An Australian property developer behind the proposed biggest retail centre in Britain is scouting for an agency. Lend Lease, the company behind the Blue Water development in Kent, is understood to have spoken to several agencies including Ogilvy & Mather and McCann-Erickson. It is now speaking to others. McCann-Erickson is believed to have declined to […]
I write with regard to your analysis piece “Can generic ads spread the word” (MW August 25) concerning generic marketing and the demise of the Butter Council. One omission that was slightly surprising, in an otherwise excellent feature, was that your reporters did not mention the National Dairy Council (NDC). The NDC has been the […]
Maiden’s purchase of BTA has set the stage for a flurry of takeovers in the poster industry.
British American Tobacco has lost a second senior international brand specialist. UK-based Iain Hacking was general manager for international US brands in markets outside North America. He was responsible for Lucky Strike, Kent, US Pall Mall and Barclay. It is understood Hacking has left to write a book and has been replaced by David Grime, […]
Morphy Richards and Bellings Appliances managing director James Moore has resigned. He leaves at the end of the month to become chief executive of a mystery company. Morphy Richards and Belling – which are part of the Glen Dimplex group – would only say that Moore’s new role will be outside the appliances industry. His […]
The Italian white goods giant Merloni has hired top German film director Wim Wenders to make a series of new commercials. Wenders, who directed Paris Texas, has made three ads for Merloni’s Ariston brand. They will break in Italy on September 17 and will then be rolled out across Europe. The commercials give the Ariston […]
Lowe Howard-Spink’s media planning director Simon King is understood to have resigned to join TMD Carat as strategic planning director. Time Warner’s bid for Turner Broadcasting appeared to have stalled as Marketing Week went to press. John Malone, chief executive of TCI whose affiliate Liberty Media holds 21 per cent in Turner, is understood to […]
The COI has asked EURO RSCG Wnek Gosper, Leagas Shafron Davis Ayer and D’Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles to pitch for a pilot publicity campaign to increase the number of volunteers in the community and promote voluntary activity. The budget for the campaign is 600,000. The Department of Trade & Industry is refusing to reveal […]
It used to be that a woman never visited a pub unless she was turning tricks or turning 90. But Babycham changed that, and now boozers are fast becoming female bastions
The COI has asked EURO RSCG Wnek Gosper, Leagas Shafron Davis Ayer and D’Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles to pitch for a pilot publicity campaign to increase the number of volunteers in the community and promote voluntary activity. The budget for the campaign is 600,000. The Department of Trade & Industry is refusing to reveal […]
The Sunday Telegraph is to roll out a London poster campaign this Friday to support the launch of its new magazine this Sunday. The 96-sheet and 48-sheet posters will be accompanied by advertisements in the Financial Times, Evening Standard, Radio Times, PrivateEye and The Economist. It is the first brand-based advertising for the Telegraph for […]
Remember the row between rich brand owners and wealthy retailers accused of producing “copycat” products? It rumbled on for most of 1994 until a ceasefire was agreed. But one member of the British Producers & Brand Owners Group, Gillette, has taken justice into its own hands. In a series of dawn raids, it netted 85,000 […]
Glaxo Wellcome has confirmed the line-up for its new marketing team, which will report to executive director, commercial development James Cochrane. The pharmaceuticals giant, which announced last week that it intends to axe 7,500 staff following its merger last March, has appointed seven directors responsible for marketing across different disease types. Three other directors will […]
De Benedetti is hoping to turnaround Olivetti by asking shareholders to fund a 1bn rights issue. At stake is more than his flagging reputation. George Pitcher reports
Lloyds Bank is understood to be on the verge of promoting Mike Bulpitt to director of marketing for its new Retail Financial Services Division, which starts up in the new year. Bulpitt, who is chief manager, marketing communications, is believed to be in line for the promotion as part of a complete overhaul of Lloyds’ […]