Although some might question the need for more than one trade body, senior industry figures value highly the benefits that membership of an association can bring. By Richenda Wilson
Teenagers are being urged to spend with plastic rather than cash, with the launch of branded pre-paid debit cards. Bliss, Smash Hits! and Match magazines are among five EMAP brands launching Europe’s first “reloadable” pre-paid debit cards. EMAP is also targeting its older audiences with a Magic FM-branded card, which consumers will be able to […]
EMAP Advertising has expanded its Big City Network to include 12 of the stations it acquired from Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) last year, in an effort to make it easier to sell the independent local radio (IRL) stations to advertisers. The network, which originally covered eight stations such as Key 103 in Manchester and Radio […]
EasyJet, the low-cost airline, halted its pan-European advertising review last night as part of a wider re-evaluation of its strategy and restructure of its marketing operations. The news will come as a major blow to Saatchi & Saatchi and Ogilvy & Mather, the final two agencies battling for the account. EasyJet called the pitch last […]
Centaur is to acquire the Period Living & Traditional Home magazine and website from EMAP Consumer Media.
Asda is pumping £102m into a price-cutting programme in the first quarter of the year, sparking expectations of a supermarket price war.
DaimlerChrysler is cutting 6,000 accounting, personnel and strategic planning jobs globally in an effort to save &£1bn a year.
WHSmith has announced a five per cent fall in like-for-like high street retail sales for the seven-week and 21-week periods to January 21.
Kellogg, the cereal manufacturer, and Nickelodeon, the Viacom-owned TV network, are the subject of a $2bn (&£1.1bn) lawsuit by US parents’ groups and health lobbyists. The groups claim the defendants target children using ads for high-calorie foods with low nutritional value.
Cadbury Trebor Bassett says it is ‘surprised and disappointed’ after a trio of Tory MPs signed a House of Commons motion urging consumers to boycott the confectioner’s products. The motion followed claims the confectioner was importing French sugar, rather than solely using UK suppliers.
Hugh Edwards, ex-commercial and marketing director of P&O Ferries, has left the company after over-seeing a restructure of its marketing section.
Arc London has promoted Matthew Tabb to marketing director.
Nike chief executive William Perez is leaving the company after just a year.
Clear Channel UK chief executive Stevie Spring is leaving after six years following a company restructure. Barry Sayer, head of Clear Channel Outdoor Africa and South Africa, will take over as interim chief executive.
Alfa Romeo has appointed Nicholas Bernard as its UK marketing director just seven months after the role was scrapped. Predecessor Jeff Culkin left the company last year when his job was axed (MW May 26, 2005).