Campaign articles from March 2001

Campaign archives from March 2001

Butterfield fronts new consultancy.(Leslie Butterfield, the chairman of Partners BDDH)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Leslie Butterfield, the chairman of Partners BDDH, is to launch a strategic brand consultancy called Butterfield 8. The consultancy is a joint venture between Butterfield and Havas-owned Partners BDDH, of which he'll remain a non-executive...

John Hooper takes RAB chairman role as Warren bows out.(Radio Advertising Bureau losing Peter Warren)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Peter Warren, the non-executive chairman of the Radio Advertising Bureau, is stepping down after five years. John Hooper, previously the director-general of ISBA, will replace him. His role will be to forge closer links between the RAB and...

Hammersley quits for Lowe New York.(Paul Hammersley to join New York office of Lowe Lintas and Partners Worldwide)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Paul Hammersley, the chief executive of Lowe Lintas, is leaving the London agency to become the chief executive of its New York office. It is understood that he is also being considered as the chief executive for the network's North...

Grey scoops 35m [pounds sterling] global Marconi relaunch task.(Grey Advertising Inc.;)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Marconi has picked Grey Advertising to handle its 35 million [pounds sterling] corporate campaign promoting its transformation from a military supplier to a telecoms and information technology giant. The agency network offices in London and...

CIA on alert as Shell calls 15m [pounds sterling] pitch for Euro media account.(CIA Group PLC; Shell U.K. Ltd.)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Shell is reviewing its 15 million [pounds sterling] pan-European media planning and buying account, held by CIA. The agency has had the business since March 1996. At the time of CIA's appointment, Shell spent 36 million [pounds sterling]...

Reports of the BBC's decease have been greatly exaggerated.(Independent Television; British Broadcasting Corporation Ltd.)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... I hesitate to disagree with the esteemed media editor of The Times but then I saw lots of agency people jumping on a story in Tuesday's paper headlined "ITV overtakes BBC for upmarket audience" and realised that nobody is infallible. "ITV as...

Government seeks to cut health campaigns.(Department of Health)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... The Government plans to cut the share of its campaigns on health issues in a move aimed at channelling cash into frontline services. Ministers at the Department of Health are sceptical about whether they need to maintain the adspend of some...

Wolverhampton & Dudley calls pitch as Wallis Tomlinson exits.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries, the parent of Harp and Banks Bitter, has parted company with Wallis Tomlinson and has called a pitch in a move to scale back its roster. The brewery has asked its remaining roster agencies, Walsh Trott...

Hilary Taylor to join OMD Europe as general manager.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Hilary Taylor, a board director and managing partner at Manning Gottlieb Media, is quitting the agency to become second in command to OMD Europe's chief executive, Colin Gottlieb. Taylor will be the general manager of OMD Europe and will be...

RPM3 lands 1.5m [pounds sterling] launch advertising task for cruise line.(joint venture company between First Choice tour operator and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... RPM3 has been picked to handle the 1.5 million [pounds sterling] launch of a new cruise line aimed at attracting younger customers to a burgeoning market. The as yet unnamed company, which will begin operations later this year, is a joint...

Collister hired for ehsrealtime rejig.(Patrick Collister)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Patrick Collister, the former creative director and vice-chairman of Ogilvy & Mather, is to join the direct marketing and digital agency ehsrealtime as executive creative director. Collister left O&M in January 2000 to launch a creative...

M&C Saatchi hired to promote revamp of Sunday Business.(M and C Saatchi London)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Sunday Business has swapped agencies for the third time in less than a year, and picked M&C Saatchi to handle a 1.5 million [pounds sterling] campaign promoting its upcoming relaunch. The appointment is the precursor to a TV campaign...

WWAV appointed to 5 m [pounds sterling] Buda DM work for `heartbeat' push.(WWAV Rapp Collins North; BUPA Health Services Ltd.)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Bupa, the private and corporate medical insurance supplier, is moving its 5 million [pounds sterling] direct marketing account to WWAV Rapp Collins North. Bupa is switching the account from BHWG Proximity without a pitch. WWAV will handle...

