-
Media
It’s the PR triumph of the year – The Taste’s Nigella Lawson is our new national treasure
Oscar Wilde is alleged to have said “There is only one thing worse than being talked about and that’s not…
Read More » -
Advertisers
Will Christmas update show that Marks & Spencer’s brand management problems haven’t gone away?
A number of commentators in the broadsheet business press are predicting dire news from Marks & spencer when it releases…
Read More » -
Advertisers
Who scored highest in our UK Christmas ads round-up?
The crop of seasonal advertising is a feast of creativity and production but, inevitably, it always ends up with the…
Read More » -
Advertisers
Paul Simons: my person, agency and ad of the year
Person of the year This was the easiest for me as David Droga deserves to be voted most influential person…
Read More » -
Advertisers
Beware the appointment of a new marketing director – as CHI is finding out with ‘successful’ client Argos
Agencies are always unsettled when a new marketing director arrives at one of their clients. The wisdom handed down over…
Read More » -
Advertisers
Memo to UK politicians: don’t get hung up about gender-specific ads to girls and boys – they’re different
I’ve just seen some political madness from a group of Labour MPs who have called for an end to ads…
Read More » -
Advertisers
Tesco walks the talk at Xmas with food donations
I’ve read quite a few funny articles about the Christmas barrage coming at us from all directions. The most common…
Read More » -
Advertisers
Paul Simons: why Jaguar’s marketing could benefit from the ‘Born to be wild’ treatment
Simon Francis’s recent article on the car market provides an interesting insight into the big challenge of how we buy…
Read More » -
Advertisers
What real people think about the M&S brand
Hot on the heels of the various comments on the Christmas advertising barrage, I experienced a real life large focus…
Read More »