TUI, the travel company, has axed a number of UK board directors, including marketing director Hugh Edwards. Its recently appointed sales and marketing director Miles Morgan will handle marketing responsibilities.
20:20 London has created a viral internet and direct marketing campaign for the Audi A3. The viral ad personalises itself to incorporate the name of the person it has been sent to, who can also then choose to receive direct mail.
General Motors has confirmed the rebranding of Daewoo in Europe to Chevrolet, its global value marque, as revealed in Marketing Week (MW March 18).
Tesco is to begin advertising jobs on its in-store television network Tesco TV.
In reference to your article “Tobacco giants plot launch of ‘safer’ cigarette brands” (MW September 2), Philip Morris would like to clarify our position regarding the restrictions laid out in the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion (point of sale) Regulations 2004, as well as our position on point-of-purchase advertising and the marketing of potentially reduced-exposure products […]
Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity (GOSHCC) is looking for its first full-time director of fundraising and marketing. The search follows the decision of executive chairman Nigel Clark to retire later this year after ten years in the job. Part-time executive director of fundraising Dona Selby is also due to retire from the charity soon. […]
Bell has created a press and magazine advertising campaign for Sanyo’s new flat-screen LCD television. Ads will appear in publications such as GQ and Marie Claire. Media planning and buying is handled by Frontline Media.
The Financial Times is axing the daily sports page that it introduced last year in a bid to widen readership.
Sainsbury’s brand marketing director Jeremy Schwartz is leaving in January after his post was scrapped. His departure follows a review of the retailer’s senior marketers by marketing director Stephen Nelson.
TBWA/London is tipped to pick up the £13m advertising business for Müller Dairies. It is understood that the agency has beaten M&C Saatchi to win the business.
Central and local government talk a good game in the fight against crime and urban decay, but they forget that image really is everything. By Sean Brierley
Marks & Spencer has unveiled plans to return £2.3bn to shareholders in a share buy-back scheme. The retailer also reported that UK sales for the ten weeks ending September 18 were down by 5.2 per cent compared to the same period last year.
Lowe has created a £2m ad campaign for Lever Fabergé’s anti-perspirant deodorant brand Sure featuring Elvis Presley, Steve McQueen and James Dean.
When JC Decaux introduced bus-shelter advertising 40 years ago, he laid the foundations for the strong outdoor sector we have today.
Midland Mainline, the train operator, has promoted Jamie Burles to the role of sales and marketing director. He was previously head of sales and marketing.