The prospect of a vicious petrol price-war has moved closer after both Asda and Tesco increased points for petrol purchases on their loyalty cards. The moves threaten to break the eight-month truce on petrol prices between major supermarkets and forecourt operators after the price war which badly dented their profits last year. The war cost […]
WPP Group has bought a 14.6 per cent stake in the CIA Group from former CIA vice-chairman Marco Benatti, in a move that could eventually result in a global alliance of the two advertising media groups. The 13m share raid, involved 6 million shares bought at 170.5p on the market, and a further 1.2 million […]
With careful targeting, retailers will reap rewards from an ageing population with the money and inclination to invest in soft furnishings. Robert Clark is a director of Corporate Intelligence
Mobil Lubricants Europe has appointed WCRS to handle its Mobil lubricants brands, and Doner to handle the BP Lubricants business across Europe. The appointments complete the joint venture company’s assignment of advertising agencies for the lubricants business, which is believed to be worth up to 20m across Europe. In January, Summerfield Wilmot Keene was appointed […]
The news that the nation prefers to tune into Sky rather than the BBC for sports coverage should make ITV sit up and take notice as, if the network fails to satisfy new ad demands, it could be left behind.
Camelot has attempted to block Marketing Week’s distribution on news-stands and to recover the leaked document which sparked last week’s National Lottery “fat cats” storm. The UK Lottery operator initially succeeded in obtaining an injunction on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 28, restraining MW from distributing “confidential information” belonging to Camelot and ordering the document […]
The Burton Group is launching a series of Websites for its retail chains as it prepares itself for a future mass-market in electronic TV shopping
As trading in Halifax shares open, and investors enjoy windfalls, it wouldn’t hurt to consider past errors and reflect on the outcome. By George Pitcher. George Pitcher is chief executive of issue management consultancy Luther Pendragon.
I read with interest your speculative news story about CIA: – a) Doing a placing and announcing an acquisition; b) Holding talks with Omnicom about selling a stake in our company.
Fortune City, the Kensington-based shopping mall and “virtual city”, has signed up Philadelphia-based online music retailer CDNow! to offer consumers across Europe discounted music compact discs. According to Richard Jones, managing director of Fortune City.com, UK Net surfers will be able to buy CDs and other music-related products at a significant discount to UK high […]
Tesco is looking for a below-the line agency to run a programme of openings for its in-town Metro stores. The supermarket has drawn up a shortlist of Evans Hunt Scott, Lowe Direct and Retail Solutions for the business. Evans Hunt Scott runs the Tesco Clubcard loyalty programme and Lowe Direct’s parent Lowe Howard-Spink handles Tesco’s […]
When immensely rich proprietor of the Daily Mail Lord Rothermere astonished all with his decision to convert to New Labour in the House of Lords, the Diary was intrigued to know how his startling change would influence Daily Mail managing director Guy Zitter, the man renowned for political leanings only marginally to the left of […]
With careful targeting, retailers will reap rewards from an ageing population with the money and inclination to invest in soft furnishings. Robert Clark is a director of Corporate Intelligence
The Camelot fat cat furore gives Richard Branson the ideal platform to launch his own Lottery bid, but he may also run into hot water, says Torin Douglas. Torin Douglas is BBC Radio’s media correspondent
NHS Loto, the Thursday night lottery draw played live on Channel 4 in the London region, has been axed, leaving its investors 6m out of pocket. The controversial TV lottery game has run for two years but has only produced one 1m jackpot winner. It has been the subject of a High Court battle over […]