LONDON – Three quarters of consumers who have bought new energy deals direct from door-to-door sellers were unhappy with the deal they received, a new survey said.
LONDON – Ink Publishing, the in-flight customer magazine specialist, has won the brief to publish the customer magazine for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
LONDON – David Elstein, the former Five chief executive, has called for a radical overhaul of Channel 4, in a wide-ranging speech that also proposed funding the BBC by voluntary subscription.
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Finding new pets for your penguins? In his lively Mixx Conference session at Advertising Week, Wired editor and best-selling author Chris Anderson used humor and a child's game to again warn print publishers that they need to embrace the jarring concept of a "freemium" online business model.
LONDON – Set-top boxes for Project Canvas, the proposed catch-up digital TV initiative being developed by the BBC, ITV, Five and BT, are scheduled to be available in shops by December of next year.
LONDON – Consumers are still struggling to get to grips with online grocery shopping with two in three saying they would rather shop in-store, according to a report.
LONDON – Becky Martin, the director of Peep Show and Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, has joined the production company 2AM to work on upcoming advertising projects.
LONDON – Orange has launched a new music application to promote its voluntary service to young people.
LONDON – GyroHSR has appointed its latest intern, a student named Hussain Ali, after he won GyroHSR’s annual ‘Pitch Idol’ contest based a project featuring Apple’s iPhone.
LONDON – Insurance brand AXA UK has promoted Cheryl Toner to group marketing and communication director.
LONDON – Sky Pub Sports is looking for an agency to handle its direct marketing activity.
LONDON – As far as Facebook friends go, gorillas may be an unlikely choice. But at least they’re unlikely to spam you with messages about how much they want to escape the office to get some sun or detail their brave attempts at getting over an entirely self-inflicted hangover.
LONDON – BSkyB’s brand marketing director, Andy Brent, has left the broadcaster after a year.
London – Last night, Shelter’s House of Cards exhibition and auction launched, with the capital’s glitterati spending thousands of pounds bidding on playing cards designed by some of the world’s top artists.
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — In a potential boost for environmentally-minded marketing, Good Housekeeping is finally introducing its Green Good Housekeeping Seal with approvals for the first six beauty and cleaning products.
LONDON – A mysterious group has made an ad for Domestos featuring an older bald man pole dancing.
LONDON – British Airways is planning to charge passengers for the right to pick a seat only two months after launching a price checker to highlight easyJet and Ryanair’s additional charges.
LONDON – Demand for shares in Twitter is so great that the micro-blogging service has doubled the amount available, raising $100m (£62.5m) in new funding.
LONDON – EasyJet has launched an ad campaign attacking Luton Council for not helping to reduce airport costs.
LONDON – Unilever has made a binding offer of €1.275 billion in cash to acquire the personal care arm of the Sara Lee Corp. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval.
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