Campaign articles from November 2002

Campaign archives from November 2002

Agencies pitch for Lucozade Sport.(GlaxoSmithKline ad account review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... GlaxoSmithKline is talking to non-roster agencies about the pounds 3 million account for its Lucozade Sport drink, currently held by Ogilvy & Mather. It is still unclear whether the core pounds 10 million Lucozade Energy account, which has...

Govt concedes to TV self-regulation.(regulatory system for print advertising)
November 1, 2002... Hopes that TV and radio commercials will be brought into line with the self-regulatory system for print advertising have been boosted by a U-turn by the Government. Ministers announced on Tuesday that they will allow Ofcom, the new...

Dolphin and Moben parent company to review pounds 15m media.(MKD Holdings' ad account review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... The company behind Moben kitchens and Dolphin bathrooms is in talks with media agencies about its pounds 15 million account. It is understood that all elements of MKD Holdings' business, including Sharps Bedrooms and Portland...

Pinnell, MacDowall and Bishop in fight for top COI position.(COI Communications management shakeup)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... The new boss of COI Communications will be chosen next week from a shortlist of five men chasing the pounds 120,000-a-year job of succeeding Carol Fisher. The list includes Alan Bishop, who until earlier this year was the chairman of...

Godman to bow out after long production career.(Jo Godman, founder, resigns)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Jo Godman is stepping down from Godman, the market- leading production company she formed six years ago, to devote more time to her personal life. Godman will gradually relinquish control of the company she founded in November 1996 over...

PERSPECTIVE: Media convergence puts self-regulation at top of the agenda.(broadcast self-regulation)
November 1, 2002... It is no picnic, getting politicians to change their minds. A mixture of long hours, low pay and miserable expenses combine to make these individuals some of the most stubborn on the planet. So the unsung heroes who have sweated to get the...

Burnett hands Poorta top planning position.(New executive planning director)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Leo Burnett is appointing John Poorta of D'Arcy to replace Miranda Forestier-Walker as its executive planning director, after Publicis Groupe's decision to merge the operations two weeks ago. Poorta's appointment is seen as crucial to...

Metro appoints Barrett Cernis to promote new Urban Life project.(Barrett Cernisnew advertising chief)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Metro, the freesheet owned by Associated Newspapers, has appointed Barrett Cernis to handle its advertising with a brief to promote a major reader research project. Urban Life, claimed to be the biggest initiative of its kind by the UK...

PHD hires Universal McCann's Crow as a successor to James.(Adam Crow named press buying division chief)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... PHD has poached Universal McCann's head of press, Adam Crow, to head its press buying division. His appointment followed the decision by PHD's former head of press, Laura James, to relinquish her press buying responsibilities and to...

FCB makes Scott Hollingsworth its European president.(FCB Worldwide expands network)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Interpublic's FCB Worldwide has promoted Scott Hollingsworth to become its European president, filling a position that was left vacant after the departure of Tony Douglas in 1999. Hollingsworth, who is running the network's Latin American...

Trio push charity angle in start-up.(senior agency managers open ad firm)
November 1, 2002... Three former senior agency managers are launching a start-up that will work for selected clients for nothing and give part of its profits to charity. Max Burt, the former D'Arcy planning director, Loz Simpson, an ex-head of copy at CDP,...

Safeway back on TV after three years to focus on freshness.(Safeway's new TV advertising regional campaign )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Safeway is returning to TV advertising after a three-year break, with a six-month regional campaign that promotes the supermarket chain's philosophy of freshness and value. The campaign, created by Clemmow Hornby Inge, focuses on seasonal...

Arnell to join Saward in production launch.(Vaughan Arnell joins new production company)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Vaughan Arnell, the director behind award-winning spots such as Levi's 'creek' and Robbie Williams' 'rock DJ', is leaving Godman to join Adam Saward, his former producer and fellow Godman founder, who is setting up a production company. ...

Nabs football night fundraiser planned to be regular fixture.(Nabs Charity Football World)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Nabs is to turn its football-themed fundraiser into an annual event after this week's trial run raised around pounds 50,000 for the ad industry charity. About 350 people attended the Nabs Charity Football World at Chelsea FC's Stamford...

