South Australia’s Coopers Ale has won the Best Marketed Beer award at the Australian Liquor Industry Awards, with the brewers subsequently thanking their supporters via Facebook. The award is given to “the beer or cider brand that has received the most effective promotional support including POS, advertising campaigns and trade incentives.” Coopers were up against […]
Australian wine brand, Jacob’s Creek, has launched a smartphone app to give customers rewards if they scan their shopping receipts. Entitled the “Premium Drinks App”, Jacob’s Creek said the promotion has been designed to revolutionise the way in which customers can redeem promotional offers on the go, whatever their location. “The launch of the Premium […]
Sydney creative agency Workshop has unveiled what it describes as one of Unilever Australia‘s largest ever soft drink launches. Its campaign for Lipton Ice Tea Sparkling is aimed at challenging the biggest brands in the category. “As we were launching a new product we wanted to create something that would stand out in a category […]
Legendary biscuit brand Tim Tam has launched a campaign for its new Chocolicious Bites with a creative designed by DDB and executed by MEC and Social Ally. It focuses on an interactive consumer poll utilising real-time technology, offering fans a year’s supply of Tim Tams. The campaign launches online via Facebook. “Real-time communications is the […]
YouTube is moving ahead with the message that ‘brands should act as publishers’ in Europe, signing up Nespresso as its debut brand partner here, after earlier pilot schemes in the US. Speaking at YouTube’s Brandcast event earlier this week, Dan Cobley, Google’s UK MD, told attendees Nespresso would be the first European partner for the […]
Pernod Ricard, the owner of Absolut Vodka and Malibu, has awarded its UK media planning and buying business to Havas Media after a final contest against the incumbent, Vizeum. Goodstuff Communications was involved at an earlier stage of the process. Havas Media had handled the business before Vizeum’s appointment in 2006. A spokesman for the […]
Shredded Wheat goes back to its roots with a new creative advertising campaign created by McCann London, focusing on the heritage of the breakfast cereal. Featuring a new face for the brand – the inventor, Henry D Perky – the advert showcases the heart healthy benefits of this well loved breakfast with just one ingredient […]
Pizza Hut has launched a new viral marketing campaign starring comedian Paddy McGuinness in the form of a series of online sketches. This sees the fast food chain appoint McGuinness as a brand ambassador for the restaurants 330 UK outlets, imparting a degree fun and passion into the brand through the medium of comedy. To […]
Barcadi has consolidated the digital accounts for its range of brands, including Bombay Sapphire and Grey Goose, into Weapon7. The seven-figure win entails running all digital and social media operations for Grey Goose, Dewar’s, Bombay Sapphire and Martini, as well as the flagship Bacardi rum brand. The brands were previously managed by various agencies, with […]
For those looking for a new way to network in and around the Silicon Roundabout and digital Shoreditch area, a new beer festival called Tech City Beer Fest is being launched by the brew Co-working Spaces. The beer festival takes place on Tuesday 18th June from 6.30 – 9pm at Arch 402 in Shoreditch, London. […]