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Marketing WeekAs media owners battle with falling ad activity and industry consolidation, advertisers can look forward to a year of opportunities, says David Benady
As media owners battle with falling ad activity and industry consolidation, advertisers can look forward to a year of opportunities, says David Benady
Sainsbury’s assistant managing director Sara Weller, Tesco marketing director Tim Mason and former Arcadia chief executive Stuart Rose have all been tipped to take over as Boots chief executive when Steve Russell leaves next year.
The Observer is to sponsor the Lee Miller photography exhibition, which will run at the Whitworth Art Gallery in London from January to the end of April.
BSkyB is seeking an agency to handle the £2m advertising business for its video recorder service Sky+. The move has prompted speculation that the company could review the rest of its £32m advertising business handled by Bates UK It is expected
The Mintel Group’s global services chief, Eric Briggs, has been killed in a cycling accident.
The Evening Standard has appointed Claudette Laws as head of planning of its advertising department. She joins from the Independent Solutions department at The Independent.
US toy manufacturer Shelcore Toys is to launch its own-branded toys in the UK pre-school market. Until now, Shelcore Toys has only had a presence in the UK as a private label brand for retailers such as the Early Learning Centre and Mothercare. “Shelcore Toys has been very successful in the US and we wanted […]
The Times is to sponsor the sports news bulletins on Virgin Radio’s daily breakfast and drive-time shows, as well as the Saturday football show in a six-month deal.
In your article “Snova takes on Christmas market with chocolate liqueur” (MW December 5), you suggested that Fluid and Snova were going to call their new vodka Svensk. There is no link whatsoever between Fluid, Snova and the Svensk vodka brand, which was launched in the UK more than three years ago by a Swedish […]
Masius has been appointed by Mellon Global Investments to handle the £1.5m advertising account for its UK asset management subsidiary, Newton Fund Managers.
Abbott Mead Vickers.BBDO (AMV) has picked up the advertising for the Wotsits crisp brand, which was sold by Golden Wonder to Walkers earlier this year. Bartle Bogle Hegarty handled Wotsits when it was part of the Golden Wonder, which has since been sold off by private equity company Bridgepoint Capital to Longulf – owners of […]
Arcadia group marketing director Steven Sharp and its group marketing manager Richard Smith are to leave the company within the next month following its takeover by retail entrepreneur Philip Green.
Business a.m., the Scottish daily newspaper, is to close this week. Owners Bonnier are in negotiations to sell the title to the owner of weekly publication Financial News, who would revamp the title as a specialist weekly.
London talk-radio station LBC is launching a £1m poster campaign to raise awareness of its new 97.3 FM frequency and schedule.
Northern & Shell (N&S) is understood to be planning a celebrity magazine called Wow! to rival EMAP’s recently launched Closer.