HOTLINE: Gav Thompson resigns from TBWA/London.(New joint managing directors)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Gav Thompson, a managing partner of TBWA/London, has resigned from the agency. Thompson, who had been at TBWA for 18 months, will take six months out to go travelling. His responsibilities included Hutchison 3G, Strongbow, Ask Jeeves and...

HOTLINE: Lurpak to sponsor Jamie's Kitchen.(the new Channel 4 cooking series)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Lurpak is sponsoring the new Channel 4 series Jamie's Kitchen, featuring the TV chef Jamie Oliver. This marks Lurpak's first broadcast sponsorship. 4Creative, Channel 4's in-house creative division, will create the sponsorship credits.

HOTLINE: Spirit appoints Tony Hector.(senior art director)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Spirit has appointed Tony Hector, a senior art director at Springer & Jacoby, as head of art. Hector, who won a bronze Lion at Cannes for his work on Mercedes Benz, will work alongside and report to the creative director, Alon Shoval.

HOTLINE: HHCL & Partners' business director is leaving.(Jon Hadfield resigns)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... HHCL & Partners' new-business director, Jon Hadfield, is leaving the agency to go travelling. There is no plan to hire a replacement and new-business duties will fall to the joint managing directors, Minnie Moll and Nick Howarth.

HOTLINE: Yamaha reviews its motorcycle ad account.(focus on press advertising)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Yamaha is reviewing its motorcycle ad account and has shortlisted the incumbent, BCLO, Draft Worldwide and Linney Design. The pounds 1 million business will focus on press advertising for Yamaha bikes, although the company is considering...

HOTLINE: Former employee of The Union claims unfair dismissal.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... A former employee of The Union is claiming she was unfairly dismissed after being subjected to bullying, verbal abuse and humiliation while pregnant, during her time at the agency. An Edinburgh tribunal heard that The Union's managing director,...

HOTLINE: BT shortlists agencies.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... BT has shortlisted MediaCom, MediaVest and the incumbent, Zenith Media, to pitch for its pounds 23 million press buying account. Initiative Media, Walker Media and Carat have all been knocked out.

HOTLINE: The Leith Agency appoints director of account management.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... The Leith Agency has wooed Richard Marsham, a group account director at Faulds Advertising, to be its director of account management. Marsham will join in the New Year and will replace Jonathan Shinton, who leaves at Christmas for the start-up...

HOTLINE: The Union wins pitch for Danish roof window company.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... The Union has won a pitch against three international agencies to pick up the pan-European advertising for the Danish roof window company Velux's major markets, which include France, Germany and the UK. The Union was appointed two years ago to...

HOTLINE: Breville appoints Manchester's BDH/TBWA.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Breville, the electrical products manufacturer, has appointed Manchester's BDH/TBWA to run its first TV campaign for seven years. The agency's assignment is to launch its Lightning Keep Warm kettle.

HOTLINE: Former chief executives of Cato Johnson team up.(New ad agency)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Mac Cato, Gerry Postlethwaite and Jean-Paul Lafaye, the former chief executives of Cato Johnson, have teamed up to launch the brand consultancy Cato Associates.

HOTLINE: Terrence Higgins Trust encourages donations.(World Aids Day)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Terrence Higgins Trust is encouraging companies to donate their weekly flower budget to the charity in a bid to raise more money for World Aids Day on 1 December.

HOTLINE: MTV Networks Europe appoints web agency.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... MTV Networks Europe has appointed the web agency AKQA to promote the MTV Europe Music Awards 2002. AKQA will develop a pan-European viral campaign that will be replicated in seven languages with the aim of boosting the number of votes cast on...

The Sunday Times set to launch travel title.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... The Sunday Times is launching Travel, a glossy newsstand title, in a bid to capitalise on a perceived gap in the market between exclusive destinations titles and the traditional generic guidebooks. The magazine will be aimed at ABC1...

Emap bulks row leads to compensation calls.(Audit Bureau of Circulations)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Emap has been issued with a new set of Audit Bureau of Circulations figures and is bracing itself for a wave of compensation claims after it was found to have infringed the ABC's rules regarding bulk sales (Campaign, 25 October). The...