Columbia Films calls review of UK account.(Columbia TriStar Films (U.K.))(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Columbia TriStar Films, the film distributor owned by Sony Pictures, has put its 12 million [pounds sterling] UK media account up forpitch. The pitch is believed to include the company's Columbia Video and Columbia Pictures arms. Columbia...

HOTLINE.(Interpublic Group of Companies Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... (020) 8267 4656 The Interpublic Group of Companies has reported worldwide revenues of $1,601 million for the fourth quarter of 2000, an increase of 6 per cent from 1999. However, advertising revenues for the quarter dropped to $829.9...

BBH hires award-winning French creatives.(Bartle Bogle Hegarty Ltd.; Fred Raillard and Farid Mokart)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Bartle Bogle Hegarty has poached the award-winning French creative team Fred Raillard and Farid Mokart, who were responsible for Robbie Williams' "Rock DJ" video, from CLM/BBDO. The team has been at CLM/BBDO for one year, where their...

AMV BBDO lands 9m [pounds sterling] centralised Campbell.(Abbot Mead Vickers/BBDO; Campbell Soup Co.)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO has picked up 9 million [pounds sterling] worth of Campbell's soup and sauces business, after the US food giant's decision to centralise its global business into BBDO ended its three-year relationship with Rainey Kelly...

CHJM beats three to pick up 8m [pounds sterling] direct account at One2One.(Claydon Heeley Jones Mason)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... The mobile phone network One2One has appointed Claydon Heeley Jones Mason to handle its direct marketing. Claydon Heeley won the 8 million [pounds sterling] account after a pitch against three other agencies. One2One previously used WWAV...

WPP appoints Philip Lader as non-executive chairman.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Sir Martin Sorrell and the board of WPP have ended their search for a non-executive chairman with the surprise appointment of Philip Lader, the outgoing US ambassador to the UK. The appointment of 54-year-old Lader, who has held several key...

REVIEW.(Farm Communications; WCRS Group PLC)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Marketing and advertising news in the week's press... The multi-access portal Vizzavi has confirmed its appointment of WCRS as its European agency. The media agency, which has been shortlisted down to Optimedia, Carat and CIA, will be...

Xerox awards Impiric pan-Euro task.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Xerox, the global document management company, has appointed Impiric to handle its direct marketing across Europe. The agency won the 8 million [pounds sterling] pan-European business after a pitch against three other agencies: WWAV Rapp...

Poulter to sell off its stake in media joint venture to new PHD.(Poulter Partners)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... The Leeds-based agency Poulter Partners has sold its stake in a media joint venture it formed with New PHD and Cogent as it looks to concentrate on other core disciplines within the communications group. The move will leave Poulter without...

Quiet Storm produces national TV and cinema campaign for Xfm.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Quiet Storm has unveiled a national television and cinema campaign for Xfm aimed at challenging existing perceptions of the radio station. The campaign will use the message "Don't be afraid" in a bid to encourage non-listeners to tune in,...

Saatchi & Saatchi set to relaunch Mr Kipling.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Saatchi & Saatchi has unveiled a dramatic new look for the Mr Kipling brand, which shows the legendary gentleman wreaking unintentional havoc on the world. The campaign targets families by attempting to "own" emotional values of cakes in...

Banc hires Cotterrell as director of strategy.(Simon Cotterrell)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Banc has appointed Simon Cotterrell as its first director of strategy in a bid to bolster its planning capabilities. The agency said the move comes as it attempts to reposition itself as a "total branding consultancy" rather than a...

TBWA makes Hayward digital partner.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... The former strategic director of Digital@JWT, Tim Hayward, is joining TBWA\London as its new digital partner. Hayward will take up the position, which is intended to enhance the agency's current low-profile interactive capability, at the...

