All Marketing articles – Page 267
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Profiles and QandAs
My Alternative CV - Sarah Swainson, Bavaria’s UK marketing manager
What's your nickname? Squares. I'm sure this was a compliment from school days Who was your first teenage crush and why? Paul Young. Sadly, I saw him at a free concert years later and it spoiled the whole thing.
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My Alternative CV - Michael Cohen, marketing director, Whole Earth Organic 10/10
What's your nickname? The Eyebrow When was the first time you got drunk and what did you drink? I remember downing a whole bottle of the sweetest dessert wine imaginable in one go during a school trip to France... not a pretty sight!
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Kellogg's rethinks web marketing to children
Kellogg's is raising its commitment to healthier living by bringing out a healthy snack, axing two of its most child-friendly websites and introducing an on-pack cycling promotion. A Mini Breaks bagged snack is being launched under the...
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My Alternative CV - Mariam Ridley, marketing manager, J Wray & Nephew
What's your nickname? Riddles. I like to think it's derived from my surname, not my presentation style. Who was your first teenage crush and why? Derek. He was tall, blond and worked in a record shop - when you're 14 there is nothing better. What...
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In Brief: Ward joins Spar; New marketing chief; Skillsmart patrons; Strathmore shake-up
Ward joins Spar Martha Ward has joined Spar in the new role of sales development and implementation manager. She was previously retail support manager at high street retailer Robert Dyas and has also worked for discounter Aldi as an area manager....
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Wine trade told to find more marketing tools
The wine trade is "obsessed" with provenance and needs to find other ways to persuade consumers to pay more than £5 for a bottle, delegates at the London International Wine & Spirits Fair were told this week."Provenance might be a...
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Profiles and QandAs
My Alternative CV - Stephanie Kean, Director of Sales and Marketing for the Serious Food Company
What's your nickname? Teffy (my sister couldn't pronounce her s's and it stuck) Who was your first teenage crush and why? The bad boy in school who sat across me in chemistry. I was the school frump and he teased me about my quilted anorak and blew...
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My Alternative CV - Susan Beetlestone, general marketing manage, United Co-operatives
What's your nickname? Beetlejuice - not sure what it is when my back is turned, though. Who was your first teenage crush and why? Stuart 'Woody' Wood of the Bay City Rollers. I've seen him recently - let's just say he's not worn well. When was the...
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My Favourite Things Ben Johnson, marketing director, The Grocery Company
What's your favourite restaurant? The Chilli Club Thai Restaurant in Lymm, Cheshire. Great, authentic food and a warm welcome for my kids.Do you prefer healthy food or junk food? I enjoy both but it's all about balance. Have you...
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Eat Natural in £1m marketing spend
Healthy snack bar producer Eat Natural has embarked on a £1m marketing campaign, its biggest brand support package to date. The activity, which includes advertising in consumer and trade press - a first for the company - kicks...
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Cadbury marketing stunt backfires
Cadbury Schweppes has apologised for a US marketing stunt which led to the closure of a US cemetery.
The firm had promoted its soft drink brand Dr Pepper by launching a gold coin treasure hunt in return for cash prizes. However, the hunt in… -
Profiles and QandAs
My Favourite Things Debra Eddy, senior marketing manager, General Mills UK
What's your favourite restaurant and why? Auberge in Cobham, Surrey. The menu is French, the food is great quality and it's a relaxing place. Do you prefer healthy food or junk food? Healthy with the occasional lapse! Have you...
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Comment and Opinion
Retail micro-marketing: a cocktail for discrimination
The current Competition Com-mission inquiry into the grocery market is examining competition issues in three key areas. These are: retailers' behaviour towards suppliers, retail competition in local markets, and the planning regime and...
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Solomons has new Waitrose marketing role
Waitrose has introduced a new director's role following the departure of marketing director Christian Cull. Supply chain director Tony Solomons will take on marketing responsibilities for Waitrose as the first-ever customer development...
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My Favourite Things Caroline Clarke, marketing manager, Heinz Tomato Ketchup
What's your favourite restaurant and why? Rosa's in Westbourne Park, London. It can be relied on for classic dishes. Its fish pie is great. Do you prefer healthy food or junk food? Healthy food but I don't always have the will- power to...
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Condon takes marketing role at Tesco
James Condon, former head of global marketing for George at Asda, has joined Tesco as its new head of brand communications and trade planning. Condon joined Asda in September 2003 to take on the responsibility for marketing Asda's George...
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Profiles and QandAs
My Favourite Things Nigel Parrott, group marketing director, New Covent Garden Food Co
What's your favourite restaurant and what do you like about it? Finos in Charlotte Street, London. The tapas is informal and the foie gras is the best I've had in the UK. It's run by the sons of the owner of Hambleton Hall in Rutland. Do...
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Profiles and QandAs
Marketing big hitter at bigger Lactalis
Martin Rickenback has been appointed to the new role of group marketing director for Lactalis McLelland, which includes the former Lactalis UK and Ireland operations and Glasgow-based cheesemaker A McLelland & Son. Lactalis said the...
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Palmer makes a move to invest in marketing
The personal hygiene giant Kimberly-Clark has appointed Tony Palmer as its new chief marketing officer. Palmer joins the company from his four-year post as UK managing director for food company Kellogg.In a new role for...
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Gutierrez lands PepsiCo marketing role
PepsiCo International Foods has appointed Peter Gutierrez, the head of PepsiCo drinks in the UK and Ireland, to the new role of marketing officer following a company restructure. Gutierrez, who joined the food and drink giant in 1991 as...