Euro RSCG to return Yahoo! to UK TV with personal finance ad.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Euro RSCG Wnek Gosper has picked up the advertising for Yahoo!'s personal finance offering in the UK, just months after the network was appointed as the company's agency of record for global projects. A new campaign by the agency marks the...

Shops shortlisted for pounds 2m Yorkshire tourist campaign.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Yorkshire tourism chiefs are shortlisting agencies to pitch for a pounds 2 million assignment to attract more visitors to the county. Agencies in London and the regions have been asked to respond to a brief with three shops likely to be...

REVIEW: The Marketing Store hits back at critics.(racy Motor Show posters)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... The Marketing Store, the agency behind the controversial Motor Show posters featuring a scantily clad woman, has hit back at the campaign's critics. The agency claims that the ads target women and are intended to show that the Motor Show is for...

REVIEW: Nick Canning poached by The Big Food Group.(Iceland grocery chain)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Nick Canning, the marketing director of News Group Newspapers, has been poached by The Big Food Group to bolster its Iceland chain. Canning, a former marketer at Heinz, was responsible for The Sun and the News of the World and had been the...

REVIEW: JCDecaux posts increase in revenue.(French outdoor advertising company)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... The French outdoor advertising company JCDecaux posted a 1.9 per cent increase in revenue to 1.14 billion euros, even though revenue for the third quarter declined by 0.9 per cent. - General release.

REVIEW: Toyota renegotiating sponsorship of Formula One.(broadcast sponsorship deal)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Toyota is understood to be renegotiating payment of its broadcast sponsorship of ITV's Formula One coverage following a decline in viewing figures. Toyota paid pounds 25 million for a four-year deal that started in March. - General release.

REVIEW: Danny Eccleston hands over reins as editor of Q.(Music periodical)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Danny Eccleston, the editor of Emap Performance's music title Q, is handing over the reins to Paul Rees, the editor of Kerrang!. Eccleston is moving to work on a series of music magazine launches. The Kerrang! deputy editor, Jason Arnopp, has...

REVIEW: The ASA upholds complaint from Lever Faberge.(Advertising Standards Authority)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint from Lever Faberge objecting to a magazine ad for Procter & Gamble's Pantene Pro-V shampoo and conditioner. The ASA upheld the complaint which refuted Pro-V's claim to be the best...

REVIEW: The Guardian to relaunch its graduate supplement.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... The Guardian is relaunching its graduate supplement, Rise, to attract university students. The move aims to increase advertising revenue and will include a thrice-yearly 32-page special edition called Rise Extra. - General release.

REVIEW: The Omnicom Group boosts its profits.(Increases its profits)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... The Omnicom Group has boosted its profits in the third quarter of 2002 by 11 per cent to dollars 126.1 million (pounds 81 million). Outside the US, the group's revenue increased by 12.6 per cent to dollars 1.8 billion for the quarter ending 30...

REVIEW: Clear Channel reports higher third-quarter profits.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Clear Channel, the world's largest radio and outdoor company, has reported higher third-quarter profits because of improved revenue from broadcast advertising. Radio revenue rose by 11 per cent to dollars 964 million with advertising improving...

REVIEW: Procter & Gamble reports net income rise.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... The FMCG giant Procter & Gamble has reported net income up from dollars 1.1 billion to dollars 1.46 billion in the three months to 30 September. Beauty care sales, including Clairol, increased by 27 per cent, with healthcare sales growing 19...

REVIEW: Leonardo appointed to launch new satellite TV channel.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Leonardo has been appointed to handle the pounds 1 million launch of a new satellite TV channel offering American and Canadian sports. The North American Sports Network appointed Leonardo to the business following a four-way pitch. Media...

REVIEW: London Underground searching for contract publisher.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... London Underground is searching for a contract publisher for its Tube magazine, which was launched earlier this month by John Brown Citrus Publishing. The publisher has been invited to repitch for the work, which may be expanded to include...

Radio gets electronic trading system.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... JICRIT, the joint radio airtime sales venture between the Commercial Radio Companies Association and the IPA, is launching an electronic trading system that could revolutionise the way radio airtime is bought and sold. The system, which...

Barclaycard puts APR at heart of ad strategy.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... BMP DDB's new television campaign for Barclaycard shows consumers embarking on outlandish shopping sprees to demonstrate the good deals offered by the credit card. The series of ads, which break on 4 November, unveil and explain...

