20 Dec 1999
| by STEFANO HATFIELD
Every year, Capital Radio s Hall of Fame starts well enough.
Sure, there s the inevitable puzzling as to why Bowie and the Beatles
should be quite so low down, just who does vote for ELO and whatever
happened to Minnie Ripperton? But the real screaming at the radio begins
with the top 20.
16 Dec 1999
| by ALEXANDRA JARDINE
Calvin Klein Cosmetics, the Unilever-owned fragrance arm of Calvin
Klein, is to launch a colour cosmetics range in March, backed by an
estimated dollars 10m (pounds 6.2m) global promotional spend.
13 Dec 1999
| by MARK TUNGATE
Initiative Media has bagged the centralised media planning and
buying account for the National Magazine Company (Media Business, 22
November). Initiative saw off competition from Mediapolis and Universal
McCann to take the estimated pounds 4 million task, which had previously
been handled by several...
13 Dec 1999
| by JONAH BLOOM
Harassed Christmas shoppers rushing off trains across the UK to
join the high street throng will have seen these - Calvin Klein
Fragrances branded Christmas trees. What better way to bring festive
cheer and flog your goods at the same time?
13 Dec 1999
| by COLIN GRIMSHAW
Since the Yves Rocher Corporation founded the first botanical
garden and laboratory in France in 1958, the company has positioned its
brand as one that is ecologically friendly. Of course, this now fits
snugly with the trend for ethically sound products.
10 Dec 1999
| by Our Parliamentary Correspondent
The Government has rejected MPs demands for a new law to curb ads
for cosmetic surgery despite growing concern that the public is being
misled.
10 Dec 1999
| by JADE GARRETT
Griffin Bacal has picked up the advertising task for Lava, the
120-year-old soap brand from the lubricants manufacturer, WD-40
Company.
10 Dec 1999
| by ELEANOR TRICKETT
FCA! is playing on Christmas party-goers insecurities about bad
breath in an innovative campaign for Wisdom Toothbrushes.
03 Dec 1999
| by GORDON SMITH, creative director of Wals
When the Americans started going into space, they realised their
astronauts needed a way of recording data while inside the space
capsule.
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.