Marketing Week
7 November 2002

AGENCIES: Fallon wins £70m Sony pan-European ad task

Wed, 13 Nov 2002

Fallon has been appointed to handle Sony's £70m pan-European advertising business for the entertainment giant's consumer electronic business.

ASA reprimands violent computer games ads

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

Blowing your own trumpet

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

Corporate social responsibility is seen by some as a fig-leaf, used to impress consumers. CSR is on the boardroom agenda, however, and companies are becoming more adept at communicating their achievements. By Alex Blyth

BT to sponsor Celebrity Big Brother

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

Budvar snubs A-B with Bud lager launch

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

Bulmer's marketer quits for Lion Nathan

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

Comet appoints marketing chief

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

COVER STORY: An elephant by the trunk?

Wed, 13 Nov 2002

As the winter winds blow across the UK's high streets early next February, staff at Carphone Warehouse stores nationwide will be putting the final touches to in-store advertising materials announcing the retail chain's audacious foray into a new area.

Digest

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

Sportacus has been appointed to find a European title sponsor and sub-sponsors for a pyrotechnic circus show called Moonfire.

Digest

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

Animal, the fashion brand, is opening its flagship store on November 16, at Carnaby Store in London.

Digest

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

MSN has created a new channel on its portal MSN Mobile, to enable users to download logos, ring tones and software for handheld PCs. Consumers can also access MSN Hotmail from their mobile phones and buy handsets through the channel.

Digest

Wed, 13 Nov 2002

Rees Bradley Hepburn has been appointed to handle the consolidated dealer marketing accounts for Jaguar and Land Rover.

Digest

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

The Dairy Council has appointed head of communications Jill Eisberg as chief executive designate. She replaces David Balfour, who stands down at the end of March.

Digest

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

Reckitt & Benckiser is rumoured to be the front-runner to buy the Wilkinson Sword razor business from Pfizer. The business was put up for sale this summer.

Digest

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

Telewest Broadband has shut down its contract publishing arm Scorpio Multimedia, which published the Cable Guide and the NTL:guide.

Digest

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

Bds beechwood has been appointed to handle the advertising for the launch of London Metropolitan University, following a three-way pitch.

Digest

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

The Dairy Council has appointed head of communications Jill Eisberg as chief executive designate. She replaces David Balfour, who stands down at the end of March.

Digest

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

Iceland's advertising manager Fiona McDonald is understood to be leaving the company.

Digest

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

BBC Magazines will be publishing a one-off BBC Good Food Vegetarian Christmas magazine on November 13, which will go on sale at the same time as the BBC Good Food magazine.

Digest

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

J Walter Thompson and Ideas Unlimited have created advertising for Macmillan Cancer Relief and the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation.

Digest

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

David, the London-based agency, has been appointed to develop a campaign for the Wales Tourist Board, dedicated to promoting the country as a golfing destination. Wales will host the Ryder Cup in 2010.

Digest

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

Gillette is expected to increase the price of its shaving blades by 2.5 per cent early next year.

Digest

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

The Independent and The Independent on Sunday have posted a loss of £15.7m for the year to December 2001, compared with a loss of £9.

Digest

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

Scottish Power has reported a net profit of £181.1m for the first half of the year, compared with a net loss of £126.

Digest

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

Delaney Lund Knox Warren has created a 'safer sex' TV ad for the Department of Health, targeting teenagers.

Digest

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

The Union has created a £2.65m radio campaign for Baxters Food Group. MediaCom Scotland is handling media buying.

Digest

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

Jordans Cereals is relaunching its Frusli brand, backed by a sampling campaign and a new design by Brewer Riddiford Design Consultants. The relaunch will also see fat levels reduced by up to 40 per cent in some of the bars.

Digest

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

Forward has picked up the pan-European contract for Ford magazine from John Brown Citrus Publishing. John Brown still holds the UK account.

Digest

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

The Lab, a start-up agency based in Manchester, has been awarded the Ben Sherman underwear and sock account.

