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Asda is hoping to recapture its glory days of the 1990s by hiring Publicis Worldwide boss Rick Bendel to lead its marketing, but with the brand lagging a distant second to Tesco, he and chief executive Andy Bond face a challenge just keeping owner Wal-Mart happy.
Publicis has been hit by the departure of three senior executives, who have left to form a start-up agency backed by Vincent Bollor?chairman of rival group Havas. Christophe Lambert, chief executive of Publicis Conseil France, and Frederic Raillard and Farid Mikart, founders of Publicis-owned hotshop Marcel, have left to form Fred Farid Lambert. Bollor?ill hold […]
Expedia.co.uk has appointed Caroline Cartellieri as vice president and managing director. She replaces Dermot Halpin, who was promoted to President of Expedia in Europe, Middle East and Africa in January. Cartellieri joins from Kingfisher where she was director of group commercial finance. She will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the UK business and […]
Consumers are willing to have microchips inserted in their bodies as a way of paying for goods at supermarket checkouts, according to research from grocery think tank IGD. The research reports that 8% of teenagers and 5% of adults surveyed are open to the implants, while 7% of shoppers also favour iris or retina recognition […]
ING Direct is supporting the launch of its “straightforward” mortgage product with a new advertising campaign created by Vallance Carruthers Coleman Priest (VCCP).
National Express Coaches aims to persuade students to take advantage of its cheap fares by rolling out an integrated campaign through Hooper Galton. The agency has created press, poster and leaflet executions, as well as t-shirts, beer mats and ambient advertising, to target students during the first weeks of the new university term. The work […]
British Airways’ commercial director Martin George, who has been on leave of absence since June following allegations of price fixing, has resigned from the airline. The Office of Fair Trading and the US Department of Justice began separate investigations earlier this year focusing on long-haul passenger fuel surcharges. At the time, it was reported that […]
Delaney Lund Knox Warren & Partners has been appointed by Marston’s to promote its sponsorship of the England cricket team during this winter’s The Ashes series.The agency pitched against WCRS and incumbent Chick Smith Trott to win the business and the review was handled by Agency Insight.
Absolut, the premium vodka brand, is behind a guerrilla marketing campaign that has flooded Edinburgh with raspberries and images of raspberries this week. The Maxxium-owned brand will be revealed to be behind the unbranded campaign in advertising to run over the weekend. The TBWA/London-created activity is designed to sell Absolut Raspberri as a long drink […]
Adidas has resolved its fight with the International Tennis Federation over the use of its logos on clothing at the four Grand Slam tournaments. The sportswear giant has succeeded in convincing the tennis body to more than double the space it wanted to allow for logos. The ITF and the Grand Slam Committee says that […]
Charles Saatchi, one of the most famous names in British advertising, has sold his remaining 7% stake in M&C Saatchi, the agency he co-founded with brother Maurice. Saatchi has had no day-to-day involvement with M&C since standing down as a director in 2004 and is now better known for his marriage to TV chef Nigella […]
The Sportsman, heralded as the first national newspaper launch for 20 years when it hit the newsstands in March, has closed after just seven months. The administrators decided to stop printing after negotiations to refinance the paper reached a stalemate. The Sportsman’s chairman Jeremy Deedes says: “It is a very sad note on which The […]
Everest, the double glazing specialist, has begun a review of its advertising as it pursues a new product development (NPD) strategy. The company, which provides double glazed windows, doors and conservatories, has issued a brand development brief through intermediary the AAR. The business is looking to appoint an agency by the end of November. It […]
BSkyB has teamed up with former American presidential candidate Al Gore to unveil a British version of his Current TV, a channel showing user-generated programmes. The partnership was announced today (Friday) by Current chairman Gore and Sky chief executive James Murdoch. It marks Current’s first non-US operation and gives Sky a presence in the fast-growing […]
Calm, the charity established to support men suffering from depression, is launching a controversial new radio and outdoor campaign to raise awareness of the high suicide rate among young males. Ogilvy & Mather has created the radio campaign for Calm, which stands for the Campaign Against Living Miserably. It features comedians David Baddiel and Matthew […]