To appeal to different categories of consumers effectively, some brands use different promotional concepts for similar products, tailoring the positioning to the tastes of target audience. The iconic carbonated drink Dr Pepper has finally launched its Dr Pepper Ten, a 10-calorie soft drink, which has been testing on the U.S. market since early year, across the country. Basically, the new product is another version of the brand’s diet drink (though, with its calories and sugar it differs from Diet Dr Pepper, 10/2 in Dr Pepper 10 vs. 0/0 in Diet), but its low calorie background was not highlighted here since, as researches state, male shoppers don’t think that diet products are ‘manly’ enough.

Following the notorious Pepsi Throwback, 7UP, a beverage globally known as the Uncola, pays homage to its 40-year heritage by introducing the classic taste in retro package. However, instead of hiring professional designers or retrieving the package from the corporate archives, 7UP chose to task the finalists of ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ TV series with creating a vintage package for the iconic beverage.

Dr Pepper Snapple Group announced Let’s Play, a community partnership designed to get U.S. kids active nationwide. The first Let’s Play initiative will be a $15 million, three-year commitment to KaBOOM!, the national non-profit that’s saving play by ensuring there is a great place to play within walking distance of every child. Together, through Let’s Play, DPS and KaBOOM! will build or fix up 2,000 playgrounds by the end of 2013, benefiting an estimated five million children across North America.