BBH floats Ila rape alarm company on AIM

by Noel Bussey, 10 March 2010, 2:30pm

LONDON - Bartle Bogle Hegarty has floated the company behind its Ila rape alarm, launched by its brand invention arm Zag, on the Alternative Investment Market with a market value of more than £4.5m.

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Ila alarm: floated on the Alternative Investment Market

The personal alarm, which looks like a mobile phone and emits a female scream instead of the classic alarm sound, was floated as Ila Security on Friday, following a reverse takeover of Baylon Holdings.

BBH launched Zag in 2006 in a bid to develop new revenue streams over and above traditional advertising.

The business then put two products on the market in October 2008. One was the rape alarm, which is stocked in Marks & Spencer, and the other a selection of vegetarian ready-meals, called Pick Me that are available in more than 1,000 Tesco stores.

The agency is now preparing to launch five more versions of the alarm later in the year, including Ila Sport, Ila Hook and Ila Leash.

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Andy Knell - 10 March 2010

How do you patent a human scream?

Mark Palmer - 10 March 2010

Admire BBH's original approach to show its belief in its ideas. That said - the alarm apparently does not work if attacked inside large Renaults....'In Espace Nobody can hear you scream" \(sic Alien)