The Economist adds ten new versions of 15-year-old posters.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... The Economist is unveiling a fresh round of poster executions this autumn, continuing the red-and-white theme introduced 15 years ago. The new campaign coincides with the launch of Well Written and Red, a book about the campaign, written by...

O2 launches media messaging campaign.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... O2 is set to take on its rivals in the media messaging market with the launch of an integrated campaign through Vallance Carruthers Coleman Priest. VCCP's campaign shows how media messaging allows users to send and receive pictures, sound...

First Direct brings badly behaved robots to homepages.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... First Direct is launching a digital campaign based on its current television ads featuring Vic Reeves and a robot. The campaign, which highlights the bank's personalised services, begins with a takeover of the homepages of MSN UK and Yahoo!...

Daz teams up with Burger King for 60s TV laundry ad spoof.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Daz is running a joint promotion with Burger King in an ad campaign that harks back to 60s laundry advertising. The Daz parent, Procter & Gamble, instigated the promotion to cash in on audience similarities in the 27- to 35- year-old...

Womankind posters parody fashion ads to discuss violence.(domestic violence charity)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R is to unveil a multimedia campaign for Womankind Worldwide, the domestic violence charity. The campaign will coincide with the international White Ribbon Campaign, launching next month. It draws attention to...

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE LEAGUE: 1 Nov.(agency rankings)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
November 1, 2002... Rank Rank Agency Total Total Net this last billings billings billings week week gained lost gained ...

MEDIA PERFORMANCE LEAGUE: 1 Nov.(agency rankings)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
November 1, 2002... Rank Rank Agency Total Total Net this last billings billings billings week week gained lost gained ...

Commercial radio still fails to match BBC rise.
November 1, 2002... Commercial radio has lost ground to the BBC, according to the Rajar listening figures for the third quarter of 2002. While the BBC's overall share was unchanged quarter on quarter at 52.6 per cent, commercial radio suffered a 0.2 per cent...

Spitfire to make TV debut with RPM3.(Spitfire Ale)
November 1, 2002... Spitfire Ale makes its television debut in November with a series of animated spots created by RPM3. Four ten-second and one 20-second ad continue the German-bashing creative theme used in the past five years' advertising, and adopt the...

WCRS reveals Radox relaxing qualities in pounds 1.6m TV campaign.(Sara Lee's Radox Herbal Bath)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Sara Lee's Radox Herbal Bath brand takes a light-hearted look at relaxation using the Gloria Gaynor hit I Am What I Am in a pounds 1.6 million television campaign created by WCRS. Launching on 4 November, the 30-second commercial shows four...

MCBD creates interactive poster in first campaign for Pretty Polly.(Miles Calcraft Briginshaw Duffy)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Miles Calcraft Briginshaw Duffy has launched its first work for the hosiery and lingerie manufacturer Pretty Polly with a national interactive poster campaign. Breaking on 4 November, six-sheet posters will run across major city centres as...

Banks Hoggins uses toddlers to promote benefits of Weetabix.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Energetic children engaged in endearing acts of mischief are the stars of a new Weetabix campaign aimed at reinforcing the brand's credentials with mothers. Banks Hoggins O'Shea/ FCB has devised the series of ads breaking in the parenting...

MEDIA FORUM: Should publishers be cutting back on bulk sales?(Give-away copies to make circulation look larger to advertisers)
November 1, 2002... Emap is the latest in a long line of publishers to be caught in a bulks fracas. Is the ABC system still open to abuse? Alasdair Reid investigates. Bulks just won't go away, will they? This is an issue that has bedevilled publishing for as...

MEDIA: ITV REBRANDING - AN EXPERT'S VIEW. ITV's new idents have a fresher feel but better programming is still needed.(Column)
November 1, 2002... It has become very easy, and very fashionable, to knock ITV. And if it was honest with itself (now there's a novel thought), ITV would have to accept that it has been the architect of its own downfall. Whether it was the ITV Digital fiasco, or...

