Month: July 2001

EMAP signs Bullet chief to Project Floyd

Marketing Week

EMAP Elan’s new monthly title “Project Floyd”, which is understood to be launching within the next two months, has appointed Josephine Monroe, founder of online broadcast magazine Bullet.com, as its publisher. Bullet.com shut down in September last year. Prior to working at Bullet.com, Monroe was features editor at Time Out magazine. Project Floyd is understood […]

Arcadia to pull out of Sainsbury’s Reward

Marketing Week

The Arcadia Group is withdrawing from Sainsbury’s Reward card scheme, leaving the supermarket with just four retail partners taking part in the loyalty programme. From next month Sainsbury’s Reward card customers will no longer be able to redeem their points in Arcadia’s clothing chains, which include Burtons, Dorothy Perkins, Top Shop, Wallis and Warehouse. A […]

Put on the rack by BBC mags

Marketing Week

Sonoo Singh’s analysis of BBC Worldwide (MW July 12) described a company I didn’t recognise. What a lot of bollocks. I am delighted and privileged, in a couple of weeks, to be returning from three years in the US (where I have been leading BBC Worldwide’s North and South American operations) to head the third-largest […]

Consigned to selling pants

Marketing Week

It’s amazing what you can pick up at a post office. In less time than it takes to lick a stamp, Consignia is already diversifying into bizarre areas, following its debut as the newly reincarnated Post Office. The company has sealed a deal with Figleaves.com and will now be stocking – well, stockings, knickers and […]

Esprit to roll out five new collections

Marketing Week

High street fashion retailer Esprit is launching five new ranges of women’s and girls’ clothing, including nightwear and swimwear, next year. The retailer, which opened its UK flagship store in London’s Regent Street in May, has signed licensing agreements with US-based Carole Hochman Designs, Backflips and the Levy Group to create the lines, which will […]

Executive service

Marketing Week

Pressing business matters are a distraction to visiting executives, so many exhibition venues are now offering office services in an attempt to convince them to stay for the duration. By Steve Hemsley

Evian appoints Gibson to head up Ladies PGA Tour

Marketing Week

The Evian Ladies European Golf Tour has appointed Robin Gibson as its commercial director. Gibson, who joined two weeks ago following a stint as European marketing manager for Taylor Made Adidas Golf, replaces Richard Masters who joined the Football League earlier this year. Gibson says he plans to make golf the “top European sport for […]

Revenge of the donkey jackets

Marketing Week

The days of beer and sandwich-fuelled meetings at ten Downing Street seem a distant memory for the unions which back in the Seventies wielded a powerful stick when it came to the formation of Government policy. The Thatcher years put paid to their influence with legislation that removed the unions’ all-important ability to hold the […]

ITV to introduce umbrella e-brand

Marketing Week

ITV is forming a new division, ITV Interactive, to house all its online and interactive activities. ITV Interactive will incorporate Carlton and Granada’s existing programme-related online sites, such as Coronation Street, Cold Feet and Crossroads, and ITV sites including Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, ITV Football and ITV Weather. According to ITV, together the […]