Umbro’s new Medusae football boot has been given the magic treatment with a new marketing campaign by creative agency Love. A limited edition shoe box of tricks has been designed that replicates the back of a well-known magician’s prop. When opening the box there is an empty space, however, when closing the box the boots […]
Paul Frampton has been promoted to Chief Executive of Havas Media Group in the UK and Ireland. This announcement follows the recent move of Pedro Avery to Global CEO of Havas Sports & Entertainment. As Havas Media Group’s UK MD, Frampton unified the management teams across the group for the core media agency brands, Havas […]
Carling announced the launch of its latest on-pack promotion, offering consumers the chance to win one of ten £5,000 holiday prizes. The £5,000 Holiday Getaways promotion was designed by Carling to encourage consumers to make the most of their extended bank holiday weekend. The ten £5,000 holiday voucher prizes offer winners the choice to book […]
SSE, the UK’s broadest-based energy company, kicked off a week of activity in the run up to a special one-off show by rock band The Who with a life size game of Guess Who at Waterloo station in London. The game renamed ‘Who are You?’ after the band’s iconic song was created by the brand’s […]
Creative marketing agency RPM has announced the promotion of Tim Jones to the role of Creative Director. Jones has been at RPM for eight years in which time he has been responsible for award-winning campaigns across brand comms, Enhanced-Shopper Experience and Experience-First Platforms. His new role is to lead RPM’s creative department into the agency’s […]
[KGVID width=”600″ height=”338″]https://marcommnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/11.SouthKorean-NorthKoreanTranslator.mp4[/KGVID] Cheil Worldwide signed an agreement this month with Samsung Medical Center and Korea Hana Foundation to launch ‘Soulmate’ project to help North Korean defectors regain their mental health. The project will officially launch in March. Last year, Cheil Worldwide launched a smartphone app called ‘South Korean – North Korean Translator’ to help […]
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. […]
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 […]
[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 […]
Are you finding it difficult to reverse a trailer? Then you should check out this sensational video showing a driver reversing with a trailer at an outrageously high speed. Or at least, that’s what it looks like…. In fact, the Norwegian Volkswagen importer has created the video to raise awareness of its ‘Trailer Assist’ technology. […]