Facebook has launched pages for upcoming musicians and film makers. The social network’s move parallels that of rival MySpace. Facebook’s sample music and film pages are now live. It is understood that the new pages will be showcased at the SXSW music conference in Austin, Texas, next week. It is believed the music page will […]
Interpublic Group, the third biggest marketing services holding company, has reported a net income of $131m (66m) for 2007, moving into the black after posting a net loss of $79m (40m) a year earlier.
WPP Group, the worlds second biggest marketing services company, has unveiled strong full-year results for 2007, slightly ahead of analyst expectations. The group, headed by Sir Martin Sorrell, remains bullish, despite fears of economic slowdown.
Lifestyle brand Playboy is launching a global men’s fragrance with perfume company Coty. Distribution will begin in Autumn this year under the Playboy brand name.
The Labour Governments obsession with demonstrating its free market credentials reaches new levels this week. As the National Health Service introduces Patient Choice – where patients can choose between four hospitals for treatment – the Department of Health is about to publish its marketing code that will permit hospital advertising.
Rank Group, the bingo and casino operator, blames the smoking ban, taxation and regulation for a 3% decline in revenue for the year ending December 31, 2007. The company’s revenue fell to £534.4m, while operating profits were down 7% to £68.3m. The company’s two largest arms, Mecca Bingo and Grosvenor Casinos, were also down on […]
Unilever has merged its food and home, and personal care arms into a single category, and put its directors in a race for the top job. It has also made a series of changes to the Unilever board and among its senior team. The company says the shakeup is a bid to simplify its structure […]
GCap Media, the commercial radio group, has turned down a 333m bid from Global Radio. The group says the offer does not take into account new chief and former Virgin Radio boss Fru Hazlitts new strategy, outlined earlier this month.
Friends of the Earth director executive Tony Juniper has slated Porsche for fighting against the increase in the congestion charge saying the luxury car marque “has a vested interest in keeping polluting vehicles on the road”. The company has announced earlier this month it is seeking a judicial review of Transport for London’s plans to […]
Orange, the mobile phone operator, is updating its animal monthly tariffs to reflect new trends such as social networking. The France Telecom-owned company will introduce the changes tomorrow (March 1). The Dolphin, Raccoon, Panther and Canary packages, which were launched two years ago, will be extended to include new elements. The Dolphin 40 deal will […]
Lord Bell has branded the Government the ’enemy state’ and urged the industry to stop caving into its demands. The Chime Communications chairman made the comments in a spirited attack on the Government at the annual Incorporated Society British Advertisers conference.
UK businesses must embrace social media or they will fall behind their global competition, warns a new study by TNS Media Intelligence/Cymfony. The research canvassed the opinions of senior marketers on the importance of social media. The study, which included companies such as Sony, Diago, GlaxoSmithKline and Hewlett Packard, reveals that only 18% of executives […]
Premium operators are driving growth in the £14.7bn UK department store sector. The latest findings from the Datamonitor group’s Verdict Research revealed that sales for luxury operators grew by 11.3% last year.
Google’s UK marketing director Dan Cobley has tipped “personalisation” as the big development in the internet this year. He told the Incorporated Society of British Advertisers (ISBA) conference today (February 28) that users will increasingly be able to add and change information themselves.
Manchester Evening News and Belfast Telegraph were the hardest hit by ongoing circulation drops endemic of the regional newspaper market. The latest results from the Audit Bureau of Circulations saw the ten biggest papers all return sales losses. In the six months to December last year Manchester Evening News’ Monday to Saturday paid-for editions fell […]