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LONDON – Women are drastically cutting back on the amount of lipstick they buy during the recession, despite the common belief that women buy more lipstick in tough times, according to research by Mintel Beauty Innovation.

LONDON – Mullerlight is backing a promotion for free trips to New York with a £1m TV campaign.

LONDON – FremantleMedia, the production company behind ITV’s ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ has secured a deal with YouTube to start selling ads around clips of Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle.

LONDON – BBC One’s live coverage of the Bafta television awards ceremony last night saw an average audience of 4.3m tuning in across the two-hour broadcast, hosted by comedian Graham Norton, almost 18% of the available audience.

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — One of the ways that Omnicom's BBDO is adjusting to the digital age is by growing its Proximity network of ad agencies. Created about six years ago, the heavily digital Proximity has 2,000 employees and offices in 55 countries. It's now expanding into the U.S. with a presence in New York, Chicago, Minneapolis and Cincinnati. BBDO CEO Andrew Robertson details the recent success of its chocolate mail and treehouse campaigns.

LONDON – UPS has called a global review of its above-the-line, media buying, relationship marketing and digital advertising accounts.

Un superbe ensemble de pièces de porcelaine. Elles proviennent du designer d’objets néerlandais Aldo Bakker pour les producteurs Ottink Frans. La collection comprend 5 objets en porcelaine dédié à la table, de la carafe d’eau au récipient pour lait. Plus d’images dans la suite.

LONDON – Global Radio has made one of its biggest public interventions in the debate over the future of digital radio, with chief executive Stephen Miron calling on the Government to set a date for digital radio switchover.

LONDON – MySpace has appointed former Facebook boss Owen Van Natta as its new chief executive as part of a restructure that recently saw the departure of the social networking site’s co-founder Chris DeWolfe.

LONDON – The West End Marketing Alliance (WEMA) and London Mayor Boris Johnson and Visit London have co-created their first campaign to drive footfall to the district.