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- Acorn Launches Consumer Marketing Push
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- Acorn Computers has launched an aggressive consumer marketing campaign by
- appointing Roose & Partners as its new advertising agency. Worth in excess
- of #1m, the account was won by Roose & Partners in a three way competitive
- pitch with incumbent Primary Contact and The Brompton Agency.
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- Richard Percy, Acorn's Consumer Sales and Marketing Manager, comments: "We
- needed to appoint an agency with the ability to position Acorn aggressively
- in the consumer marketplace in the critical run up to Christmas. Working
- closely with our marketing team, we believe Roose & Partners will help us
- raise both market profile and brand awareness with their high quality
- advertising."
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- Ted Roose, Managing Director of Roose & Partners, says: "The strengths of
- the full range of Acorn home computers cannot be adequately demonstrated by
- advertising alone. Therefore we have developed a total communications
- programme which enables purchasers to obtain a highly entertaining and
- informative demonstration simply and conveniently at home."
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- Ends
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- Notes to Editors:
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- Founded in 1978, with 1992 revenues of #48.2 m, Acorn Computers has become
- one of the UK's leading suppliers of personal computer products to the
- consumer and education sectors. The powerful and innovative consumer
- product range, made up of the Archimedes range of computers, is based on the
- RISC OS operating system and uses technology based on the the ARM microchip.
- With over 2,500 games, entertainment and business software titles available,
- the Archimedes provides the ideal solution for home computing. Acorn
- Computers Limited is part of the Acorn Computer Group plc, which went public
- on the USM in 1983.
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