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Does department store John Lewis' social profile rely too heavily on its Christmas campaign? Christmas may be fading into memory now, but no review of John Lewis can ignore how [...]

Marketing's comprehensive digest of the most significant industry news from the past seven days. - Brixton pounds wins at Design Awards The Brixton Pound, a local currency launched in South [...]

John Lewis and Waitrose have taken divergent approaches to ad campaigns. Waitrose's 'unglamorous' Christmas TV ad, in which it vows to donate pounds 1m it has saved in the production [...]

Marks & Spencer is to feature all 16 X Factor finalists in its Christmas ad campaign. The contestants will record a version of the Disney song When You Wish Upon [...]

Perceptions that the retailer's fashion is dated cast doubt on its ad strategy. The strategy behind Marks & Spencer's fashion ads has been criticised of late, most severely by Mail [...]

Debenhams is stepping up its campaign against airbrushing with the introduction of stringent guidelines for all its marketing material. The department store began a trial at its flagship branch on [...]

- Toys 'R' Us nostalgia Toys 'R' Us is to return to TV with its 'Magical place' ad. The spot, which first aired in the UK in 1989, will run [...]

The brand's latest food ads show it has the finesse to balance quality and value. Further back than I care to admit, in my student days, I stacked many a [...]

House of Fraser is revamping its Recognition Rewards loyalty scheme after the launch of a branded credit card. The programme, which previously incorporated only a House of Fraser store card, [...]

Marks & Spencer is promoting and stocking Take That's latest album for Christmas, following the band's appearance in its most recent ad campaign. The album, Beautiful World, which is likely [...]

House of Fraser is expected to call a pitch for its pounds 3m ad account following an internal review of the business. The department-store chain, whose incumbent agency is Hooper [...]

Marks & Spencer's resurgence is testimony to the turnaround chief executive Stuart Rose's team appears to be pulling off, helped by big-ticket advertising featuring models Twiggy and Laura Bailey. 'Arguably, [...]

Visa has become the first brand to advertise on 'quick-stop' shallow trolleys in nearly 360 Sainsbury's stores. The trolleys are part of Redbus' in-store network, which also includes [...]

What's happening? Everything we have been saying every minute of every day suddenly appears not to be true. The success of this Marks & Spencer food ad is the creative [...]

People who know me will say it is typical I have chosen to write about a fashion brand. When devouring the women's glossy magazines and weekend supplements, I always head [...]

Marks & Spencer will not use celebrities in its Christmas advertising campaign this year. Among the celebrities used by the company in last year's TV ads were Rupert Everett, Gordon [...]

This week's Adwatch is stuffed with retailers' Christmas campaigns. Boots is doing three-for-twos, B&Q is promoting a table saw for pounds 129 and the Co-op will knock you out a [...]

Marks & Spencer has created its first footwear ads to promote its spring/summer collection. The print campaign, created by Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R, uses the strapline 'Decisions, decisions, decisions', and [...]

Marks & Spencer has begun a national press campaign to allay consumer fears surrounding chicken safety, following the outbreak of bird flu in Asia. The ads carry the headline 'We [...]

The high-street giant spins a star-studded fairy tale to promote all its Christmas wares. Sam Solley reports. Marks & Spencer's latest campaign features a host of celebrities promoting the festive [...]

John Lewis is to unveil its first national TV brand campaign, with a creative theme based on the four seasons that will tie in with the retailer's seasonal layout in [...]

Fortnum & Mason has launched an Easter e-mail campaign to its existing customers. It is designed to raise awareness of its Easter gift range that can be purchased online. DM [...]

Marks & Spencer is launching its first stand-alone lingerie campaign, a press and poster drive, that sets out to express the essence of femininity and is aimed at women, rather [...]

Debenhams is to be the first fashion retailer to run an interactive TV ad, with a campaign on Sky Active. The ad will aim to bolster revenues to its mail-order [...]

Waitrose's managing director has accused rival Marks & Spencer of imitating the theme of its latest advertising campaign, which focuses on the provenance of its food. David Felwick, managing director [...]

As life expectancy increases, the world of marketing is re-focusing itself to accommodate this growing band of 'grey' consumers. In its recent press campaign, Saks in New York has suggested [...]

Yet another diabolical homeward tube journey last night led to a takeaway pizza and thus an unusually early start to the evening's viewing. Channel grazing via SkyDigital's consistently amazing EPG [...]

Tesco's Clubcard members have forced the supermarket to source an extra 20,000 cut-price Millennium Dome tickets after an original promotion offering 10,000 tickets sold out within four days. When the [...]

Marks & Spencer's festive ad campaign uses a star-studded cast talking about the meaning of Christmas in a fresh attempt to woo customers back into stores. Created by Rainey Kelly [...]