NEWS: Poster industry tries direct response
15 Dec 1995 | by CLAIRE BEALE
Direct response advertising is coming to the outdoor industry with the launch of Postercall, a new joint initiative between BT and the poster contractor, Maiden Outdoor.
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The disputed ownership of the Rabbit telepoint logo stirred fresh controversy in the High Court this week when a QC challenged client claims about the pitch at which Hook Advertising won the pounds 4 million account.
Direct response advertising is coming to the outdoor industry with the launch of Postercall, a new joint initiative between BT and the poster contractor, Maiden Outdoor.
Chris Moss, the man who created the Orange brand for Hutchison Telecom, has been brought in by the TSB as head of campaign management.
German computer giant Vobis is staging its most ambitious attempt yet to grab a slice of the booming home computer market, launching a series of own-brand computer stores in the UK backed by TV advertising.
British Telecom is teaming up with Maiden Outdoor to launch Postercall, the first direct-response outdoor poster scheme.
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Hutchison would have had to pay hundreds of thousands of pounds if it had commissioned a design house to produce the Rabbit telepoint logo created by Hook Advertising, the High Court heard this week.
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More than 50 international brands have signed up with the HelpAd charity advertising scheme, which organisers say could make pounds 5m for the International Red Cross within six months.