LONDON - Staff at direct and digital agency Tullo Marshall Warren have started cycling in their front window to raise money for a Tanzanian village in tribute to their director of strategy Mick Costella, who died last December.
LONDON - ZenithOptimedia is predicting global ad markets will increase 0.9% in 2010 to almost $448bn (£274bn) and expects ad expenditure to show steady improvement over the next three years, with growth of nearly 5% by 2012.
02 Oct 2009
| by Staff
LONDON - CBS Outdoor, Global Radio, Yo! Sushi and News International make the headlines as Brand Republic rounds up the week's major industry moves across the advertising, marketing, digital and media markets.
01 Oct 2009
| by Staff
NEW YORK - Omnicom has formed a digital unit, Omnicom Digital, to lead strategy across its group and has appointed Jonathan Nelson as chief executive.
18 Aug 2009
| by Ben Bold
LONDON - Molly Flatt, a word-of-mouth "evangelist" at marketing agency 1000heads, has been appointed president of Wom UK, an organisation set up to represent the word-of-mouth marketing industry.
05 Aug 2009
| by Ben Bold
LONDON - Hotel group Best Western GB has launched a loyalty scheme devised by Collinson Latitude that enables hotel guests to earn points with hundreds of online retailers, including Marks & Spencer, Boots and Waterstone's.
24 Jul 2009
| by Rachael Gallagher
LONDON - Asda has been left red faced after a TV ad for its self-proclaimed "cheapest bike in Britain" had to be pulled after viewers noticed the £70 product had been incorrectly assembled.
LONDON - Publicis Groupe's profits for the first half of 2009 have fallen 13.6% to €172m (£148m) though revenues were almost unchanged.
06 Jul 2009
| by Jacquie Bowser
LONDON - Digital Marketing Group has reported a 45% year-on-year rise in pre-tax profits to £3.11m for the year ended March 31.
02 Jul 2009
| by Ben Bold
LONDON - CDMS/Transactis, a data-driven DM specialist, has appointed former Dunnhumby director David Steele as its chief executive officer