28 Mar 1997
| by HARRIET GREEN
DMB&B Worldwide has scooped the pounds 45 million global creative
advertising account for the direct selling computer giant, Gateway 2000,
after a protracted six-month review.
Bernie Holloway, Esso s retail marketing manager, is ready for the
question. No, the appointment of McCann-Erickson to run the oil giant s
pounds 12 million UK account (Campaign, last week) wasn t a foregone
conclusion.
28 Mar 1997
| by STEFANO HATFIELD
So little space, so much to say. We have to pay tribute to two
wins. First, Saatchi and Saatchi scooping Delta Air Lines worldwide -
the best thing to have happened to Saatchis since the Maurice debacle.
It s a genuine cause for celebration after all the flim-flam about Laing
Henry s billings.
27 Mar 1997
| by ANNA GRIFFITHS
First Direct is targeting 30,000 PC owners with direct mail
featuring a CD-ROM, in preparation for the launch of a full online
banking service later this year.
27 Mar 1997
| by JANE BAINBRIDGE
British Gas Services has appointed Evan Hunt Scott to handle a
pounds 1m fully integrated multimedia campaign, emphasising its advice
centre and its technical and financial resources.
27 Mar 1997
Brann, the UK s third largest direct marketing agency, whose
clients include Guinness, Microsoft and Midland Bank, has been bought by
the US target marketing specialist Synder Communications, in order to
further the American group s European expansion plans.
McCann-Erickson has ended its barren new-business spell in
spectacular fashion by scooping Esso s pounds 12 million full-service UK
account.
BP Exploration is using Duckworth Finn Grubb Waters to highlight
its contribution to the Scottish economy in the run-up to the general
election.
21 Mar 1997
| by Our Parliamentary Correspondent
Saatchi and Saatchi Vision has created one of the first UK-based
consumer Websites to incorporate a virtual reality element for the
Energy Savings Trust.
20 Mar 1997
| by WINSTON FLETCHER, chairman of Delaney F
Sega is focusing this year s marketing campaign on its software
credentials and has reduced the price of its Saturn console to pounds
169.99, including bundled software, in response to rival Sony s
aggressive price cuts.