The Diary has made a mental note to steer well clear of Virgin Energy. Just weeks after cavorting with Richard Branson on a giant bed and claiming that the drink had aphrodisiac properties, Pamela Anderson has fallen pregnant. It’s known that Anderson was sent a few crates of the stuff. Perhaps it would have been […]
The UK airport retail market will reach 1bn by value before the European Commission abolishes duty-free and tax-free sales in June 1999, says a new report by Mintel. In the past four years, the duty-free and tax-free sales market has risen by 62 per cent to 630m, representing 0.4 per cent of total retail sales. […]
Poster contractor Maiden Outdoor is to buy bus, rail and roadside contractor British Transport Advertising, as forecast in Marketing Week on April 28, pending a referral to the Office of Fair Trading. Speculation that London Underground ad company TDI has taken over the bus side of BTA has been denied by Maiden and TDI. The […]
US-owned toy giant Hasbro has appointed Colgate Palmolive sales director Alistair Richards to the newly-created post of commercial director in charge of sales and marketing. The business heads of the company’s two divisions, Nicola Basham at pre-school and toys, and Graham Derby at board games and puzzles, will report to Richards. At Colgate Palmolive, Rich-ards […]
Sega is to launch a 3D successor to Sonic the Hedgehog, designed to run on the new Saturn games machines to be released next month. Saturn product manager Jeremy Crisp says the game, called Bug, will launch in September. It will be technically-superior to Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog game, says Crisp. Crisp confirmed that Saturn’s […]
The EMAP and Metro Radio Groups have launched a joint sales venture across their 11 radio stations targeting advertisers on the Channel 4 Northern macro region. The joint sell, across the North-West, Yorkshire and the North-East, has heightened speculation about EMAP’s intentions for Metro. The company has been considering acquiring stakes in Metro presently held […]
Camelot’s new franchise venture company, Camelot Enterprises, has been forced to change its name. At the same time, it is appointing the parent company’s marketing director, John Kinsey, as its new chief. Camelot Enterprises will change its name to National Lottery Enterprises after it discovered a firm of the same name operates in Stockport, Cheshire. […]
Pizza Hut has chosen PepsiCo general manager Stacey Clark as its new marketing director, after a search lasting over a year. Clark, who launched Pepsi Max, replaces Steve Dunn who left to join Mercury One2One in April 1994. He has since left the telecoms company. Pizza Hut appointed Dixons product/retail marketing director Paula Vennells to […]
David Sanders, managing director of TSMS Services, has left the company in advance of a corporate restructure and operational review. Sanders’ departure is “by mutual agreement and with immediate effect”, the company says. In a brief statement, TSMS chief executive Tim Wootton expressed sadness at Sanders’ departure. A corporate restructuring of TSMS is expected to […]
As cable seeks a clearer voice to boost its interests, Meg Carter looks into the viability of a RAB-style body
The USM’s successor, the Alternative Investment Market, will be kept firmly in the grip of the City. But technology frees it to work anywhere in the UK.
Carlsberg-Tetley is test marketing a cask stout beer in 135 pubs across the UK, with a view to a national launch in October. Sam’s Stout is cask-conditioned and targeted at regular cask ale drinkers and students. It is served at 8o centigrade, rather than 13oc, the standard temperature for most cask ales. It will have […]
Scott Paper’s UK arm is launching another product under the Andrex brand name, despite its US parent declaring that all products must be rebranded under the Scott name (MW May 19). Scott will invest 6m over the next six months in the pan-European launch of two new kitchen towel ranges. Just over half of the […]
The Spar retail group joins Sainsbury’s and Safeway as the latest grocery chain to launch an own-label cola, using syrup supplied by Canadian company Cott Europe. Spar American Cola, will be launched on July 4 (US Independence Day) in the UK and, unlike other own-label colas, will roll out across Europe this summer. “We are […]
As advertising becomes less important to commercial television revenue, ITV may be forced to persuade its viewers to invest in digital services.