Digest

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

Capital Radio has appointed Jo Williams as network marketing manager for Capital Gold. Williams joins from Galaxy 105-106.

Digest

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

MediaCom has won the global media account for Deutsche Bank, worth £45m. The incumbent was Universal McCann.

Digest

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

The BBC is understood to be considering reviewing its £10m television ad campaign for its digital services with a view to replacing ads carrying an information number with ones carrying a website address, as a result of high caller volume.

Disney appoints hard line creative

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

Ex-LE chief Tubb moves to Courts

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

Gary Tubb, former London Electricity Group marketing chief, takes top job at retailer Courts

Foot Locker chief to run Lego retail venture

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

How many women does it take to upset a minister?

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

Patricia Hewitt, who branded an ad for the Birmingham motor show as sexist, may not have a post-feminist sense of irony, but Iain Murray says that he certainly has

Jigsaw Consortium seeks agency to improve database management

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

MEDIA: Manning Gottlieb scoops £12m AA media business

Wed, 13 Nov 2002

The Automobile Association (AA) has appointed Manning Gottlieb OMD to handle its £12m media planning and buying business.

Npower hunts sponsors for 'fuel for poor'

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

Oracle picks 9i boss to lead UK marketing

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

P&G to ditch Vidal Sassoon brand in the UK

Wed, 13 Nov 2002

Procter & Gamble (P&G) is ditching its 28-year-old Vidal Sassoon haircare brand in the UK. The move to cull the brand has already begun.

Potter Dow lands £3.2m DCF business

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

Direct Car Finance (DCF) has appointed Potter Dow to handle its £3.2m through-the-line business, following the resignation of Red Cell in April (MW April 4).

PZ Cussons selects UK managing director

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

Room for another in UK sex industry?

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

German sex shop chain Beate Uhse believes the sexually liberated UK is ready for it. But although the mainstream sex industry is thriving, that doesn't mean the British have an appetite for another Ann Summers. By Gemma Charles

Ryvita appoints ex-Signet executive as marketing chief

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

Telegraph turns upside down for M&S Christmas promotion

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

The Daily Telegraph is to turn itself upside down for a Marks & Spencer (M&S) Christmas food range advertising promotion.

The Observer plans monthly travel title

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

The Smart move is to stand back

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

Few readers will have trouble with the idea that advertisers should enjoy almost unfettered freedom to promote their wares. 'Almost unfettered', because even the most laissez faire of economic models must surely allow for minimal social constraints; the sort of thing enshrined in the legal, decent, honest and truthful provisions of the CAP code. By contrast, less light-touch regimes offer politicians and other self-interested busybodies an opportunity to meddle with the free workings ...

Tube in hunt for busker sponsor

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

TXU takes legal advice over rival's 'racist' jibe

Wed, 13 Nov 2002

TXU Energi, the energy company recently acquired by Powergen, is taking legal advice after rival company Southern Electric ran an "offensive" ad in the regional press. The ad carries the strapline: "TXU? Germans are now in power!" The ad, which shows a skinhead next to the headline, refers to Powergen's German parent company Eon.

Unilever fund boss quits to be consultant

Wed, 13 Nov 2002

The chief executive of the Unilever Ventures investment fund, David Ball, has left the company. The division was set up this year to nurture new ideas and start-up brands. Ball has left the packaged goods giant to join marketing consultancy The Webb Partnership as its chief executive.

Whipping up support for Fetish Day

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

How come you never wear those open-toed sandals any more? The Diary used to like it when you kicked them off and dangled one on the end of your toe...

Why Burrell is dead meat to lions in the media circus

Wed, 13 Nov 2002

Even by the standards of the frenzy surrounding John Leslie and Angus Deayton, the tabloids have excelled themselves in their attack on Paul Burrell, says Torin Douglas

Y&R/Wunderman win £25m Texaco account

Thu, 7 Nov 2002

Young & Rubicam (Y&R) and Wunderman EMEA are understood to have won the European through-the-line account for oil and petrol giant Chevron Texaco, believed to be worth between $35m (£22m) and $40m (£26m).