THIS WEEK: Tulip to sponsor weather report
08 Dec 1995
Dutch computer company Tulip has signed a pounds 500,000 deal with Sky to sponsor the broadcaster s weather reports.
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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.
Dutch computer company Tulip has signed a pounds 500,000 deal with Sky to sponsor the broadcaster s weather reports.
Software giant Novell has restructured its marketing operations across Europe, as it prepares to sell a large chunk of its business and change its marketing message.
Fina, the petrol retailer, is introducing a customer-loyalty card which gives motorists the chance to contribute cash to local schools and charities.
Only a week after the Advertising Standards Authority sharply warned advertisers against flouting its guidelines, Virgin Interactive Entertainment is preparing to do just that.
An assortment of green advertisers joined forces with Amnesty International last weekend for an initiative designed to strike a blow against Shell UK s latest campaign.
Cable s loss of direction. BAA chairman Dr Brian Smith has been appointed non- executive chairman and will head a committee charged with appointing replacements.
The Body Shop took the unprecedented step of publicly attacking another retailer at the weekend, by running an ad knocking Shell s involvement in Nigeria.
Over recent months, some of the most sophisticated companies have suffered from high-profile, negative exposure in the national media. Cunard, British Gas and Shell are probably the most obvious examples.
Spending more time on administration and paperwork than on being creative? Let your computer take the strain, writes Ron Condon