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Tetley has picked Miles Calcraft Briginshaw Duffy to replace Leo Burnett on its pounds 8 million account as part of efforts to find a consistent positioning for the brand.
MCBD was chosen to handle the business ahead of Campbell Doyle Dye. Wieden & Kennedy pulled out of the running on the eve of the pitch because of fears of a clash with its newly acquired Starbucks account in the US.
Andrew Dobson, the tea company's marketing manager, cited MCBD's 'strategic thinking and its understanding of the tea consumer' as the reasons for the agency's appointment.
New advertising will begin later this year, culminating in a reappraisal of the Tetley brand, which the company began two years ago. The Tetley business was won by D'Arcy, now part of Burnett, in 1979.
The brand has struggled to position itself since ditching the famous Tetley Teafolk characters, who were regarded as too ...