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
It’s a good read, but too few people buy it – Business am has been a success in every respect except sales and profits. Who will fund it? asks Paul McGarr
While the British are distracted by celebrity sleaze and royal debacles, in the US there are scandals that will have a real impact on our lives, says George Pitcher
The Leith Agency has created new TV ads for Scottish Caledonian’s Tennent’s lager, the last work from the agency before the account moves to Leith breakaway shop Newhaven in January. The ads, part of a &£1.5m campaign breaking in Scotland this week with bus and poster support, are set in a fictitious Scottish-themed bar in […]
Alan Hartwell is to take up the position of vice-president of marketing at Oracle UK & Ireland, replacing Nick Barley, who left to head the UK marketing team at rival software company Microsoft in August (MW August 8). Hartwell will report to Ian Smith, senior vice-president and managing director for UK and Ireland, and Claus-Peter […]
Viacom Outdoor is searching for a commercial partner to sponsor a trial of busking pitches on the London Underground early next year. The initiative, first tipped in Marketing Week, will be tested at 25 licensed pitches in 12 Central London Underground stations. The trial will run for 16 weeks (MW June 27). The busking pitches […]
Ryvita has appointed former Signet marketing chief Rob Murray as marketing director, after a four-month search. The appointment comes as a result of Ryvita splitting its sales and marketing directorship. Sales and marketing director Philippe Seurre has become the company’s sales director (MW July 4). Murray has spent ten years in consumer marketing, at Nestlé […]
Embattled cider giant Bulmer’s marketing controller is leaving to head the European division of Australasian brewery Lion Nathan, which owns Castlemaine XXXX, Steinlager and Tooheys. Andrew Carter has been appointed director of UK/Europe at Lion Nathan. He will manage the &£9m relaunch of XXXX alongside Interbrew UK marketing director Richard Evans. Interbrew and Lion Nathan […]
Harriet Young has been appointed creative director for hard lines at Disney consumer products, Europe. The post has been vacant for several months. Young will be in charge of branding across Disney’s hard lines product range, which includes stationery, packaged goods – through licensing deals with companies such as Coca-Cola and Kellogg – home furnishing […]
Jigsaw Consortium, the direct marketing initiative set up by Unilever, Cadbury Schweppes and Kimberly-Clark (K-C) in 1997, is understood to be talking to direct marketing agencies in a bid to beef up its database management. It is believed that OgilvyOne and WWAV Rapp Collins are in the final shortlist. The Jigsaw Consortium was set up […]
Concert venue the Sheffield Arena is to be renamed the Hallam FM Arena in a multi-million pound sponsorship deal with the EMAP-owned radio station. The deal with live entertainment producer and promoter Clear Channel Entertainment (CCE) gives Hallam FM, which broadcasts across Yorkshire, naming and signage rights for the arena. The five-year deal will be […]
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).
The British Heart Foundation is understood to have appointed Partners BDDH to handle its &£2.2m advertising account, after beating WCRS in a two-way pitch. The business was held by Abbott Mead Vickers.BBDO for four years, but the agency did not repitch for the account when it came up for review (MW August 1). The first […]
Wales Tourist Board (WTB) is looking for an airline partner that will allow one of its aircraft to be branded with a “come to Wales” message. Roger Pride, director of marketing at WTB, says the organisation wants to “raise the profile of Wales throughout Europe” in an innovative way and is looking for an airline […]
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has cracked down on computer games’ advertising, upholding complaints against three different games for being socially irresponsible. Acclaim Entertainment’s Turok Evolution computer game company has had its knuckles rapped for using an image of a distressed-looking child with facial injuries. The child’s face has three lacerations across the forehead, eye […]