Every year Christmas seems to come around a little bit earlier. It’s a time of year when we all scratch our heads and wonder, ‘what am I going to buy for my friends and family?’ For the readers the UK’s premier newspaper, the Times, this year will be different, with the inspiration they are looking for being found within The Christmas Selection Box. Published every Saturday with the Times, the Times Magazine voted magazine of the year in 2003, has gained respect as a world-class magazine. The great success of the Times Magazine has seen it become an integral part of and the essential read of the weekend. The Christmas Selection Box is distributed as an officially endorsed and branded publication with the Times Magazine.

The Christmas Selection Box will be distributed on Saturday 6th of December. Times Magazine readers are identified as being 90% ABC1, 80% are homeowners with a median age of 37, earning an average income of over 40k per year. As you can imagine, this distribution and audience gives you a great opportunity to present your products and services to potential customers at a time of year when they are not only spending more than at any other time, but are also most receptive to this kind of promotion.

The Christmas Selection Box will be predominately distributed throughout South of England. Taking a line across the UK at Northampton, The Christmas Selection Box will be distributed to all Times readers in the South East, South West, Meridian, South Wales and London and greater London regions. This will give all participants access to a readership of some 1,600,000 Times readers.

The Christmas Selection Box will be 200mm x 146mm in size and comprise 40 full colour pages printed to the extremely high production values expected by the Times and their readers. Advertisers have the option to take either a single page or a double page. Your position can be used for brand advertising, price lead promotions or value added incentives, or for a mix of advertorial and promotion.

There is no doubt that given the content and timing of this publication, the recipients of this publication will retain it throughout December making regular use of it when seeking ideas, inspiration and value for money in creating the perfect Xmas and of course New Year.

The Christmas Selection Box will also be available online at:

www.christmasselectionbox.co.uk

As part of the package there will be a printable PDF version of your advertisement with a link to your website providing compete offline and online marketing solutions this year.