Coca-Cola Trials Virtual Assistant in Digital-Shopper Marketing Drive

Coca-Cola Trials Virtual Assistant in Digital-Shopper Marketing Drive

Coca-Cola Enterprises has created a virtual assistant as part of a new digital shopper marketing trial to engage retailers and drive awareness of its 2014 ‘Share a Coke’ campaign. The assistant, called Isabelle, will be used to update retailers visiting Dhamecha cash and carry depots in London on the drinks company’s summer plans for the […]

Guinness Will Make a Lager for Bud-Swilling Americans

Guinness Will Make a Lager for Bud-Swilling Americans

Americans just don’t seem to appreciate a pint of black, creamy Guinness. Volume sales of the Irish stout in North America fell 6 percent in the 12 months ended June 30, reported Guinness maker Diageo, following a 2 percent decline a year earlier. Among other efforts to revive Guinness sales—including the “Made of More” ad campaign—Diageo is introducing […]

Bacardí Creates Graphic Novel That Brings Its Cuban Heritage to Life

Bacardí Creates Graphic Novel That Brings Its Cuban Heritage to Life

For more than 150 years, Bacardí has been a brand with incredible stories to tell. Since 1862, the Bacardí family has faced earthquakes, fire, revolution, prohibition, and exile, none of which could tame their irrepressible spirit. To bring these stories to life, Bacardí has collaborated with two of the most iconic names in the world of graphic […]

McDonald’s Pledges 250,000 Kits in Grassroots Football Deal

McDonald’s Pledges 250,000 Kits in Grassroots Football Deal

McDonald’s has renewed its sponsorship of the UK’s football associations for a further four years, pledging to supply 250,000 kits to local football clubs. The fast-food chain, which first signed up as the Football Association’s (FA) Community Partner in 2002, said it remains committed to raising the standards of football facilities at a grassroots level. […]

Heineken Star Cabs Competition Offers Drinkers Free London Taxi Rides

Heineken Star Cabs Competition Offers Drinkers Free London Taxi Rides

Heineken is offering consumers the chance to “discover” London with a free taxi ride if they buy a beer using a special app. As part of the beer brand’s on-going Open Your City campaign, on the first Saturday of every month, a fleet of Heineken-branded taxis will transport consumers across the capital. Consumers must download […]

Soft Drinks Falling Flat? 25% Brits Drinking Less Than They Were Six Months Ago

Soft Drinks Falling Flat? 25% Brits Drinking Less Than They Were Six Months Ago

One in four consumers are drinking less Carbonated Soft Drinks (CSDs) than they were six months ago and half of those are doing so because they contain too much sugar, new research from Mintel reveals. Mintel’s research finds that a quarter (25%) of Brits are consuming less CSD’s than they were six months ago – […]

Budweiser Hunts for Buskers in Global Talent Search Backed by Jay Z & Rihanna

Budweiser Hunts for Buskers in Global Talent Search Backed by Jay Z & Rihanna

Budweiser is on a global hunt for undiscovered musical talent and is trawling the streets and subways of cities including London and New York to create the “ultimate busker band”, in a campaign backed by global superstars Jay Z and Rihanna. The lager brand is launching the initiative, which spans 85 countries, under the banner […]

Genius Gluten Free #ToastTheChampions of the Commonwealth Games

Genius Gluten Free #ToastTheChampions of the Commonwealth Games

Genius Gluten Free, the official supplier of gluten-free baked products to the Commonwealth Games, has invited the public to #ToastTheChampions by sending encouragement on digital slices of toast. The messages are digitally printed onto a visual piece of toast, which the public can then share across multiple social media platforms including Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram […]

Coca-Cola Zero Parklives Event Comes to London

Coca-Cola Zero Parklives Event Comes to London

Coca‑Cola Zero ParkLives, a nationwide programme of fun, free, family activities in the heart of local communities, visits London on Thursday. Coca-Cola will be hosting a festival to celebrate the start of the summer holidays in Stratford Park in Newham starting at 9.30am on Thursday 24th July, where in partnership with the London Borough of […]