Ballantine’s Teams up with Boiler Room for Branded Content Deal

Ballantine’s Teams up with Boiler Room for Branded Content Deal

http://vimeo.com/86358877 Ballantine’s, the Pernod Ricard whisky, has announced a global branded content partnership with online music channel Boiler Room, as part of a plan to create online documentaries and one-off events. The ‘Boiler Room & Ballantine’s Stay True Journeys’ project aims to “discover and celebrate the stories of the world’s most vibrant music scenes – […]

Frobishers Raise the Bar of Global On-trade Premium Juice Sector

Frobishers Raise the Bar of Global On-trade Premium Juice Sector

Premium juice brand Frobishers is set to burst onto the global on-trade market as they roll out a campaign for international expansion. Successfully established as one of the UK’s finest juice brands, a reinvigorated export focus has met positive support amongst key distributors. With established export partners already secured across Northern Europe, Scandinavia and parts […]

McDonald’s Announces Official Opening of First Restaurant in Vietnam

McDonald’s Announces Official Opening of First Restaurant in Vietnam

McDonald’s Corporation announced the opening of its first restaurant in Vietnam, which also marks the 10,000th restaurant for the chain in the Asia, Pacific, Middle East, and Africa region. The opening of the 24-hour Drive-Thru McDonald’s restaurant — the first drive-thru restaurant ever in Vietnam — heralds an entirely new level of dining convenience for […]

John Smith’s Takes ‘Smooth Favourite’ to UK Pub Drinkers Through Space

John Smith’s Takes ‘Smooth Favourite’ to UK Pub Drinkers Through Space

Integrated marketing agency Space is enhancing John Smith’s long-running association with horse racing through its ‘Smooth Favourite’ campaign, an on-trade initiative designed to give drinkers a chance to ‘buy one ticket and get one free’ at 28 jump and flat racecourses across the UK. John Smith’s Extra Smooth, Heineken’s leading ale brand, is the nation’s […]

Heineken Gets Men To Declare Their Love For A Mystery Date In A Box

Heineken Gets Men To Declare Their Love For A Mystery Date In A Box

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmF61zh8YL0#t=0 Many people think that men are not typically sentimental or vocal about their love, so Heineken and Wieden + Kennedy have encouraged them to declare their love on social media for an “adventure mystery date” in a box. To get this date, women can send a tweet to @Heineken_US so that the company will […]

Batemans Brewery Celebrates 140th Anniversary With New Branding & Beers

Batemans Brewery Celebrates 140th Anniversary With New Branding & Beers

Batemans, the family brewer based in Lincolnshire, is celebrating its 140th anniversary by launching new branding using the strapline ‘Craft Brewers Since 1874’, alongside a selection of exciting new product launches, including Bohemian Brews and Biscuit Barrel Beers. The new product branding boasts a more contemporary design, with a strapline that highlights the heritage and […]

McDonald’s Sochi Website Hijacked by Gay Activist to Protest Sponsorship

McDonald’s Sochi Website Hijacked by Gay Activist to Protest Sponsorship

Scott Wooledge, an LGBT activist, has launched a parody version of McDonald’s Cheers to Sochi website in frustration of the Olympic sponsors not condemning Russia’s anti-gay laws. The website is hosted at cheerstosochi.org and has a near identical web address to the McDonald’s website URL and aims to act as a resource for people to confront the […]

Arla Appoints Space as BTL Agency For Danish Chocolate Milk Brand Cocio

Arla Appoints Space as BTL Agency For Danish Chocolate Milk Brand Cocio

Space has been appointed by the UK’s number one dairy company Arla to handle below-the-line communications for chocolate milk brand Cocio as it launches in the UK. The agency secured the business following previous projects it has delivered for Arla. Space will be responsible for developing a programme of initiatives aimed at driving trial and […]

Charley’s & Coca-Cola Announce New Product and Marketing Agreement

Charley’s & Coca-Cola Announce New Product and Marketing Agreement

GOSH Enterprises, parent company of Charley’s Grilled Subs and Charleys Philly Steaks restaurant concepts, and The Coca-Cola Company, the world’s largest beverage company, today announced a multi-year product and marketing agreement to serve Coca-Cola products in over 400 of its restaurants across the United States. “As the leading Philly Cheesesteak restaurant brand Charleys is delighted […]