Table 3 Common Service providers
From: Can internal tobacco industry documents be useful for studying the UK alcohol industry?
Service Provider (Description; Date) | Alcohol industry | Tobacco industry |
|---|---|---|
Law Society Commerce & Industry Group (1977) | Group member companies have multiple alcohol industry clients | Group member companies have multiple tobacco industry clients |
Nitrosamine processing laboratories (1979) | Allied | BAT |
Keenan McLaughlin Inc. (Advertising Agency; 1981) | Bass | Cigarette Warning Project, unspecified tobacco industry clients |
Research Disclosure Magazine (1982) | Watney | BAT |
Bank of New York (1989) | Allied, Guinness | BAT |
Shook Hardy & Bacon (Law Firm; 1990, 1998) | Guinness | American Brands, Brown and Williamson, Phillip Morris, RJ Reynolds |
First Magazine (International Affairs Journal; 1993) | Multiple alcohol industry actors | Tobacco Advisory Council |
International Advertising Association (IAA; 1993) | The Scotch Whisky Association (Edinburgh), Centre for Information on Beverage Alcohol (London), the Federation Internationale des \Vine at Spirtueux (Paris), Distilled Spirits Council of the US (DISCUS, US), Anheuser-Busch, Seagram, Heineken, Allied Lyons, Bacardi International, Guinness, Heublein, Hiram Walker-Allied Vintners, IDV, Whitbread. | Phillip Morris and other unnamed companies |
Raeburn Keslake, (Corporate Affairs Training Provider; 1995) | Whitbread, Grand Met, United Distillers, Ushers Brewery | BAT, Kraft (Philip Morris) |
Interbrand (Global Branding Consultancy; 1995) | Anheuser-Busch, Bass, Bacardi, Heineken, Guinness, Grand Met, Miller, Seagram | Japan Tobacco, Philip Morris, Brown and Williamson, RJ Reynolds |
Mindy Goldberg Associates (Market Research & Analysis; 1998) | Bass, Guinness, Seagram | RJ Reynolds, RJR-Nabisco, Kraft (Philip Morris) |
Field Marketing Inc. (1999) | Allied Domecq, Guinness, Coors, Brown Forman, Bacardi-Martini | Philip Morris, USA |
Marketing Connections (Consultancy; 2000) | Guinness Import Co. (Bass, Pilsner Urquell) & Jose Cuervo | Newport, Camel/ Salem, Benson & Hedges, Marlboro, Virginia Slims (Philip Morris) |
Cambridge Group (Business Strategy Consulting; 2000) | Guinness | Lorillard |
GIRA (research consultancy; undated) | Bass-Charrington, Hueblein, Kronenbourg, Labatt, Scottish & Newcastle | BAT, Imperial, Reemstma |