Factory Media acquires two new action sports websites

LONDON – Factory Media, the action sports publisher, has acquired two new websites and appointed its first head of digital sales as the company continues to grow.

Folio Society appoints Entire for Sunday Times direct task

LONDON – Illustrated book specialists The Folio Society has briefed direct agency Entire to handle a customer acquisition programme that will tie up with the Sunday Times Fine Books brand.

Brands failing to maximise multichannel communications

LONDON – Businesses are failing to maximise their multichannel strategies because of uneven levels of customer service and frustration experienced by people using automated call centres, according to a report commissioned by BT.

Phone giants collaborate on ad metrics

LONDON – Major mobile phone operators have formed a working group to standardize the measurement of mobile advertising effectiveness.

Neighbours stutters at lunchtime after move to Five

LONDON – ‘Neighbours’ move to Five has had a mixed start after the Aussie soap drew in just 1m viewers during its lunchtime slot, around 1m fewer than the show averaged on its old home BBC One, according to unofficial overnight figures.

Off The Fence – Will a Microsoft/Yahoo merger enhance UK search?

YES – FRASER NEILSON, DIRECTOR, ALL RESPONSE MEDIA

Staff cuts at AOL as Time Warner considers future

LONDON – AOL has made at least 20 staff redundant across its UK operation, including research chief Chad Wollen.

Nickelodeon appoints commercial boss

LONDON – Viacom-owned children’s broadcaster Nickelodeon UK has appointed Kiaran Saunders as its new vice-president, commercial director.

Bonds Chesty: Bus stop

Bonds Chesty: Bus stop

Wear Australia.

Bonds Chesty turned 70 this Australia Day. The Campaign Palace, Sydney set out to remind people of its iconic status as Australia’s unofficial national uniform and get them to buy and don a Chesty for Australia Day. Bonds also donated money to the Surf Life Savers.

Advertising Agency: The Campaign Palace, Sydney, Australia
Creative Director: Georgia Arnott
Designer: Thom Davy
Creative: Jon Burden
Photographer: Neil Massey
Photographers Assistant: Lisa Lovick
Team Leader: Sasha Firth
Account Manager: Pam Lloyd

Bonds Chesty: People

Bonds Chesty: People

Wear Australia.

Bonds Chesty turned 70 this Australia Day. The Campaign Palace, Sydney set out to remind people of its iconic status as Australia’s unofficial national uniform and get them to buy and don a Chesty for Australia Day. Bonds also donated money to the Surf Life Savers.

Advertising Agency: The Campaign Palace, Sydney, Australia
Creative Director: Georgia Arnott
Designer: Thom Davy
Creative: Jon Burden
Photographer: Neil Massey
Photographers Assistant: Lisa Lovick
Team Leader: Sasha Firth
Account Manager: Pam Lloyd

Bonds Chesty: Ferry

Bonds Chesty: Ferry

Wear Australia.

Bonds Chesty turned 70 this Australia Day. The Campaign Palace, Sydney set out to remind people of its iconic status as Australia’s unofficial national uniform and get them to buy and don a Chesty for Australia Day. Bonds also donated money to the Surf Life Savers.

Advertising Agency: The Campaign Palace, Sydney, Australia
Creative Director: Georgia Arnott
Designer: Thom Davy
Creative: Jon Burden
Photographer: Neil Massey
Photographers Assistant: Lisa Lovick
Team Leader: Sasha Firth
Account Manager: Pam Lloyd

Sports-drink brands fight for supremacy

LONDON – Coca-Cola and Pepsi are to go head to head in the UK sports-drink market this year with rival promotional strategies focusing on their respective Powerade and Gatorade brands.

Young’s slams FSA fish review

LONDON – Young’s Seafood has attacked the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) decision to review its recommendation that consumers should eat at least two portions of fish a week.

Handset manufacturers plot response to iPhone

BARCELONA – Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and Samsung are hinging their global promotional strategies on a fresh generation of mobile handsets designed to compete with Apple’s iPhone.

BA eyes single shop for direct and digital work

LONDON – British Airways is set to consolidate its global digital and direct marketing accounts into a single agency.

Asda picks Avenue A Razorfish for web job

LONDON – Asda has hired Avenue A | Razorfish to oversee a multimillion-pound relaunch of its website.

Tesco back Dragons’ Den-style show to reward unknown brands

LONDON – Tesco is offering unknown food brands the opportunity to gain listings in store through a Dragons’ Den-style reality-TV show called Breaking in to Tesco.

Yahoo loses search chief amid upheaval

LONDON – Online giant Yahoo, already facing a period of uncertainty after its rejection of Microsoft’s £22.4bn takeover, has lost its top UK search executive, Richard Firminger.

Ambi Pur: Garden

Ambi Pur: Garden

Advertising Agency: Grey, Beijing, China
Executive Creative Director: Chee Guan Yue
Creative Directors: Chee Guan Yue, Adrian Zhu
Art Directors: Zhi Guo Zhou, Bin Bin Zhang, Gang Zhao
Copywriter: Zhi Guo Zhou
Retouchers: Bin Bin Zhang, Zhi Guo Zhou
Via: I believe in adv

Ambi Pur: Woods

Ambi Pur: Woods

Advertising Agency: Grey, Beijing, China
Executive Creative Director: Chee Guan Yue
Creative Directors: Chee Guan Yue, Adrian Zhu
Art Directors: Zhi Guo Zhou, Bin Bin Zhang, Gang Zhao
Copywriter: Zhi Guo Zhou
Retouchers: Bin Bin Zhang, Zhi Guo Zhou
Via: I believe in adv