19 Dec 1998
| by SANDRA COLLINS, Marketing Director, Opt
London Electricity is taking its brand to television for the first
time after agreeing to sponsor LWT s weather bulletins.
19 Dec 1998
| by DAVID MURPHY
15 years ago: Independent television companies meet to pull the
plug on plans to launch an ITV branded microcomputer, to coincide with
the airing of a network computer programme; Debenhams ends its discount
strategy with the launch of a new showcase store in Croydon; Sainsbury s
and Safeway announce...
18 Dec 1998
| by KEN GOFTON
Goldfish, it is generally accepted, has been one of the most
successful credit card introductions of recent years. When it was
launched in 1996, two new credit cards a day were hitting the market,
but of all those taken up by the public, one in five was a Goldfish.
17 Dec 1998
| by DANNY ROGERS
American Express has handed a direct marketing and national
newspaper campaign for the launch of its European investment fund to the
French arm of Euro RSCG Wnek Gosper rather than incumbent agency Ogilvy
& Mather.
17 Dec 1998
| by DANNY ROGERS
Computer games firm Infogrames has appointed Kerri Orders as its UK
marketing director. She joins from UK film distributor First Independent
Films where she was responsible for promoting movies.
17 Dec 1998
| by DANNY ROGERS
Oracle UK has appointed Stephen Millard to head marketing for its
strategic alliances division. Nigel Thomas, previously European channel
sales director, has been appointed head of marketing for its general
business division.
17 Dec 1998
| by CONOR DIGNAM
Coca-Cola, Atlanta, how may I help you?
17 Dec 1998
| by JANE BAINBRIDGE
This was the year millennium fever took hold of consumers and the
marketing community alike. Whether it was the Dome and its sponsorship
exploits, or the potential damage wreaked by the computer bug, 1998 was
a year spent looking forward.
17 Dec 1998
Every week the Careers page profiles a company running a job
advertisement in this issue of Marketing. If you can identify the
company, fax your answer and details to 0171 413 4504. One correct
answer will win a bottle of champagne
09 Dec 1998
- Saatchi 30m global DuPont Lycra business from Young & Rubicam.