MEDIA CHOICE: Jeremy Lee, a media reporter at Campaign, picks Diageo's latest activity for Smirnoff Black Ice.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... 'Nothing ensures brand loyalty as much as letting consumers discover the product for themselves. Of course, this can take ages. So thank goodness for ambient media. Hyperspace has taken the idea of allowing the consumer to discover the product...

MEDIA HEADLINER: A clear vision for MindShare arrives hot from the Far East.(Kelly Clark hired as chief executive)
November 1, 2002... MindShare's youthful new chief knows what he wants to improve. So who the hell is Kelly Clark, the person drafted in from MindShare's Hong Kong outpost to replace Simon Rees as its UK chief executive? This was the question on many...

MEDIA PERSPECTIVE: Editorial coverage can be a powerful commercial edge.(Motor Show ad.)
November 1, 2002... There are very few remarkable things about the Motor Show ad. The fact that its central image is that shrivelled hag of a cliche, a woman in a bra (copy: 'The other way to your man's heart is down the M6'), is probably the least remarkable of...

NEW MEDIA: SPOTLIGHT ON IPA DIGITAL MARKETING GROUP - A new agenda for IPA's digital group as Owen takes the lead.
November 1, 2002... The IPA's Digital Marketing Group's new chairman has plans, Alasdair Reid writes. The IPA's Digital Marketing Group has a new chairman: John Owen, the communications director of Starcom Motive. This may come as something of a surprise -...

NEW MEDIA: I-RECALL - DOTCOM WEEKLY AWARENESS SURVEY.
November 1, 2002... Rank Site Agency/Media Adspend Aware- April-June ness pounds (%) 1 BT ...

NEW MEDIA: WEB WATCH - SPORTS SITES.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Rank Site Address Latest monthly page impressions (millions) 1 Cricinfo cricinfo.com 156.4 2 Eurosport.com...

CLOSE-UP: NEWSMAKER - MARTIN COTTER. The hunt for Saatchis' new group chief executive.(Saatchi and Saatchi)
November 1, 2002... Martin Cotter would prefer to stay out of the spotlight, Camilla Palmer discovers. 'I am not having my photo taken!' Saatchi & Saatchi's new group chief executive is most adamant that he remains out of the spotlight. 'Put a picture of...

CLOSE-UP: ON THE CAMPAIGN COUCH ... WITH JB.(Jeremy Bullmore interviewed on the state of advertising)(Interview)
November 1, 2002... Q: The following is taken from the introduction to a book I own, published in 1931- entitled 'Advertising Administration'. 'Advertising has been for some years in a transitional stage... ' Is the fact that our industry seems to have been in a...

CLOSE-UP: LIVE ISSUE - ALCOHOL ADVERTISING. Will alcohol ads count the cost of their excesses?
November 1, 2002... Alcohol ads are in danger of straying too far from the rulebook. The UK's alcohol advertisers are walking a tight rope. Although the public rarely complains about alcohol advertising, those who study 'alcohol-related harm' are looking...

CLOSE-UP: LIVE ISSUE - MATCHMAKERS. New-business brokers have the market sewn up.(Lowe quits Orange's ad account)
November 1, 2002... With reviews getting fewer, could a new matchmaker succeed, Glen Mutel asks. Last month's pounds 43 million Orange pitch highlighted just how important the AAR is to advertising agencies. Lowe's resignation of the account sent the...

EDITORIAL: Tracking graduate recruits in adland.(Editorial)
November 1, 2002... When, in July, Campaign published an anonymous attack on the way the ad industry treats its graduate recruits, reaction ranged from empathy to disbelief. Our unidentified former industry trainee had bailed out after a few years in...

EDITORIAL: Forget health claims, drop the slogan!('Tetley loves you' slogan offensive)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
November 1, 2002... Tetley has been told by the Advertising Standards Authority to drop its exaggerated health claims, having boasted that its tea was 'rich in antioxidants that can help keep your heart healthy'. But which is more offensive - a hyped-up health...

OPINION: Mills on ... Norwich Union, dominic.mills@haynet.com.(Robin Lloyd Associates)
November 1, 2002... Briefly, let me start this column in my finest Michael Caine mode: name the tenth-largest advertiser on radio in 2001. Gotcha! The answer is, of course, Robin Lloyd Associates (who he?) which, incidentally, spent more than the likes of...

