TOP 10 COMPANIES BY SPEND: AUGUST 2003
Hospital Plan Insurance Service £7.97m
MBNA Europe Bank £5.25m
Loans Company UK £3.78m
Capital One £3.74m
Lloyds TSB £3.69m
Debenhams £3.08m
Barclays Bank £2.93m
Book Club Association £2.42m
Halifax £2.15m
Damart £1.92m
MAILERS BY VOLUME: AUGUST 2003
Hospital Plan Insurance Service 17.71m
MBNA Europe Bank 11.67m
Loans Company UK 8.40m
Capital One 8.30m
Lloyds TSB 8.20m
Barclays Bank 6.52m
Debenhams 5.80m
Halifax 4.77m
Virgin Money 4.20m
Barclaycard Services 4.02m
MAIL ORDER SECTOR BY SPEND: AUG 2003
Kaleidoscope £1.42m
Debenhams £1.25m
Damart £1.23m
Redcats UK £1.23m
Littlewoods £0.86m
Healthy Living £0.83m
Shop Direct £0.73m
Freemans £0.67m
Inspired Choices £0.63m
Scotts of Stow £0.60m
CHARITIES BY VOLUME: AUGUST 2003
IFAW 1.91m
PDSA 1.74m
Help the Aged 0.96m
World Children's Rescue Fund 0.75m
Sight Savers International 0.72m
British Heart Foundation 0.65m
UNICEF 0.63m
British Red Cross 0.60m
RNID 0.52m
RSPCA 0.51m
Nielsen Media Research estimates direct mail spend by grossing up
mailing volumes from a panel of 6,000 individuals profiled and weighted
to be representative of the GB population, and applying our own
estimates of post and production costs. More information about our panel
is available on our website market movements.com