Sparkling ICE Named To IRI New Product Pacesetters Report

Sparkling ICE Named To IRI New Product Pacesetters Report

Sparkling ICE, part of the TalkingRain portfolio of beverages, has been named one of the top ten most successful food and beverage CPG brands of 2012 in the Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) 2012 New Product Pacesetters report, an industry-recognized benchmark analysis of exceptional CPG sales success for newly launched products. Nearly 1,900 new CPG brands […]

Yorkshire Tea Works With BEcause On Experiential Activity For Latest Campaign

Yorkshire Tea Works With BEcause On Experiential Activity For Latest Campaign

Yorkshire Tea has staged an experiential activity event for press, bloggers and brand fans aboard the Orient Express. Organised by brand experience agency BEcause, ‘The Yorkshire Tea Train’ came as part of a wider promotional campaign for Yorkshire Tea, building on the celebratory tone of the brand’s latest TV ads. The event started in a […]

SoBe Invites Fans to Explore New Worlds of Flavor Across the Country

SoBe Invites Fans to Explore New Worlds of Flavor Across the Country

SoBe invites fans to explore its latest campaign, “SoBe 3D Worlds of Flavor,” with internationally renowned 3D street artist, Tracy Lee Stum. The Legends Entertainment District at Chase Field, Stum will create a series of interactive 3D street art installations inspired by the places that SoBe drink ingredients call home. From the South Pacific to […]

Pussy Ad Banned For Being ‘Sexually Explicit’

Pussy Ad Banned For Being ‘Sexually Explicit’

An ad for Pussy, the energy drink, has been banned for being “sexually explicit”, despite claiming complainants were “twisting the meaning of an innocent word”. The Advertising Standards Authority ruled that one poster which stated “Pussy” in the centre, above “The drink’s pure, it’s your mind that’s the problem” in smaller text, could not appear […]

Options Hot Chocolate Get New Designs Courtesy Springetts

Options Hot Chocolate Get New Designs Courtesy Springetts

April sees the rollout of a redesign of the Options Hot Chocolate brand by Springetts Brand Design Consultants. Springetts were tasked with optimising the branding and pack design for the core and Indulgence Options ranges to broaden the brand’s appeal. “We developed a visual architecture to help the brand establish a dual tier approach, allowing […]

Pure Leaf Iced Tea Unveils The ‘Perfect Pairings’ Campaign With Ted Allen

Pure Leaf Iced Tea Unveils The ‘Perfect Pairings’ Campaign With Ted Allen

Pure Leaf Iced Tea, a product of The Pepsi Lipton Tea Partnership, today unveils its new ‘Perfect Pairings’ campaign with Food Network’s Chopped and host Ted Allen, to help consumers find the perfect food and beverage pairings for any meal or event. The campaign also features the brand’s latest flavor innovation, a Not Too Sweet […]

Coca-Cola’s New Ad Campaign Is Spread Across 61 Different Websites

Coca-Cola’s New Ad Campaign Is Spread Across 61 Different Websites

‘Ahh’—that is the word/theme centered around Coca-Cola’s new ad campaign called the ‘The Ahh Effect’. Created by ad agency Wieden + Kennedy Portland, Coke bought 61 URLs that are all variations of the word ‘ahh’—with each URL adding an additional ‘H’ at the end, meaning ahh.com, ahhh.com, ahhhh.com, and so on. 17 of these domains […]

Kool-Aid Launches Expansive Brand Campaign

Kool-Aid Launches Expansive Brand Campaign

Kool-Aid, the iconic refreshment beverage that has stood for fun and flavor for generations, unveiled a comprehensive brand campaign called “Smile. It’s Kool-Aid,” which introduces a new look and feel for the brand and a makeover for its famous spokespitcher, Kool-Aid Man, all timed to the product launch of Kool-Aid Liquid Drink Mix. Kool-Aid Man, […]