Marketing Matters May/June 2010 ISSUE 13

SEXUALISING KIDS FOR PROFIT
UK discount clothes retailer Primark has withdrawn padded bikini tops aimed at girls as young as seven, amid concerns that they were sexualising children for a profit….

CAN WE TRUST HMRC?
A report in the Daily Telegraph indicates that, just three years after Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) lost the confidential details of 25 million….

ON NOT GIVING A TOSS ABOUT CHINA
The Chinese public are staying away in their hundreds of thousands from the Shanghai World Expo, which showcases China’s rising influence on the world stage….

VOUCHERS WORK THEN
The use of discount vouchers is up by 25% from last year, according to some recent research from moneysupermarket.com ….

HOLD THE TUNA
According to a recent report published in Ethical Consumer magazine consumers should avoid eating most species of tuna….

PUSSY GALORE
Meanwhile a fish and chip shop in Bourton-on-the-Water, Glos. has been doing its bit for the environment by supplying its customers with lashings of cheap, tasty….

NEW SHOW
The Incentives & Promotional Marketing – Live show takes place at the NEC, Birmingham, 21-22 September offering exhibitors, educational seminars and….

KING OF COMEDY
The UK’s most under-rated comedian must be Michael Roberts, chief executive of the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC)….

DELIA PULLS IT OFF
A fascinating take on ethics by Delia Smith has been reported by Private Eye….

AN OSCAR FOR ____________?
Given the frantic efforts by the leaders of our main political parties to market themselves on live TV debates it might be interesting to recall the words of former Premier Sir….