Duckworth Finn set to recreate image of Matiz in 1.2m [pounds sterling] drive.(Duckworth Finn Grubb Waters)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Duckworth Finn Grubb Waters has created a 1.2 million [pounds sterling] campaign for its flagship Daewoo client to relaunch the company's Matiz model. The 30-second TV "explosion" spot follows on from recent press work and shows the old...

Grey gives new meaning to `crispy' in Findus campaign.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Findus is launching its first UK campaign since parting from its Nestle parent in January 2000. The TV ads will introduce the Cod Crispies range of frozen meals, aimed mainly at children. The range is being promoted with a trio of...

British Midland unveils `civil aviation' ad push.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... British Midland, the UK's second-largest scheduled airline, is underscoring its relaunch and emergence as an international player with new TV advertising emphasising its user-friendliness. The campaign, breaking nationally on Sunday 4...

Political posters fail to gain public impact.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 2, 2001... The Labour and Conservative Parties are failing to have the impact they attained in the run-up to the 1997 general election, according to research from the outdoor specialist company Concord. The recent poster campaigns for both parties...

JWT seeks younger Telegraph audience through promotion.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... The Telegraph Group will launch a double-headed TV campaign through J. Walter Thompson this weekend as it continues to reach out for younger readers. A Saturday Telegraph promotion, allowing readers to claim a free David Gray CD, will be...

Lowe raises profile of Professor Weetos in cereal promotion.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Lowe Lintas has launched a 1 million [pounds sterling] TV campaign for Weetabix's Weetos starring its animated character Professor Weetos. Lowe claims the idea behind raising the profile of Professor Weetos is two-fold: to further capture...

JWT unveils Glamour launch ads.(J. Walter Thompson TV campaign for Conde Nast's Glamour magazine)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... J. Walter Thompson unveils the launch campaign for Conde Nast's Glamour magazine this week. The commercials highlight the title's small size in a bid to give it stand-out in the crowded glossies market. A TV execution will be backed with a...

Rainey Kelly's 2.1 to roll out multimedia work for Spin Room.(Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R's digital arm, 2.1)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R's digital arm, 2.1, has unveiled a 1 million [pounds sterling] national multimedia campaign to launch a new online casino called The Spin Room. The website, www.thespinroom.com, includes all the usual casino...

OgilvyOne promotes TV licence to students.(one in four students are unaware that they need to buy a TV license annually)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... OgilvyOne is launching an integrated campaign for TV Licensing to increase the number of students that buy a TV licence. The advertising follows findings that one in four students are unaware that they need to buy a TV licence annually. The...

Ehsrealtime picks up online launch for Mini.(beautiful relaunch of classic English car by BMW scheduled for summer 2001)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Ehsrealtime has won the online launch task for BMW's new Mini, which will be unveiled this summer. The new-media business for Mini was previously handled by AKQA, and it is understood that the agency did not repitch for the account. ...

Playjam channel set to be monitored by Bard.(Broadcaster's Audience Research Board )(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... The Broadcaster's Audience Research Board (Barb) is to produce the first-ever interactive audience measurement figures for Playjam, the interactive entertainment channel. Playjam, which is owned by the digital production agency Static,...

Peoplesound spins off online company for music marketing.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Peoplesound.com, the music download site and portal for unsigned musical talent, is spinning off a company called Protein which will specialise in online marketing services for music brands and artists. Protein will develop online...

Deepend creates website to support fcuk ad campaign.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Deepend launches the online branding initiative for French Connection UK this week which is based on TBWA\ London's "kinky bugger" ad campaign for the fashion brand. The website, www.fcukinkybugger.com, invites visitors to determine their...

campaign-i: communicating in the new economy.(brief articles)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Ogilvy Interactive has appointed Stuart Jackson to the position of head of interactive TV at the digital agency. Jackson joins the agency from Discovery Networks Europe where he was the European director of interactive. He was also previously...

