Baton met puck this weekend when two cultures collided at an ice hockey match in Helsinki, Finland, where two teams battled it out to a soundtrack fuelled by an 85-strong symphony orchestra and choir. Internationally renowned conductor Nick Davies, raised the roof of the Helsinki Ice Hall, nicknamed “The Beast Cave”, on Saturday 12 October to celebrate the 200th anniversary […]
As the clocks go back and the days get shorter, Sol is inviting Londoners to come down and enjoy a Sol in the sun at UK’s first bar where the sun never sets! Between Thursday 24th and Saturday 26th October, The Sol Bar will extend the British summertime by bottling up the feel-good power of the sun […]
Mixologist extraordinaire, Franck Dedieu, has been announced as the UK Brand Ambassador for St-Germain. The French liqueur brand has chosen the award-winning bartender to use his extensive experience and passion to build brand awareness, advocacy and loyalty with the on-trade as well as consumers. One of Dedieu’s focus for the brand is to facilitate a stronger relationship with […]
Organic, raw chocolate brand Raw Halo has launched its new brand identity and packaging across its range of vegan bars, with design by London-based agency B&B studio. Now available in Waitrose, Ocado and Holland & Barrett, Raw Halo bars are crafted using ethically sourced ingredients including single-origin cacao and coconut sugar. At the heart of Raw […]
Lidl is a challenger brand in Sweden, competing against grocery-giant duopoly ICA and Co-op. To grow eight percent year over year, while the category only grew three percent, Lidl has relied on creativity rather than large marketing spend. In a new campaign called Lidl Micromarket, the brand asks customers that love Lidl to open-up “shop” inside their home. By inviting friends who are sceptic about Lidl’s […]
McDonald’s have launched Great Tastes of the World for the seventh year. Created by Leo Burnett London, the latest addition to a series of films is The Canadian Stack. Building upon the success of the previous six years, Great Tastes of the World encourages McDonald’s customers to flirt with adventure through a range of delicious […]
Sedley Place has been collaborating with Roust’s Design Team to evolve Russian Standard Original in response to market factors and changing consumer perceptions. Russian Standard has seen significant growth in sales volume over recent years, and has become the second largest vodka brand in the UK, but the brand hasn’t launched new, more contemporary packaging […]
Weetabix, one of the UK’s leading breakfast cereal, is hitting the airwaves for the first time since 2014 in a bid to reach new audiences and remain front of mind in the dynamic breakfast sector. There are two separate executions, entitled ‘Noah’ and ‘Rome’. Both adverts depict epic historic and biblical feats taking place, all […]
Just Eat announced its sponsorship of The X Factor for the third year running with a series of light hearted idents, created by McCann London. The idents celebrate the joy of a Saturday night takeaway coupled with the nation’s favourite talent show to illustrate that joy can come in many forms. In the 5”, 10” […]
Carlsberg Group has updated on its journey to create the world’s first ‘paper’ beer bottle made from sustainably-sourced wood fibres that is both 100% bio-based and fully recyclable. Carlsberg has unveiled two new research prototypes of its Green Fibre Bottle, which are the first ‘paper bottles’ to contain beer. Carlsberg also announced it has been […]