Month: February 2003

Spurning volumes

Marketing Week

There really is no need to send out millions of untargeted mailshots these days – data is widely available, and database technology is powerful enough to tailor direct marketing campaigns to any market. Why would any company fail to use it? asks Gary Eastwood. In the film Sea of Love, Al Pacino plays Frank Keller, […]

MediaCom to handle Nokia campaign

Marketing Week

MediaCom is handling a sponsorship campaign on Classic FM for Nokia to promote its business mobile phone, the Nokia 6610. Slots will be broadcast during rush-hour drivetimes and in the evening between 9pm and 9.30pm.

Gillette media director given top European post at Braun

Marketing Week

Gillette has promoted European media director Michael Winkler to be its top European marketer for the Braun product range as part of an internal restructure. The company is in the process of moving its central European marketing team from the UK to Geneva. As European business unit director for Braun, Winkler will be responsible for […]

WWAV Rapp Collins wins £7m BT DM account

Marketing Week

WWAV Rapp Collins has won the direct marketing (DM) account for BT Business, the division responsible for BT’s small and medium-sized business customers. The account is estimated to be worth about &£7m. It is the first time that BT Retail has appointed a DM agency to look after BT Business. The account has previously been […]

Plain mailing?

Marketing Week

Most UK businesses are classified as SMEs, yet many small companies experience difficulty when implementing their DM campaigns. David Reed reports on how small operations can compete with the corporate heavyweights. If your company employs fewer than 500 staff, then the Department for Trade and Industry classifies your business as a smallto medium-sized enterprise (SME). […]

ScottishPower challenges British Gas on cost savings

Marketing Week

ScottishPower is launching an offensive against rival British Gas with the introduction of new customer bills that will show the savings that ScottishPower consumers make compared to those who get their gas and electricity from British Gas. A spokesman for the company says that the move is in line with ScottishPower’s strategy of exploiting its […]