Dotcom weekly awareness survey.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Adspend Awareness Rank Site Agency/Media Oct-Dec (%) 1 AOL MWO/BBJ 12,565,000 72 ...

Finding an ad with the click of a mouse.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Adforum.com aims to offer a wealth of data on the ad sector for users worldwide Adforum.com is an online directory for the ad industry and a resource for viewing showreels and ads. The most glorious thing about the web is that it has no...

When editorial and advertising collide.(interactive television, new media)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Instead of asking what the traditional TV industry hasn't done for the growing interactive TV sphere, perhaps we should look at it from the perspective of what it has done. The web was such a new technology to most people that they were...

web watch: portals.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Latest monthly page impressions Rank Site Address ...

Modem's Griffiths prepares to fly the new-media flag at WCRS.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Mark Griffiths is ringing out the old and bringing in the new, Deborah Bonello says Mark Griffiths looks slightly uncomfortable, as if he would rather be somewhere else. But last week's news that he is to be the new interactive creative...

private surf.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... The twisted boy website is part of the new Levi's campaign for jeans twisted to fit the trendy masses. Entry to the site requires my e-mail address so that I may receive a password to login. This always causes me to cynically pause and wonder...

Do billings reflect the reality of media agencies?(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Why are media specialist reluctant to declare their income figures? Is it modesty or do they have something to hide? Some people say that the league tables published annually in Campaign's Top 300 report are a matter of life and death. That...

ENTER AND EXPER'S VIEW.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Greg Grimmer clicks through the launch issue of Enter, the interactive magazine for men I first came across CD-Rom magazines via a friend in New York who was editing a magazine called Blender back in the early 90s. At the time I was bowled...

MEDIA CHOICE.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Stephen Hall, the deputy head of broadcast at Manning Gottlieb Media, chooses the latest VW advertising in football stadia. "I came across this clever use of media at the Watford vs Blackburn clash. Not the most obvious place to enhance the...

Leading from the trenches in the middle-market paper war.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Chris Williams heads the Express's ongoing war of words. Even by its own ferocious standards, the newspaper middle-market had a fairly exceptional few days last week. A temporary truce between the Daily Express and the Daily Mail may have...

IPC and Microsoft express insecurity in online ad arena.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Two events caught my eye this week, which are closely linked and point to an apparent malaise in online advertising. IPC Media, which has long struggled to make its women's lifestyle portal BeMe.com a success, has announced that it's cutting...

Former City trader with a keen eye for investment.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Jon Claydon's ambition is a driving force behind the agency, Ian Darby reveals Jon Claydon used to control the diets of millions in third world countries. As a commodities trader in the late 80s, he ran the City company Cargill's rice...

ON THE CAMPAIGN COUCH ... WITH JB.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Q I have been anxious for some Urea for my agency to work with Pepsi, so was excited to succeed in arranging a lunch with one of their senior executives. Unfortunately, in my determination to appear incisive and totally focused on the prospect,...

Is Kellogg's US consolidation a prelude for Europe?(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... JWT has cause for nerves after losing Kellogg in the US, Camilla Palmer writes Last week J. Walter Thompson lost $100 million of its flagship Kellogg business to roster rival Leo Burnett, which grabbed the entirety of the US account...

LIVE ISSUE/BECK'S.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... The Beck's pitch may have been decided, but dust is still settling. The green sailing ship at anchor outside the Beck's brewery in the German seaport of Bremen embodies the almost obsessional pride of those who work there. Others,...

Will interactivity help TV viewers avoid the ads?(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Research suggests viewers are switching off the ads to go online. "Just press the button," the commercial for Open urges us. And the thing is, we do. Those of us who can, that is. More than 60 per cent of people with access to interactive...

Bates may benefit as Sky cools down.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Hope for the best but prepare for the worst seems to be the most constructive advice anybody can offer to Bates UK following the agency's expected capture of BSkyB's 40 million [pounds sterling] creative account. Sky's rollercoaster...

