Magners Targets Lovelorn Hipsters with Tinster Dating App

Magners Targets Lovelorn Hipsters with Tinster Dating App

Irish cider brand Magners is seeking to cement the age-old link between alcohol and dating by releasing a tongue-in-cheek dating app for lovelorn hipsters –Tinster. Produced by Host Singapore the campaign features an online film and microsite to hook up lonely glockenspiel artists, facial hair aficianados and those with a passion for ironic vintage jumpers. […]

JWT Japan & KIT MAIL Hologram Offer Cheer to Hard Working Students

JWT Japan & KIT MAIL Hologram Offer Cheer to Hard Working Students

KitKat sounds like “kitto katsu,” which means “surely win” in Japanese. That’s made the chocolate bar from Nestlé a popular gift for students studying for university entrance exams, as a way to give them some encouragement during what is surely one of the most stressful times in a young person’s life. Building off its award-winning KIT […]

New Era of Music Debuts at Starbucks with Spotify

New Era of Music Debuts at Starbucks with Spotify

[KGVID width=”600″ height=”338″]https://marcommnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/my-file.mp4[/KGVID] Starbucks launched a new digital music experience with leading streaming music service Spotify, allowing Starbucks Mobile App customers to immediately discover music playing overhead in Starbucks stores, save Starbucks-curated songs to a playlist on Spotify and listen to Starbucks music anywhere they go on Spotify. This first-of-its-kind music experience reaches customers at […]

GroupM inks deal with Line to give clients ‘competitive advantages’ on the Japanese messaging app

GroupM inks deal with Line to give clients ‘competitive advantages’ on the Japanese messaging app

GroupM APAC has signed a deal with Japanese messaging app Line to give its clients better access to new commercial products and training. Brand accounts are closely monitored on Line to ensure no fake accounts exist, according to the messaging app. The partnership will mean GroupM clients can use official accounts to speak to customers, […]

How Retailers Are Prioritizing Their Digital Efforts in 2016

How Retailers Are Prioritizing Their Digital Efforts in 2016

Retailers are concentrating on a variety of initiatives in 2016. Mobile—like responsive design and app development—as well as basic marketing activities—including search optimization and customer acquisition—are top on their list. A survey from Shop.org, Forrester Research and Bizrate Insights asked retailers in North America what their top three priorities for their digital business in 2016 […]

Cliff Arnall teams with DEC BBDO to Beat “the Blue Monday” Blues in the Canary Islands

Cliff Arnall teams with DEC BBDO to Beat “the Blue Monday” Blues in the Canary Islands

The creator of Blue Monday is in the Canary Islands replying to tweets from all over the world with the hashtag #BlueMonday. And bombarding social media with relevant and revitalising #STOPBlueMonday messages. Because January 18 is the saddest day of the year, the Canary Islands, in partnership with DEC BBDO, launches a social dayketing initiative without precedent. […]

Alton Towers reveals world’s first virual reality rollercoaster

Alton Towers reveals world’s first virual reality rollercoaster

Alton Towers is to open the world’s first ever virtual reality rollercoaster, giving would be astronauts the chance to experience outer space up close. ‘Galactica’ will open in April and claims to be “the world’s first rollercoaster entirely customised for the full VR experience”. Users will be required to wear a headset in order to […]

Blippar offers augmented reality tribute to David Bowie

Blippar offers augmented reality tribute to David Bowie

Blippar, the image recognition and augmented reality app, has created a fitting tribute to David Bowie. It is encouraging Bowie fans to download the Blippar app to create a selfie of themselves as Ziggy Stardust. Users simply ‘blipp’ the iconic image of Bowie as Ziggy Stardust or the mural of Bowie in Brixton to add […]

The 18th FAB Awards Are Open For Entries!

The 18th FAB Awards Are Open For Entries!

The 18th Annual International Food and Beverage (FAB) Creative Excellence Awards are now open for entries. The FAB Awards is an international awards program that recognises the critical contribution that outstanding creative work makes to building brands in the Food and Beverage industry. It identifies and rewards the leading practitioners from over 60 countries, and it […]