26 Mar 1999
| by CAROLINE MARSHALL
Caroline Marshall picks the Microsoft-sponsored NSPCC advertising
campaign from Saatchi Every agency wants to raise its
profile by being associated with good works, but few do it as well as
this. Its power comes from a twist on the familiar and the comforting
but not, for once, from images of horror....
25 Mar 1999
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
Sega has made the surprise decision to split the pounds 60m
pan-European account to launch its new Dreamcast games console between
two creative and two media agencies.
25 Mar 1999
| by ALEXANDRA JARDINE
Sony this week launches two more executions in the controversial ad
campaign used to promote its PlayStation games console. The ads build on
the brand s familiar four shapes campaign. One, called Nipples , is
aimed at the brand s core 18- to 25-year-old target audience. It shows a
sexy young couple...
25 Mar 1999
| by LISA CAMPBELL
Timber and builders merchant, Jewson, is launching a national TV
and press campaign through J Walter Thompson. The creative juxtaposes
large public building projects with modest domestic jobs. It features
the tagline From the huge to the hugely important, for over 150 years
we ve helped to build the...
25 Mar 1999
| by NEILL DENNY
British Gas is teaming up with Vodafone to offer ten million
customers a pre-paid mobile phone for pounds 69.99 - a move that could
see mobile phone use rocket in the mass market.
25 Mar 1999
| by LAURA MAZUR, a freelance marketing jour
A few weeks ago, a Hewlett-Packard (H-P) product marketing manager
was quoted in Marketing as saying Grey is out. From the spring onward
we re going to be more upfront about our marketing. There will be new
colours and new branding.
25 Mar 1999
Cause-related marketing has been hailed in recent years as a smart
way to engender a more caring image with consumers. Many firms are now
taking a long-term view of CRM, confident that the positive association
will boost consumers view of the company and its brands. But, like
public relations, it is...
Microsoft is preparing to launch an online bank. It is talking to
established banks to find a partner for the project which may be
launched under the brand name, Easy Bank, later this year as part of the
Microsoft Network (MSN) web service. Marketing
18 Mar 1999
| by IAN DARBY
Microsoft is preparing to launch an online bank to give it control
of consumers purse strings along with their PCs.
18 Mar 1999
| by DANNY ROGERS
Asda became the latest supermarket chain to start selling personal
computers this week, in a move that looks certain to inflict further
damage on high street electrical stores.