M&C ranks above Saatchis: cue fanfare.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Quote of the month by Maurice Saatchi in an interview with The Independent: "We don't have the linear ambitions of Saatchi & Saatchi, a company driven by its aim to become the number one agency in the world. It was obsessed by league tables and...

LETTERS.
March 2, 2001... LIL-LETS `Devil woman' sanpro ads are just an insult to the target audiences I'm writing in regard to the Lil-lets non-applicator tampon commercials. No, guys (and I can safely assume such, as very few women occupy the top slots in...

Mills on ... Levi's.(Levi's ad )(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... I've watched the new Levi's ad a dozen times or so over the space of a few days, and each time I find a new piece of visual trickery to marvel at. The plot, such as one can describe it, sees a group of friends pull up at a run-down roadside...

Stuart Elliott in America.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Does size matter? That age-old question about mass, usually raised in sexual contexts, is being asked on Madison Avenue -- and Wall Street -- as the giant agency holding companies report their year-end figures for 2000. To be sure, those...

ADSTARS!(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... It's sexy, smart and boasts an all-star line-up. As The Agency opens its doors this week, M&M Beaumont exclusively reveal the inner workings of the ad industry's hottest start-up It was Monday, day one at the sexy offices of The Agency, the...

PRIVATE VIEW.
March 2, 2001... Siemens(1). There's a name to conjure with (no smutty jokes at the back, boy). The future's bright, the future's coming. Someone told me its corporate HQ was in Staines, but I don't believe them. The trouble with this work is that it feels like...

Baby boom sparks ad industry battle for title of most fertile agency.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Ah, l'amour. It seems all those cold nights have prompted a baby epidemic capable of putting the worldwide toy output under pressure. Burkitt DDB's 90 staff are now into double figures since last year. The client services director, Helen...

Malcolm Moore loses street credibility due to limp press release.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... The world of rock is replete with mis-spellings. In fact, it is a prerequisite these days. For a start, you should call it Rawk! (while gesturing with fingers raised, a little tip there from those who are "down with the kids"). We have...

Newcomer to Fashion Week unable to bring old ad rivals together.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Diary's always one for a bit of haute couture high jinks, even if we don't know the difference between Clockhouse at C&A and Chanel. Last week saw the streets of London full of frocks -- yes, it was Fashion Week. Matthew Williamson, member...

Hackers give Microsoft users a `helping hand'.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... In this day and age of effortless technology literacy, if you admit to being last in the line when computer skills were handed out, you may as well just get your coat. So technophobes who decided to bite the bullet and venture online to...

Pick of the week.
March 2, 2001... Deborah Bonello smiles when she sees the Toyota Lexus ad by Saatchi & Saatchi: "This is such a simple idea, but it works brilliantly. The boy spends all day cleaning every part of the car while at the same time appreciating its beauty, and then...

Turkey of the week.(McCann-Erickson's work for Norwich Union)(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Francesca Newland picks on McCann-Erickson's work for Norwich Union: "These ads are wet. The feel-good factor has been so over-applied that you want to reach for the sick bucket. I especially hate the one where the young woman asks her partner...

Future IPA chief needs an update on ad talent before starting his job.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2001... Forget your Kendal Tarrants, the Diary can reveal the industry's most impressive talent spotter at the moment is Simon Anderson from Advertising Principals. Anderson's Fantasy Agency League team, Getty PWA, racked up an impressive 146...

Pooler nets new WPP strategy role.(Mandy Pooler at WPP Group PLC)(Brief Article)
March 9, 2001... Mandy Pooler, the former chief executive of MindShare UK, is to take an overarching strategic role with WPP's media operations, as well as a senior job at The Media Edge, Young & Rubicam's media operation. Meanwhile, MindShare is recruiting...

