THE BIG ADVERTISING SPENDERS OF 1995-96

The 15 Largest Advertisers on Russian National TV
May 1995

Rank Company (Major Brands) Expenditure on TV airtime
1 Mars-Russia $3,153,133
Mars and other chocolate bars, Uncle Ben's, Whiskas, Pedigree
2 Procter & Gamble $2,287,792
Tide, Ariel, Clearasil, Head & Shoulders and other shampoo products
3 Stimorol $939, 242
Dirol, Stimorol, V6
4 Polaroid $880,000
Polaroid
5 Unilever $868,600
Lipton, Omo, Signal, Lux, Sun Silk, Brooke Bond, Club
6 Wrigley $752,208
Wrigley, Orbit
7 Nestlˇ $561,633
Nuts, Nesquik
8 L'Oreal $424,736
Elseve, Volume Up, Casting, Plenitude
9 Matsushita Electronics Industrial Co., Ltd $423,475
Panasonic products
10 Schweppes Int.,Ltd $415,800
Schweppes, Vimto
11 Imperial Bank $386,000
12 Sorti $370,015
Sorti soaps
13 European Trade Bank $362, 708
14 Smithkline Beecham $346,960
Aquafresh, Coldrex, Panadol, Andrew's Answer
15 Danone $320,500
Danette, Veloute, Fjord, Danone et fruits, Bio, Petit Gervais
Total $31,537,379

The 15 largest Advertisers
May 1996

1 Procter & Gamble $6,592,046
Camay and other soaps, Old Spice, Always, Pampers, Tide and other detergents, Clearasil, Folgers, Pantene PRO-V and other shampoos
2 Mars-Russia $2,641,042
Lego, Pedigree, Whiskas, Mars and other chocolate bars
3 Wrigley $1,795,875
Wrigley, Orbit
4 Stimorol $1,343,025
Dirol, Stimorol
5 Nestlˇ $1,322,688
Nuts, Lion and other chocolate bars, Nescafˇ, Maggi, Nestlˇ, Nesquik
6 Ferrero $1,222,226
Nutella, Raffaello, Tic-tac, Kinder
7 Unilever $1,208,517
Sun Silk, Omo Liposystem, Brooke Bond, Lux, Timotei
8 Polaroid $1,065,275
Polaroid
9 C Pro $1,040,000
Invite
10 Samsung Electronics $1,043,025
Samsung products
11 Korpora-Tresmontes $962,775
Yupi, Zuko
12 Merloni $714,575
Ariston, Indesit
13 Smithkline-Beecham $710,500
Panadol, Aquafresh, Solpadeine, Coldrex, Andrew's Answer
14 Coca-Cola $656,150
Fanta, Coca-Cola
15 Philips $633,425
Philips, Philips Match Line
Total $60,888,528
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