All Household articles – Page 33

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    Cleaning clout of Fairy goes into scourers and sponges

    2001-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Hands that do dishes are to get new help with the washing up as the famous Fairy brand is extended into sponges and scourers. The 41-year-old brand, synonymous with washing up liquid and protecting housewives' hands, has three products in the...

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    Persil Black Velvet fills black hole in UK laundry

    2001-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Lever Fabergé is bringing out Persil Black Velvet, a liquid detergent for dark clothes, to fill one of the few gaps left in the UK laundry market. The new liquid, which is a main wash biological detergent, will be on shelves next week. It has...

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    Inside Soap surfs the celeb scene

    2001-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Attic Futura is pulling out all the stops to raise the profile of its Inside Soap magazine. The title is hosting a celebrity party to toast the winners of the Inside Soap Awards 2001 and, to make the most of media coverage, has hired a public...

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    Brandwatch profile: toilet tissue, kitchen towels

    2001-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Top toilet tissue and kitchen towels by media £k Jul 00 - Jun 01 Total Press Radio Outdoor TV Direct Mail Total ...

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    The Grocer star products: the right stuff?

    2001-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Which of this years' new arrivals looks as if they're getting it right asks Karen Dempsey A long-term battle between Unilever and P&G over their recent Persil Capsules and Ariel Liqui-tabs laundry products is now under way. These are just two of...

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    Non-food brands: Overhaul for Andrex

    2001-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Kimberly-Clark is aiming to shake up the market with a major overhaul of its Andrex toilet tissue brand. The thickness of the toilet rolls will be increased by 18% and prices slashed by 14% to reflect the change. A four-pack will fall from an rsp...

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    Domestos doubles up

    2001-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Lever Fabergé is extending its Domestos range to include a new double-barrelled, two- layer, all-purpose household cleaner: Domestos Bi-Actif. And it is backing the new boy's launch with £3m. The top layer of Bi-Actif is aimed at removing stubborn...

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    Brandwatch profile: washing detergent

    2001-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Top 15 brands advertised (by media) £k Mar '00 - Feb '01 Total Press Radio Outdoor TV Total 36,956 ...

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    Müller plans sky high sales as its summer of love theme take

    2001-05-19T00:00:00Z

    Yogurt brand leader Müller plans to do to yogurt's image what Häagen-Dazs did to ice cream's in a new umbrella campaign for its brands. It has just revealed the first ad in a £10m series across its product portfolio this week and it's rather...

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    Sniffing around shelves

    2001-05-05T00:00:00Z

    Lever Brothers is encouraging shoppers to sample the fragrance of Surf Washing Tablets before they buy in a point of purchase squeeze and sniff' promotion. A device called Poparama' ­ from The Aroma Company ­ is integrated into on-shelf trays...

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    Andrex's canine defence is promotion full of beans

    2001-05-05T00:00:00Z

    The latest puppy promotion for Andrex will be let off its lead in the middle of this month. The Andrex Mini Bean Puppies can be won from mid May to August by collecting six tokens from promotional packs plus £2.50 per puppy. There are four to...

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    Storewatch promotrack: key brand activity in the big four

    2001-03-31T00:00:00Z

    Andrex wipes out the competition as domestic matters dominate The brand chart has witnessed dramatic changes with one of seven new entries ­ Andrex ­ shooting straight in at number one with the use of gondola ends, off fixture displays and...

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    Brandwatch profile: ice cream

    2001-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Top 15 brands advertised (by media) £k Jan '00 - Dec '00 Total Press Cinema Radio Outdoor TV Total 20,308 2,634 ...

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    Cif looks to clean up

    2001-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Lever Fabergé is expanding its cleaning products portfolio with two launches and is spraying a total of £4.5m in marketing support behind them. Cif Glass and Window Wipes, the first new product under the brand's international name, are supported...

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    Colombo eyes retail

    2001-02-10T00:00:00Z

    General Mills-owned US frozen yogurt brand Colombo, which will be introduced to the UK grocery trade next month, aims to rival premium ice cream brands Ben & Jerry's and Häagen-Dazs. The products have previously only been available to the catering...

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    Capsule revolution for Persil

    2001-02-03T00:00:00Z

    Exclusive Mary Carmichael Lever Fabergé is confident that its new Persil Capsules, due for launch in April, will do for liquids what tablets have done for powders, and it's prepared to back the claim with nearly £9m. The capsules offer a...

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    The Grocer top products survey: paper

    2000-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Procter & Gamble has enjoyed a very successful year in paper products and nowhere more so than in bathroom tissues. Charmin put the wind up the fiercely competitive bathroom tissue sector. And in kitchen towels, P&G stole a march on the opposition...

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    The Grocer top products survey: laundry

    2000-12-16T00:00:00Z

    After all the excitement and growth in the market following the hugely successful launch of Persil Tablets, this year has been relatively uneventful. Sales are down, mainly because manufacturers have been phasing out the more expensive concentrated...

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    Cheerio Jif, welcome Cif

    2000-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Jif is to become Cif in January in a Lever Brothers drive to bring its global operations in line. It is booting out the Jif name because Cif is more popular across multinational operations. The cleaning products are currently available in 60...

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    The Grocer focus on alcoholic drinks: spirits

    2000-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Tool up with UDV Shopper insight is at the heart of UDV's initiatives for 2001, from how they make buying decisions, how they surf' the fixtures and what visual messages work. UDV's work on understanding shopper habits is proving a useful tool...