Chris Spalding joins Metro International’s London-based global sales team
Marketing WeekEvening Standard circulation director Chris Spalding has joined Metro International’s London-based global sales team as its vice-president of operations.
Evening Standard circulation director Chris Spalding has joined Metro International’s London-based global sales team as its vice-president of operations.
Nissan GB sales director Simon Thomas is joining Nissan Canada as vice-president of sales and marketing. Vincent Wijnen, Nissan’s aftersales and quality director, will take over the role.
The role of Thinkbox chief executive must not go to a man who “hates television”, say industry executives in reaction to reports that former Nestlé marketing director Andrew Harrison is one of two remaining candidates.
Royal Mail’s former head of media markets Richard Roche is leaving the company following the reorganisation of its sector marketing division. It emerged earlier this year that Roche had been left without a job after a restructure was called by Royal Mail’s marketing director Alex Batchelor. However, a spokesman said at the time that Roche […]
Bernard Matthews, the meat products brand, has appointed former Allied Bakeries commercial chief Bart Dalla Mura as commercial director. He took over the role last week. The appointment comes as marketing director Andy Watts leaves to join cosmetics company Avon. It is unclear if Watts will be replaced. Dalla Mura will oversee marketing while a […]
Tesco is considering using the mezzanine floors of its Extra stores to push its non-food catalogue venture, which is expected to launch later this year. The service is likely to encompass online ordering, and will pit Tesco against rivals such as Argos. City analysts believe the UK’s number one supermarket is considering siting order points […]
As Ofcom launches a consultation on its proposals for the advertising of children’s food on television, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has slammed Warburtons over a magazine ad for its All In One Riddlers filled bread rolls. The ad was headlined: “What’s the healthiest packed lunch you’ve never made?” and included the statement: “A healthy […]
The UK’s razor market has lacked cut and thrust in recent years, but thanks to a raft of new launches it looks set to get bloody again. Bic is busy promoting its revamped disposable range, King of Shaves is considering launching a shaving system and Gillette’s five-bladed Fusion razor is expected to go on sale […]
Leo Burnett London has merged Triangle into its below-the-line agency Arc to create a more integrated offering, under group chief executive Bruce Haines. The merger, which has long been mooted, will result in a 4% reduction of the combined workforce of the two agencies. The new agency will be called Arc UK and will be […]
Scottish & Newcastle UK is highlighting the lengths that Foster’s drinkers will go to in order to keep their pint refreshingly cold in the latest television execution for its flagship lager brand, which breaks on April 3.
Interpublic Group (IPG) is to slim down its beleaguered Lowe Worldwide group from a global network operating in more than 80 outposts to an operation built primarily around just eight “main hubs”. The move, revealed at a New York briefing for Wall Street analysts on Monday, is part of a broader effort by IPG to […]
Hooper Galton has been appointed to handle a £1m campaign for Campo Viejo, the Pernod Ricard-owned Spanish wine brand.
Shop, formerly Campbell Doyle Dye, has been appointed to handle the advertising business for the Press Gazette without a pitch. The agency has produced a campaign to introduce brands to the idea that they can “influence the influencers”.
Luxottica, the sunglasses manufacturer whose brands include Ray-Ban, is reviewing its &£15m global advertising account. The business is currently held by McCann Erickson Italia.
Interpublic Group has released Lowe London chairman Paul Weinberger from his contract nine months early, allowing him to join Sir Frank Lowe’s new agency The Red Brick Road.