26 Apr 1996
Saatchi and Saatchi is hotly tipped to land the first pounds 5 million
tranche of advertising for Channel 5 as the channel gears up for its
launch at the start of next year. The agency s task will be to
communicate to customers the need to re-tune television equipment which
is obligatory for the channel...
26 Apr 1996
Sacla, the Italian pasta sauce manufacturer, is planning to move away
from being a niche to a mainstream player as it capitalises on pasta s
rising popularity with British consumers.
26 Apr 1996
| by HARRIET GREEN
J. Walter Thompson has released its first work for Entenmann s cakes
with a moody black-and-white film based on the story of the cult 30s
gangsters, Bonnie and Clyde.
26 Apr 1996
Belinda Archer chooses J. Walter Thompson s new campaign for Kellogg s
Cornflakes: I never knew Kellogg s could be so groovy, or indeed JWT.
It s a change from the usual sun-drenched, primary coloured cornflakes
ads. I might even try a bowl. Writer Simon Brooks, art director Blaise
Douglas, director...
26 Apr 1996
| by MICHELE MARTIN
Michele Martin reports on how Snapple resisted the chance to run with
the big agencies once its brand had been established
25 Apr 1996
| by SHARON MARSHALL
Coca-Cola Great Britain is beginning its biggest push behind Diet Coke
in the brand s 16-year history.
25 Apr 1996
Manchester United is to start bottling and selling its team spirit with
the launch of the football club s own blend of whisky.
25 Apr 1996
Tony Hillyer, marketing director of Littlewoods Leisure, is
restructuring the marketing department with six brand assistant-level
redundancies. The company is also recruiting several senior marketing
personnel including a customer marketing manager to co-ordinate its
pools, spot-the-ball and lotteries...
25 Apr 1996
McVitie s is re-entering the ice-cream market with its Penguin brand,
three years after the Penguin ice-cream bar was withdrawn from
distribution after disappointing sales.
25 Apr 1996
| by SHARON MARSHALL
United Distillers has more than doubled its advertising spend on
Gordon s Gin to pounds 5m and claims that theuse of television
commercials has revived the fortunes of the gin market.