AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.

Why clients are putting employees centre stage: many companies are keen to turn their staff into the brand. (Live Issue/Staff Starring In Ads).

Campaign

| November 02, 2001 | Cowen, Matthew | COPYRIGHT 2001 Haymarket Business Publications Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

As anyone who's ever glimpsed a B&Q commercial will tell you, using a company's employees in a campaign is far from a new strategy. Yet 2001 has seen an unprecedented number of staffers take centre stage in high-profile ads. The past 12 months has seen many employees becoming their company's brand.

Throughout the 80s, retail outlets proved themselves willing to use staff as cheap mouthpieces for simple tactical messages. B&Q didn't need a great thespian performer to emote the joy of realising you could get two wallpaper rolls for the price of one and Asda didn't need a sitcom star to feign excitement at the prospect of how much you could save on frozen chicken ...

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and more
Outline of Fed Ex sorting hub takes shape.
Newspaper article from: High Point Enterprise (High Point, NC) April 4, 2007 700+ words
...GREENSBORO -- Nearly nine years after Fed Ex Corp. made its announcement that transformed...will become the main sorting building for Fed Ex's next national cargo hub. The milestone...the announcement in mid-April 1998 that Fed Ex had picked the Triad for its fifth national...
Fed Ex hub taking shape.
Newspaper article from: High Point Enterprise (High Point, NC) February 5, 2007 700+ words
...Johnson Feb. 5--GREENSBORO -- The Fed Ex Corp. cargo hub remains 2 1?2 years...local subcontractors hired to help build Fed Ex's package sorting facility at Piedmont...handle the concrete for the nine-building Fed Ex complex that will cover 1 million square...
Initiative Petitions Filed to Ban Fed Ex-Type Projects.
Press release article from: Business Wire July 26, 1999 700+ words
...Clerk Friday in a bid to permanently ban Fed Ex-type freight forwarding operations in...Commission's unanimous July 15 denial of Fed Ex's application to construct a 46-acre...the area, but prohibit start-ups by Fed Ex and other newcomers. Willard E.W. Krick...
Church Group Helps Erect Fed Ex Structure at Roanoke, Va., Airport.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Cawley, Jon November 18, 1999 700+ words
...facility to raise money for their church. Fed Ex has housed its package-sorting operation...in January, said Traci Barnett, a Fed Ex spokeswoman. Martin Brothers Construction...not getting into a side business." For Fed Ex, it was the speed at which such a structure...
Fed Ex ``Castaway'' Commercial Voted Best Ad During The Big Game; More Than...
Press release article from: Business Wire January 27, 2003 700+ words
...The "Castaway" commercial created by Fed Ex won the best commercial of the championship...Wallwork Henderson Advertising. "This year Fed Ex's `Castaway' commercial won because...cast, the top five favorites were: 1. Fed Ex "Castaway" 2. Budweiser "Clydesdales...
FED EX DRIVER MAY BE GRINCH.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) December 23, 2000 700+ words
...Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer PALMDALE - A contract...an independent contractor for Fed Ex Ground, is suspected of taking...said. Prompted by an internal Fed Ex investigation, sheriff's...over to the authorities,'' Fed Ex spokeswoman Sandra Munoz said...
Fed Ex Delivers Reliable $118M.
Newspaper article from: Private Placement Letter Colomer, Nora October 30, 2000 700+ words
...sources following the deal said that both Fed Ex and the institutional investors were satisfied...pricing was described to be in line with Fed Ex's comparably rated double ETC tranches would trade. Fed Ex globally provides transportation, e-commerce...
Fed Ex noise study approved.
Newspaper article from: High Point Enterprise (High Point, NC) January 17, 2007 700+ words
...Tuesday will lessen the impact of noise from Fed Ex Corp. cargo hub jets for decades to come...late-night and early-morning flights. Fed Ex is scheduled to open its next national...country, including in Indianapolis where Fed Ex has a national cargo hub, have set up...
For more facts and information, see all results
©2009 Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.
About us | FAQs | Contact us | Privacy policy | Terms and conditions
Other Gale sites: Encyclopedia.com | HighBeam Research | Acquire Content | Books & Authors | Goliath | MovieRetriever | Smart QandA