Month: March 2004

Under siege once again

Marketing Week

With new entrants eyeing the UK lottery market and existing players aiming to strengthen their position, Camelot’s dominance looks set to be challenged. But the lottery operator’s virtual monopoly of retail sales will be the hardest obstacle t

Marks & Spencer

Marketing Week

No wonder Marks & Spencer has suffered from such well-publicised trouble over the years: it doesn’t think more than three days ahead.

London Olympic bid promises £3m ad support

Marketing Week

The London 2012 Olympic bid has promised to spend over £3m on its marketing push next year to stimulate support for the Olympics in the UK. The organisation has allocated ten per cent of its marketing budget, although the bid team expects to boost this war chest with free marketing and media services from companies […]

Online retail gets bigger – and more friendly

Marketing Week

Online retail is set to explode over the next year, according to Interactive Media in Retail Group’s (IMRG) recently published annual statement. It predicts that internet shopping will become mass-market, fuelled by a substantial improvement in the range and quality of e-tail services on offer. Meanwhile, brands that have still not prepared for the e-commerce […]