Posts made in September, 2014

on Sep 29, 2014

By Natalie Mortimer Budget supermarket Aldi has claimed that the ongoing price wars between Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s has helped it achieve stronger growth in the first half of 2014 than in the first six months of last year. Sales increased 36 per cent to £5.3bn in the year to December 2013 while pre-tax profit increased 65 per cent to £261m. Aldi’s basket size has also continued to grow; according to Neilsen data it is now the second largest in the UK, behind Asda, with on average 17 items. Matthew Barnes, group managing director of Aldi, said the aggressive price cuts at the big four Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Sep 29, 2014

By John McCarthy A Bristol-based Twitter troll who bombarded a prominent female Labour MP with sexist and threatening abuse has been jailed for 18 weeks. Delivery driver Peter Nunn, 33, was today (Monday 29 September) jailed for retweeting “menacing” posts threatening to rape Stella Creasy, Labour MP for Walthamstow. The prosecution branded Nunn’s tweets as a “campaign of hatred” after Nunn started abusing the MP last July after she backed a successful bid to get Jane Austen on the British £10 banknote – a campaign started by feminist Caroline Criado-Perez who received similar abuse. Nunn retweeted a series of vile messages threatening to rape and drown Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Sep 29, 2014

By James Doleman Richemont’s Maisons, which owns luxury brand Cartier, has stressed that its legal challenge to internet service providers (ISPs) to block websites using its trademarks is not to “restrict freedom of speech” but about “protecting customers”. Cartier took court action last week to demand that ISPs – BSkyB, BT, EE, TalkTalk and VirginMedia – stop customers accessing pages where its trademark was being used to sell counterfeit versions of its watches and jewellery. A spokesperson for Richemont’s Maisons told The Drum: “This action is about protecting Richemont’s Maisons and its customers from the sale of counterfeit goods online through Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Sep 29, 2014

By James Swift One of Ogilvy & Mather’s longest-serving employees, Robert “Bobby” Norris, has died at the age of 77. Read full story › Source: Campaign...

on Sep 29, 2014

By Mike Goode Christina Lamb is – in many ways – an unlikely-looking war correspondent but if you watch this film, you’ll quickly realise how little someone needs to resemble the stereotype of the battle-hardened tough guy to possess the requisite bravery and fortitude. This is a mesmerising portrait from a really excellent series and as much as its makers try to persuade us that this isn’t really advertising, it possesses a tremendous power which makes you want to support the work of people like Lamb far more effectively than a 30″ commercial ever could. Creative Agency: Grey LondonCreative Director: Phil Lind / Dave MonkFilm Read full story › Source: The Drum...