OPINION: Stuart Elliott in America.(Ad agency level of optimism)
November 1, 2002... When it comes to the mood of Madison Avenue, is black the new black? For months, a cautious optimism had started to pervade the offices of agencies across America as executives hoped that the struggling economy would pull out of its funk...

THE GRADUATES: In the first of a series looking at the reality of being a graduate trainee, Campaign asks how agencies handle recruitment in the current climate.(M and C Saatchi)
November 1, 2002... When a disillusioned, anonymous graduate trainee vented her spleen in Campaign recently about her treatment at the hands of what she perceived to be an exploitative, mundane agency world, her comments polarised readers' opinion (26 July, 2002)....

PRIVATE VIEW: Mark Wnek is the chairman and executive creative director at Euro RSCG Wnek Gosper.(Vehicle Crime Prevention ad campaign)
November 1, 2002... I've got flu and I'm abroad and rattling with American drugs so excuse my rambling. Apparently, some of my colleagues find doing Private View problematic: doing ads is hard enough without some smart-arse having a go at you in public. ...

DIARY: De Bono, Byrne and a Sony bloke constitute Isherwood's geniuses.(Saatchi and Saatchi's Innovation in Communication award to be judged by Bob Isherwood, David Byrne, Edward De Bono)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... During these harsh times, what better way to earn an extra bit of cash than by entering Saatchi & Saatchi's third Innovation in Communication award? It's perfectly simple - identify a world-class innovation that has the power to make the...

DIARY: Stormy long weekend in Amsterdam claims yet more poor Virgins.(65 employees of Virgin Radio stranded in Amsterdam by storms)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... After getting their fingers burnt by Chris Evans, you'd think Virgin Radio would be wary of boozy weekends. Especially ones that spill into the working week. Alas, it would seem that Evans-itus has spread throughout the entire office. For...

DIARY: Barbie and Red Ken?(commercial for doll during Fidel Castro program)
November 1, 2002... Thoughtful chin-scratchers watching The Discovery Channel's profile of Fidel Castro on Sunday night were doubtless a little surprised at one ad break. While you might expect to find intellectual ads targeting the highbrow audience, it...

DIARY: Pick of the week - Mother/Super Noodles.(Mother advertising agency praised for Super Noodles advertisement)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Jenny Watts likes Mother's latest Super Noodles ad: 'The gang is on form in this triumphant return, which sees the fatty foodies face off with the posh foods City boys in a minicab office. Well directed by Ringan Ledwidge, it ends with a...

DIARY: Turkey of the week - Miles Calcraft Briginshaw Duffy/Addiction.(advertisement for Addiction men's fragrance uses too many cliches)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Rebecca Beer is disappointed by Miles Calcraft Briginshaw Duffy's Addiction ad: 'Although no expense was spared on production, this 'raunchy' spot just doesn't cut the mustard. A woman smelling the scent fantasises about a man unzipping her...

DIARY: You must remember.
November 1, 2002... Well done David Caines of OgilvyOne who won last week's quiz. The correct answers were: 1. Carlsberg; 2. McDonald's; 3. Standard Life. The theme was Alan Hansen. This week, we want you to identify the ads and the theme. Fax your answers to...

ITV pushes for single sales house.(proposal for merger between Granada and Carlton)(Brief Article)
November 8, 2002... Carlton and Granada are preparing to propose a single ITV sales house in their merger submission to the Office of Fair Trading. The proposal is being driven by Granada's Charles Allen and Carlton's Michael Green. It would enable the...

Four line up to pitch for brief to relaunch Chrysalis' LBC on FM.(Chrysalis Radio to select ad agency for station relaunch)(Brief Article)
November 8, 2002... Chrysalis Radio is seeing four agencies for the relaunch of its new-look LBC radio station next year. The pitch, which is being run through the AAR, has seen an initial shortlist of six creative houses clipped to four with the final pitches...

WPP lands dollars 150m global Texaco role.(Chevron Texaco awards account to Mediaedge:cia)
November 8, 2002... ChevronTexaco has awarded its pan-European media planning and buying business to WPP's Mediaedge:cia, in a move that sees the network secure the global dollars 150 million account. Mediaedge:cia already handled the oil giant's business in...