Coca-Cola’s Iconic Clay Dolls Get a Makeover for 2018 Chinese New Year via McCann Shanghai

Coca-Cola’s Iconic Clay Dolls Get a Makeover for 2018 Chinese New Year via McCann Shanghai

Coca-Cola China has once again revived its festive ‘Clay Doll’ figures to help promote Chinese New Year festivities. The commercial from McCann Shanghai features “evolved and refreshed” versions of the animated dolls, which first appeared in Coca-Cola festive campaigns in 2001. Modelled on Chinese traditional folk dolls, the brand usually depicts the pair as gleefully […]

Budweiser and Anomaly Shanghai Launch Chinese New Year Campaign

Budweiser and Anomaly Shanghai Launch Chinese New Year Campaign

In partnership with Anomaly Shanghai, Budweiser has launched its annual Chinese New Year campaign. Continuing to build upon the platform of “Thanking those who help me, be me”, this year’s film, entitled Marathon, focuses on the story of a young woman who chooses to forgo spending the new year with her family, and instead pursue […]

10 Year Renewal of ‘Scotch Whisky’ Trademark in China Announced During Prime Minister Trade Visit

10 Year Renewal of ‘Scotch Whisky’ Trademark in China Announced During Prime Minister Trade Visit

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has renewed its collective trademarks ‘SCOTCH WHISKY’ and its translation ‘苏格兰威士忌’ in China until November 2028. As a result, Scotch Whisky is officially protected from locally produced copies for a further 10 years. The announcement was made as SWA Chief Executive, Karen Betts, joined the Prime Minister on a three-day […]

Anthem Worldwide Partners with Pladis for Jaffa Cakes Redesign

Anthem Worldwide Partners with Pladis for Jaffa Cakes Redesign

Anthem Worldwide, the global creative agency has partnered with McVitie’s owner, pladis group to redesign the Jaffa Cakes range. 2,000 Jaffa Cakes are produced every minute in the UK, 46 for every household in the country each year. With the revision of all Jaffa Cakes product formats in 2017 to better meet consumer demand, as […]

Pepsi Is Turning Two Iconic Super Bowl Ads Into Virtual Reality Experiences

Pepsi Is Turning Two Iconic Super Bowl Ads Into Virtual Reality Experiences

Pepsi is creating a virtual reality experience that places viewers inside two iconic Super Bowl ads, according to multiple sources. The effort is part of the brand’s broader Super Bowl campaign across digital and linear channels. The spots featured in the VR experience will include Cindy Crawford’s famous 1992 ad, which shows two adolescent boys […]

The Black Farmer Lays New Egg Varieties

The Black Farmer Lays New Egg Varieties

The Black Farmer, the premium meat provider, has expanded his range of eggs with two new varieties, White and Protein Plus Eggs. To go alongside his Extra Rich Yolk Free Range Eggs, the White Egg variety is a nod to nostalgia, having been popular in the past. The Black Farmer is one of the first […]

Bacardi Taps Vijay Subramaniam to Lead Business in Asia Pacific, the Middle East & Africa

Bacardi Taps Vijay Subramaniam to Lead Business in Asia Pacific, the Middle East & Africa

Family-owned Bacardi Limited, the world’s largest privately held spirits company, announced the internal promotion of Vijay S. Subramaniam, 49, to Managing Director – Asia Pacific, the Middle East & Africa (AMEA). Effective immediately, Subramaniam is responsible for leading commercial operations in the region for the company’s portfolio of premium spirits. In his new role, Subramaniam […]

Voicebox Gives SeaPak a ‘Chillaxing’ New Look

Voicebox Gives SeaPak a ‘Chillaxing’ New Look

Voicebox Creative, an established branding and packaging design agency, revealed its new packaging design for SeaPak Shrimp & Seafood Company, one of the US’ leading retail brand in the frozen specialty seafood category. SeaPak hired Voicebox to redesign its logo and 30+ product SKUs to better align the brand with its message of allowing busy […]

Tech Firm Launches Idea Beer to Get Creative Juices Flowing

Tech Firm Launches Idea Beer to Get Creative Juices Flowing

A London-based tech company are hoping to inspire creativity in the workplace and innovation in the sector by launching their own limited edition ‘Idea Beer’. Sideways 6 is a Shoreditch-based tech firm helping large organisations to collect, manage and act on employee ideas, insight and feedback. Often called ‘idea management’ or ‘innovation management’, the aim […]