Chime agencies win Royal & Sun Alliance property advertising.(Brief Article)
March 9, 2001... Royal & Sun Alliance has appointed Chime Communications, the parent of HHCL & Partners, AMD Advertising and Bell Pottinger, to rebrand and relaunch its 12 property companies and estate agencies. The 5 million [pounds sterling] brief will...

Govt tackles food crisis with ad push.(United Kingdom's Food Standards Agency)(Brief Article)
March 9, 2001... The Government is to launch a large-scale campaign to combat the flagging reputation of British food standards in the eye of the consumer. It comes as the BSE and foot and mouth crises leave consumer confidence in British produce at an all-time...

Strawberry Frog lands Sprint branding campaign.(outside US)(Brief Article)
March 9, 2001... Strawberry Frog has been appointed by Sprint, the US telecoms giant, to launch the brand outside the US. The Amsterdam-based shop, which calls itself a "cross-border agency", won the business in a "private review", which did not extend to...

Saatchis appointed as P&G plans direct blitz for top brands.(Proctor and Gamble's direct marketing)(Brief Article)
March 9, 2001... Procter & Gamble has appointed Saatchi & Saatchi to a new direct marketing account called "Golden Households". Golden Households involves P&G organising 16 of its brands, which include Ariel, Fairy, Pampers and Sunny Delight, into two...

New York, New York: why it's the city to be seen succeeding in.(Brief Article)
March 9, 2001... The boardrooms of the most powerful networks in the multinational advertising world might all be in Manhattan, but English accents are increasingly being heard there. A quick survey of the business finds three London agency chief...

Tories blast Labour in 1m [pounds sterling] poster campaign.(Conservative Party)(Brief Article)
March 9, 2001... The Conservative Party will next week step up its general election campaign by launching a 1 million [pounds sterling] blitz urging voters not to give Tony Blair another four years in power. Yellow M has drawn up a hard-hitting campaign,...

AMS Media on alert as Red Bull reviews 16m [pounds sterling] pan-Euro account.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 9, 2001... The energy drink company Red Bull is talking to media agencies about its pan-European planning and buying business, understood to be worth about 16 million [pounds sterling]. Red Bull spends 7 million [pounds sterling] in the UK through AMS...

Top shops fail IPA Professional Development Standard.(Brief Article)
March 9, 2001... Many of Britain's biggest agencies cannot meet new performance targets set by the IPA -- because not enough of their staff are linked to the internet. More than a third of the UK's top 30 agencies, including Ogilvy & Mather, Lowe Lintas,...

OgilvyOne to create CRM programme for Nestle's operations.(global customer relationship management)(Brief Article)
March 9, 2001... Nestle, the global food and beverage giant, has appointed OgilvyOne to build a global customer relationship management (CRM) programme. The agency will work across Nestle's divisions to build closer relationships with customers. This...

Coward Secures MD role at WCRS.(Jason Coward named managing director)(Brief Article)
March 9, 2001... Jason Coward has been made the managing director of WCRS while his predecessor, Charles Vallance, has been given the new role of executive strategy director. Vallance was the planning director of WCRS before he was made the managing...

Optimedia takes on 12m [pounds sterling] planning and buying brief for EFD.(Entertainment Film Distributors)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 9, 2001... Entertainment Film Distributors (EFD), the film company behind blockbusters such as Seven and Austin Powers 2, is moving its 12 million [pounds sterling] media planning and buying account into Optimedia. The business was previously handled...

Waitrose postpones TV debut due to foot and mouth disease.(Brief Article)
March 9, 2001... Waitrose, the upmarket supermarket chain, has postponed its debut as a TV advertiser because of the foot and mouth crisis. Three commercials, two of which feature cows and lambs, should have gone on air next Wednesday. Instead, their...

Wella appoints Bates to run global account.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 9, 2001... Wella, the haircare giant, has chosen the Bates network to handle its global account, working with its newly appointed German shop, Select Communications. Bates will service the account across the world because Select, the Koblenz-based...