from the US.
21 Nov 1996
| by ANNA GRIFFITHS
ITV s decision to pull Baywatch, which is sponsored by Wella, out of its
Saturday evening schedule and replace it with a new teen programme has
raised questions about sponsorship deals and their vulnerability to
programme rescheduling.
21 Nov 1996
| by HARRIET MARSH
In the fall-out from Marketing s annual survey of the most disliked ads
of the year, the shampoo sector has been hit particularly hard.
14 Nov 1996
Television viewers would like to wash Head s annual survey of 500 people voted it the most
irritating ad on the box.
14 Nov 1996
Unilever s recent experiment with marketing its disparate brands in the
form of magazines may have a dramatic effect on the way the brands are
perceived.
07 Nov 1996
Clive Holland, who left his position as chairman at Young & Rubicam 18
months ago and has been working at Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries
since, has joined Grey as head of its BAT account.
07 Nov 1996
| by JANE BAINBRIDGE
Procter & Gamble has signed a deal to sell off 11 of its mass fragrance
brands, including Insignia and Le Jardin, to US company Renaissance
Cosmetics.