Back in January, news spread that Britain was considering running an anti-immigration campaign in Romania and Bulgaria tagged, “You Won’t Like It Here.” People all over Europe were nonplussed by the lack of tact shown by The Brits. But Gândul, a daily Romanian newspaper, saw an opportunity where others saw only red. They launched a […]
Urban Outfitters and Under Armour are sourcing social pics of fans wearing their products in real-life situations for their ecommerce sites. The brands are joined by online retailers Beauty.com, Rebecca Minkoff and Dessy.com in testing a social commerce platform from analytics firm Curalate – called Fanreel – that pulls in user-generated from Facebook, Instagram, mobile […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpV7KB7pwNc Samsung Mobile UK has launched a digital media campaign in collaboration with twelve generational influencers in a bid to demonstrate the potential of its Galaxy S4 Collection. Devised by Cheil UK, the ‘Over To You’ series has seen each collaborator use either a Galaxy S4 Mini, S4 Active, S4 Zoom or Galaxy Mega to […]
Microsoft search engine Bing is rolling out a new identity and website design. The new look brings Bing into line with the overall Microsoft branding, created by Pentagram partner Paula Scher and developed by Wolff Olins, which launched last year. Lawrence Ripsher, general manager of user experiences at Bing, says, ‘Bing is now an important […]
Paddy Power is joining forces with gay rights charity Stonewall to launch a campaign urging professional footballers to tackle homophobia in the game by wearing rainbow-coloured laces in their boots. Sets of laces have been sent to every Premier League and Football League player, plus those in the Scottish Professional League in the hope that […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljx5U76wSEE Michelin, with the help of TBWA\Paris, releases an insider documentary about the intense countdown to victory at Le Mans 2013 through the eyes of Audi’s and Michelin’s teams. The Michelin Man’s brand get you inside the action through the production of a 15 minutes short-film, culminating piece of its recent content communication strategy. Three […]
Virgin Media is the most socially engaged brand on Facebook according to a top five report from social media analytics platform Socialbakers. The telecoms firm had a 94 per cent response rate and the average response time was just over three hours. In second place, was mobile network provider EE who had a 90 per […]
After noticing that the newly released iPhone 5C is similar to Crocs, Vienna-based ad agency PKP BBDO decided to have a little fun. The team created a parody of Apple’s original ad for the its latest product, that depicts the brightly-colored rubber shoes as phones “for the colorful”. Unfortunately, these ‘iCrocs’ can’t be bought from […]
Forsman & Bodenfors and Smuggler turn a hamster into a trucker in mind-blowing stunt. “I know it’s hard to believe a hamster could drive a truck, but Charlie the hamster did it. What you see in the film is the real thing’’ says Lars Terling, Vice President Marketing Communications, Volvo Trucks. Exactly a year after […]
Mondelez, the parent company of brands like Oreos and Cadbury, has inked a deal with Twitter that will allow its teams in the UK, US, India and Brazil to analyse the effectiveness of its social media marketing in real-time. The deal, the first of its kind between a company and the social media site, comes […]