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Incentive Today: Shell: ‘claims will fail’
April 1995
A statement from Shell UK regarding claims by Don Marketing that the petroleum company used two forecourt promotions Nintendo’ and ‘Now Showing’) without its consent, ‘will fail in court’ says Shell.
Shell’s statement has been prompted by a publicity campaign conducted by Don Marketing’s managing director John Donovan and his father Alfred Donovan to highlight the company’s grievances. Despite Shell making the agency an out-of-court settlement of £60,000 over the use-without-consent issue, Alfred Donovan has recently set up a ‘Shell Corporate Conscience Pressure Group’ to bring attention to what he believes is Shell’s misconduct in relation to several promotions the company has run.
‘There are serious flaws with the “Make Money” promotion,’ says John Donovan, ‘and for this reason we have referred the promotion to the ASA.’ The promotion uses a sealed-envelope mechanic which contains correct and incorrect answers. ‘The winners can easily be identified using a torch and in addition the wrong type of glue has been used on the envelopes which means that forecourt staff can easily unseal and reseal the envelopes,’ says Donovan. Don Marketing owns the joint rights to the promotions.
Shell says Don Marketing ‘has adopted the unusual course of mounting a publicity campaign to ventilate allegations against Shell and its members of staff [… ] Shell is always anxious to resolve disputes amicably whenever possible but in this case sees no alternative but to allow the litigation to take its course.’
In response, John Donovan says: ‘We can prove everything we say.’
Link to Original Article
http://www.shellnews.net/PDFs/IncentiveTodayApril1995.pdf
Update July 2008: Contrary to the assertion that it would allow the litigation to take its course, Shell settled both claims out of court paying substantial damages and all legal costs.
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
