To take on rivals Kraft Foods and Coca-Cola, PepsiCo is to cut 8,700 jobs thus saving an extra $3 billion and spend it on advertising.
Year: 2012
The article is written by Darren Foley, Managing Director at Pearlfisher, London
Today, everyone is a writer, a designer, an authority and an expert. In this highly connected world we all have the ability and the resources to be a creator. If we don’t find what we require, we can simply make something new. The internet allows us to instantly share our designs, publish our narratives amongst millions of blog posts, and build our own brands on sites such as Kickstarter or Shapeways. An entertaining article by Matt Dolphin on Creative Review recently demonstrated how logo design is being offered for as little as £25.
A world-renowned brand and design expert with the 35-year history, with dozen of international design awards, which has repositioned Glenfiddich three times and Campari and Chivas Regal twice, — this is all about Claessens International. Company’s creative director, James Boulton, shares his vision on some latest trends in packaging design for alcoholic drinks, talks about their experience with Russia and discusses how globalisation influences the drinking culture around the world.
Denizen, the jeanswear brand created by Levi Strauss & Co. back in 2010, is announcing a new global campaign dubbed ‘We Are Explorers,’ which will see several ambassadors of the brand travelling across the globe and collecting creative inspirations. Levi’s is known for its love for journeys, exploring distant countries and getting new experiences (Levi’s Roadwear and Levi’s Norte a Sur: Una Ruta, 5 Experiencias project prove it), and has ‘transplanted’ this affection onto its child brand.
Nike, which always chooses motivating names and slogans for its campaigns and encourages its fans to lead active lives (recently, it launched the #makeitcount movement), is now rolling out a new promotion dubbed ‘Only The Strong’ in Japan. On its official website, the sportswear manufacturer has posted a series of photos, shot in the different areas of Tokyo, as well as a video featuring young males, who are looking at the megalopolis from a roof of a high building. The Nike Japan Spring/Summer 2012 ‘Only The Strong’ campaign features looks and apparel from the new collections (primarily for running), but a user can’t either enlarge an item or proceed to buy it from the page—just images, nothing more.