27 Mar 1998
| by STEFANO HATFIELD, editor of Campaign
Awards won by BMP DDB in the consumer magazine section include a
bronze and a silver in the computers and consumer durables category for
Sony s nose stander ; a bronze and a silver in the grocery, soft drinks
and household category for the National Dairy Council s milkman ; and a
bronze in the motor...
27 Mar 1998
Safeway Magazine has been the success story of the year. A monthly
circulation of 1,617,954 (up to 900,000 copies being picked up in the
first week) and a July-December NRS of 3,185,000 make it one of the
best-read magazines in the UK.
27 Mar 1998
| by ELEANOR TRICKETT
Mustoe Merriman Herring Levy has won the pounds 5 million task of
launching the Money Store, a US home equity lender which will open its
doors in the UK in the summer. Optimedia has picked up the media
planning and buying task, beating three unnamed agencies.
27 Mar 1998
| by HARRIET GREEN
John Wren, the president and chief executive of Omnicom, has denied
reports circulating this week that its TBWA and GGT networks are to
merge within three months. Nothing could be further from the truth, he
said, adding that it would be another two to three weeks before more
would be known about...
27 Mar 1998
| by GORDON MACMILLAN
Anheuser-Busch has taken its media planning and buying in-house in
some international markets to form Busch Media Group. Busch already
handles its own media in the US, and South America and Eastern Europe
will be the next markets to change. The UK is unaffected by the move at
present and BMP Optimum...
27 Mar 1998
| by EMMA HALL
The future of advertising accounts totalling almost pounds 20
million is open to question after the formal go-head for a merger
between the Somerfield and Kwik Save supermarket chains.
19 Mar 1998
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
Marks s credit
operation.
19 Mar 1998
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
The news that Bass is to pull out of the Consumer Needs Consortium
will come as no surprise to cynics. Grand ideas about co-operation
between brands have often failed when tested against the realities of
competition.
19 Mar 1998
| by ANDREW MCINTOSH, Research and Intellige
Three-quarters of people have now joined retail loyalty schemes but
consumers remain suspicious of retailers intentions, according to
research company Mintel.
19 Mar 1998
| by BINNUR BEYAZTAS
Sainsbury s is offering manufacturers the chance to promote their
brands directly to shoppers via the supermarket chain s new interactive
kiosks.