29 Oct 2004
The US computer manufacturer Sun Microsystems has put its creative advertising account into review, inviting only San Francisco-based agencies to pitch for the work.
29 Oct 2004
Brand: O2
Client: Tom Sutton
Brief: Drive acquisition, reduce churn and promote the new Happy Hour
service
Target audience: Young socials
Budget: £3.5 million
AGENCIES
Media: ZenithOptimedia, Marie Carey
Creative: Vallance Carruthers Coleman Priest
Event marketing: village@zenithoptimedia,...
29 Oct 2004
ONE TO LOOK OUT FOR - 3 - CHERRY TART
29 Oct 2004
Draft London has won the £10 million direct marketing account for the Post Office. The brief is to support the Post Office's expansion into financial services and telephony. Tullo Marshall Warren and Presky Maves have also been handed assignments.
27 Oct 2004
| by Ben Carter
3 will this week become the first consumer brand to cash in on the so-called 'chav' phenomenon with posters depicting 'chav' characters.
27 Oct 2004
Virgin Mobile is shaking up the lucrative pre-pay mobile phone market with the industry's first discounted call package plans on which credit can be carried forward each month.
27 Oct 2004
| by Ben Carter
O2 is taking on the global handset manufacturers with the £4m launch of Xrange, its first self-branded mobile phone range.
27 Oct 2004
Selfridges has partnered with mobile operator 3 for a video dating scheme, offering single men and women the chance to sell themselves to potential partners in 15-second personal video ads. These will be uploaded to www.endoftheblinddate.com.
27 Oct 2004
| by Ben Carter
Nokia is withdrawing from the mobile content market and refocusing Club Nokia as the umbrella brand for its warranty and guarantee business.
27 Oct 2004
| by Ben Carter
As the big four mobile operators prepare to enter its market, how will the original 3G player react?