Budweiser unveiled Knitbot, a Twitter powered knitting machine, in time for the Christmas jumper season. Part of Budweiser’s campaign to advise and encourage people to appoint designated drivers over the festive season, Knitbot works by using a special chip designed to respond to hashtag mentions of #jumpers4des on Twitter. The more hashtag mentions received, the […]
After getting shoppers in Milan to share a cab ride together, Coca-Cola’s latest ‘Happiness’ stunt involved giving out free wrapping paper to shoppers in Belgium. Together with Duval Guillaume, it created billboards that dispensed wrapping paper and installed several of them in shopping malls across the country right before Christmas. Shoppers could help themselves to […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxf51cxqglk It wouldn’t be the holidays without a warm and fuzzy seasonal ad from everyone’s favorite soft drink company, and Coca-Cola’s Christmas ad is definitely high on the feel-good factor. Created by advertising agency DAVID, the ad features a Coca-Cola cab ferrying passengers amidst the busy holiday rush in Rome, picking up passengers going the […]
getWaiter!, the smartphone app which makes it easier for diners to call their waiter, has found that more of us would sooner opt for stress-free over stressful this year. More people will eat out for their main Christmas meal, with favourite menu choices being the traditional Turkey dinner, Indian cuisine and steak. As it takes […]
Over one million people admit that they drink drive once a week, according to figures released to mark the launch of this year’s ‘Designated Driver’ Christmas campaign by Coca‑Cola. One in seven drivers confessed to occasionally getting behind the wheel thinking that they had had too much to drink – although a fifth of people […]
Just when you thought Ginger Beer couldn’t get any more festive, Old Jamaica goes and launches a limited edition range of Winter Twists with Spiced Berry and Gold Spice. Imagine curling up in front of the fire as the wintery nights draw in with a glass of warming Old Jamaica Ginger Beer with a Spiced […]
If you are sick of the heartwarming ads that have been making their rounds this festive season, you may like this non-traditional KFC ad. In this video, the makers point out that people are rude and unpleasant during the season of giving—shoppers snatch toys from one another, while children break windows during their rowdy snowball […]
Dogs set to enjoy ‘season’s eatings’ as owners give them a taste of Christmas. With the celebration season around the corner, a survey from super-premium pet brand Fish4Dogs has revealed that Christmas Dinner is definitely on the menu for the pooches in our lives. As well as receiving cards, presents and special treats, many pampered […]
Love them or hate them, brussels sprouts are an inescapable fact of a good old-fashioned British Christmas – but what would you do if you were faced with 4,000 of them? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93xW3-HPOv0 That’s what happened when Artem SFX, an award-winning physical special effects company, were recently asked to help bring to life the new Christmas […]
French spirits maker Moët & Chandon is using a new approach to sell its Champagne, putting its bottles behind glass in a vending machine. The vending machine is part of the holiday gift section at British department store Selfridges, and dispenses mini bottles of Moët & Chandon. By putting its product in such an ordinary […]