Argos owner buys Habitat brand
Rosie BakerArgos-owner Home Retail Group has bought the Habitat brand as part of a £24.5m deal.
Argos-owner Home Retail Group has bought the Habitat brand as part of a £24.5m deal.
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Kaiser Chiefs are the first band to launch an album via a digital platform that lets music fans create a bespoke tracklisting and cover art.
The row between British Airways and its striking cabin crew is having an impact on people’s desire to work for the airline, according to YouGov’s BrandIndex ratings.
The winners of the inaugural Marketing Week Engage Awards have been revealed amid a shower of champagne corks and streamers.
British Airways is launching a campaign featuring its London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games ambassadors, including chef Heston Blumenthal and artist Tracey Emin.
Sony PlayStation’s announcement that its database, which houses the details of over 77 million customers, was hacked could turn into the greatest data leak in history. The Sony PlayStation Network, that allows gamers to play against users around the globe, listen to music and watch films has now been offline for over a week. Although […]
Marketers face fines of £500,000 for sending “unwanted” marketing emails or making unsolicited phone calls to customers.
WPP has presented an upbeat view of the future for the advertising and marketing services industry after posting the fastest quarterly revenue growth in a decade.
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Political parties could face fines and lost votes if they do not follow data privacy rules when planning direct and digital marketing campaigns in the run up to the general election, according to the information commissioner.
With the launch of Stella Cidre, AB Inbev has set itself an ambitious twin task – “restimulating” the premium cider category and adding weight to its own claim to be the beer sectors’ most innovative company. The brewer wants Cidre, which is intended to be pronounced as it sounds and is described as a “premium […]
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group has recruited Royal Dutch Shell and British Gas marketer Nimai Swaroop to the new position of group head of employer branding and marketing.
Banks were the most improved sector in this year’s Brand Finance Global 500 list, despite being shrouded in controversy over the past financial year.