Last August, fashion house Balenciaga dropped a new mule that observers thought looked a lot like the containers for McDonald’s French fries. About a half year later, McDonald’s, along with agency Nord DDB finally took the time to respond to the “copycat” move, with an Instagram post during Fashion Week Stockholm featuring McDonald’s “authentic” version of the French […]
Thin Film Electronics ASA (Thinfilm), a global leader in NFC (Near Field Communication) mobile marketing solutions,announced Mackmyra Swedish Whisky as a new customer in the spirits category. Based in Sweden, the award-winning distiller of single-malt whisky is using Thinfilm’s NFC mobile marketing solution to connect directly with customers via smartphone, raise awareness of its Private Cask program, and […]
The Nestlé-owned dairy brand Lindahls Kvarg, is hosting a Swedish-style oasis in London featuring the trees, scents and smells found in the silver birch forests of Sweden. Dubbed the Lindahls Skogscafé, the venue has been designed to help Londoners connect with nature, de-stress and regain balance. As well as enjoying free smoothies in the café […]
Pernod Ricard-owned Malibu and Kahlúa are launching a brand new technology demonstration and rapid prototyping space at their global headquarters in Stockholm, a city second only to Silicon Valley when it comes to creating successful startups which include: Spotify, King and Mojang. The space, which has been created in conjunction with the company’s technology innovation agency, […]
Dyslexia is one of the world’s most common learning disabilities, affecting an estimated 20 percent of the population globally. But those who haven’t experienced it likely don’t appreciate what a frustration it can be in daily life. To help mark today as World Dyslexia Awareness Day, McDonald’s Sweden and agency Nord DDB brought empathy to the […]
During this summer the Coca-Cola bottles’ labels promoted over 90 different holiday destinations. To activate this locally, Coca-Cola in Sweden chose to highlight some of the Swedish destinations on the labels. Sweden is renowned for its many different local dialects, with clear phonetic and grammatical characteristics that can be irreconcilable, even for Swedes. And so, […]
McDonald’s Sweden has rolled out a music-based quiz across its restaurants via a partnership with Spotify-backed Stockholm company, Soundtrack Your Brand, adding a gamified dimension to dining in its restaurants via its pre-existing app. McDonald’s hopes to appeal to young people, driving them to download its app on iOS and Android in order to participate […]
Smakis, a family-owned, organic fruit juice maker in Sweden, is stepping up to help save the bees with a new integrated campaign created in partnership with DigitasLBi Nordics. Called ‘Plant a Smakis’, the initiative launches a specially developed new flavour that contains a dash of every bee’s favourite nectar – lemon balm. Smakis’ kid-sized cartons […]
You can’t drink beer whenever want, especially not in Sweden. This can be quite tough for beer lovers. That’s why Swedish agency Åkestam Holst teamed with beer brand Norrland Guld Ljus and translated the actual feeling of having a beer into the perfect sound of enjoying a beer. They simply made a beer for your ear. […]
For the launch of one of Sweden’s largest grocery chains – Hemköp – new e-commerce concept, M&C Saatchi Stockholm decided to keep things simple. As Hemköp is last of the major Swedish grocery stores to try their luck on the e-commerce scene, the campaign’s main focus was to communicate that with Hemköp, pricing and range […]