A report into social video marketing has found that the alcohol industry is failing to adequately optimise content for the social web, with 97 per cent of ad shares in the last quarter coming from four adverts alone. The report from Unruly – Untapped Potential, The State of Sharing in the Alcohol Sector – found […]
Renting a movie goes well with getting a takeout pizza. In partnership with video rental stores, Domino’s Pizza—together with the help of agency Brazil-based Artplan—created a DVD that releases the smell of a pizza and changes to look like a pizza, when the disc ‘heats up’ in the DVD player. Various titles were stamped with […]
Diet Coke teamed up with Ogilvy & Mather Paris to create a vending machine that shows off its “fit and elegant” soda bottles. Called the ‘Slender Vender’, the elegant-looking vending machine is said to be the thinnest vending machine in the world. Diet Coke’s Slender Vender was inspired by its sleek aluminium bottles and looks […]
PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay division officially kicked off its national marketing efforts in support of Cracker Jack’D snacks – a product line-up bursting with flavor and designed to tackle hunger in between meals – which was unveiled earlier this year. To celebrate the Cracker Jack’D brand, actress Ashley Tisdale will host a unique sampling and meet-and-greet event […]
A London pub has achieved the kind of marketing success some can only dream of just by utilising the power of smartphones and Facebook to solve its marketing problems. Harnessing a new retail technology called LifeSynk, The Cavendish Arms in Stockwell is using smartphones and also NFC technology to get people back through the doors […]
Until now, the will of the Force has sought to bring balance to the universe, and with Pringles in the picture, the Force has a new mission – to deliver snackable fun. As part of the Pringles and Star Wars “The Force For Fun” promotion, more than a thousand fan-generated video ideas were crowdsourced through […]
Monster Energy Drink is being sued by San Francisco’s city attorney after it concluded that the beverage firm had been marketing its caffeine heavy drink at children, where it could pose severe health risks. Dennis Herrera labelled the brand as the ‘industry’s worst offender’ in relation to marketing at children and comes just seven days […]
Ruffles potato chips, one of the flagship brands from PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay division, is about to unveil a new cast of characters. Enter Ruff McThickridge and his closest buds, Bo Dato, Mora Crunchy and the Bomb-Defusing Sloth, a group of self-described hotshots sure to make any 1970s action movie hero proud. The gang headlines the Ruffles […]
Carlsberg is pleased to announce that it has renewed its partnership with UEFA to remain the Official Beer Sponsor of UEFA's various national team competitions, including the 2016 UEFA European Championship and acquired rights in connection with the European Qualifiers from 2014 to 2017.
This will be Carlsberg’s eighth consecutive sponsorship of the UEFA European Football Championships and, following on from its recent decision to become a sponsor of the English Premier League, underlines its commitment to leveraging football, both at a national team and club level. The global stature and scale of UEFA national team competitions allows Carlsberg […]
To help people ‘take a break’ from online connectivity, chocolate brand Kit Kat created a ‘Free No WiFi Zone’—a bench that blocks off WiFi signals. Created with the help of ad agency JWT Amsterdam, this outdoor advertising campaign by Kit Kat aims to ‘disconnect’ people from their emails, Facebook updates, hashtags and likes. Instead, people […]