29 Nov 2001
Marks & Spencer is launching Blue Harbour, a men's casualwear range
that will be unveiled in all M&S stores in January. The range will
consist of items such as rugby shirts, and will emphasise comfort as
well as style.
29 Nov 2001
Clarks International, the shoe manufacturer, has appointed media
strategy agency Klondike to handle its international media planning and
buying in Spain, Germany, Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg. The company
is launching a new global advertising campaign early next year and
Klondike's brief...
29 Nov 2001
Jonathan Hawkins Senior copywriter, Ping Communications
Site: Kangol.com
I've always had a soft spot for Kangol. Having had my formative years in
the 80s, I'm among those for whom the brand conjures up images of
hip-hop, graffiti and slightly unattainable (for a 14-year-old) street...
29 Nov 2001
| by MARK KLEINMAN
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) decided Tesco had been wrong to sell
Levi's products sourced from outside the European Economic Area (EEA)
without the brand manufacturer's consent. But no sooner had the court
handed down its ruling, than the UK's biggest supermarket was bemoaning
a terrible...
29 Nov 2001
| by CRAIG SMITH, Editor
The battle between Levi-Strauss and Tesco - or between consumer
cheat and consumer champion, as much of the national media would have us
believe - is now moving into stage two.
Following the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling against Tesco,
there was an immediate flurry of tabloid outrage...
28 Nov 2001
| by Mark Kleinman,
LONDON - Levi-Strauss has promoted European brand chief Kenny Wilson to be Levi's brand president for Europe, Middle East and Africa, its top continental marketing post.
27 Nov 2001
LONDON - Leagas Delaney has teamed up with DDB Worldwide in a bid to win the 100 million global account for Adidas.
23 Nov 2001
| by Staff,
LONDON - Shoe company Clarks has hired Klondike to handle its international media planning with the brief to reinforce its status of a global brand.
23 Nov 2001
The European Court of Justice has ruled to stop Tesco selling
cut-price jeans sourced from outside the European Economic Area. The
judgment on the three-year battle by Levi Strauss was welcomed by brand
owners and is likely to see a clampdown on cheap imported branded goods.
- Financial Times.
23 Nov 2001
| by CAMILLA PALMER
Arkwright, the agency set up by the former HHCL & Partners
creatives Jim Bolton and Chas Bayfield, has created two characters
called Chunky and Stretch for a poster and direct mail campaign for the
outsized men's clothing chain High and Mighty.
The posters show the two friends poking fun...