Under the Radar, Big Tobacco, Big Pharma, Smart Spy, Dragons – Marketing Matters Mar/Apr 2015 ISSUE 43

JACK GOES UNDER THE RADAR A recent Channel 4 Dispatches documentary Politicians for Hire trawled twelve well-known names with fake offers of lucrative …

A CHOKER FOR BIG TOBACCO The marketing of cigarettes is to be restricted in the UK after MPs in the House of Commons voted by 367 to 113 to require tobacco …

BIG PHARMA CON? Legal action for allegedly misleading its customers with its marketing is being brought against pharma firm Reckitt Benckiser in Australia by the …

SMART SPY IN THE HOME TV manufacturers Samsung has advised its customers that its Smart sets that have a voice recognition system and connection to the internet …

TIGER SAVAGES DRAGONS Tiger Mobiles, a smart phone comparison site rejected for a slot on the Dragon’s Den reality BBC2 TV series by the producers in 2008 have …

KING OF THE FILM ADAPTATIONS A recent BT TV survey of books that adapted into successful films placed the Harry Potter collection by J K Rowling top of the list …

JEREMY PULLS IT OFF News that mild-mannered and softly-spoken Jeremy Clarkson has been suspended by the BBC from its popular Top Gear shows for allegedly …

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