Fruit Of The Loom & LinkedIn Team Up For Ad Campaign

Fruit Of The Loom & LinkedIn Team Up For Ad Campaign

Global underwear and casualwear company Fruit Of The Loom will be sending free pairs of cotton underwear to LinkedIn users who have gotten jobs or changed jobs within the last 30 days. This is for the company’s “Fresh Gigs” promotion, which is part of their “Start Happy” campaign. The campaign has a theme that is based […]

Samsung premieres Galaxy Gear smartwatch ads

Samsung premieres Galaxy Gear smartwatch ads

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2AjPfHTIS4 Samsung has fired up its hype machine to plug the looming launch of its first smartwatch, the Galaxy Gear. Marketed as a science fiction writers fantasy wrought real the device is being plugged in a series of YouTube adverts taglined ‘After all these years, it’s finally real.’ Depicted watches include unattainable gadgets from Knightrider, […]

MasterCard preps hyper-local retail drive through parking meters

MasterCard preps hyper-local retail drive through parking meters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXFCfofh6as Shoppers will be targeted with offers from retailers as they pay for their parking as a result of a global tie-up between MasterCard and parking services provider Parkeon. The service, which is being billed as the first of its kind, will allow local retailers to deliver promotions such as discount coupons through the Parkeon […]

Levi’s Marketing Campaign Turns Vintage Tech Into Social Media Tools

Levi’s Marketing Campaign Turns Vintage Tech Into Social Media Tools

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMi9swYqbN4 As part of its Fall campaign, Levi’s has collaborated with agency AKQA, Stephen Hadinger, Matthew Epler and Mark Kleback, to turn vintage technology into modern devices that connect to social media. Called ‘#MakeOurMark’, these “old-school” devices were modified to serve as a “bridge between past and present”—for example, an old 1939 Bolex Movie Camera […]

Apple tops CoolBrands list

Apple tops CoolBrands list

Apple has topped the CoolBrands list again while digital and affordable luxury brands slip down in the rankings of the annual survey by The Centre for Brand Analysis. Häagen-Dazs, Ben and Jerry’s and Vogue – all affordable luxuries – are gone from the top twenty,’ says Stephen Cheliotis chairman of the CoolBrands Council, who adds […]

Coca-Cola apologises after bilingual promotion goes awry

Coca-Cola apologises after bilingual promotion goes awry

Coca-Cola has apologised after a promotion it was running for its Vitaminwater brand in Canada resulted in ‘You Retard’ being printed on one of its bottle caps. Playing off of Canada’s bilingualism, the promotion put a random English word with a French word. In this case, the English ‘You’ was put with ‘Retard’ which in […]