After the launch of the Timeline service for all users and providing fans with specific business cards, Facebook is rolling out a new music service that allows users to enjoy their favorite tracks with friends. You can now listen to music together in a group while one of your friends plays DJ.
Year: 2012
With Christmas and all the festive dinners being over, people want to get skinny and fit to meet the summer season in their perfect shape. Beverage brands are here to help consumers to reach this goal with their low calorie drinks—yesterday, we announced the new round of Diet Coke’s campaign, and now another diet product comes up: Diet Pepsi is releasing a new spot featuring actress Sofia Vergara, who starred with English soccer legend David Beckham in the previous commercial of the brand last spring. The new advert will debut on the 69th annual Golden Globes awards show on January 15, 2012, and now fans of Diet Pepsi and Modern Family star can watch a teaser of the commercial. Watch the teaser of the new commercial on the brand’s Facebook page.
Intel is launching its new music related global effort entitled the Ultrabook Project as part of its collaboration with will.i.am, Intel’s director of creative innovation and a member of The Black Eyed Peas. The artist, who joined the company in early 2011, is embarking on a 12-month and 12-city world tour, which will start in Mexico City in the end of January and will result in a bunch of music collaborations.
The article is written by Ronny Beck, Executive Director, Account Management at Interbrand, Cincinnati, USA
It might seem counterintuitive amidst the current cycle of high unemployment that employers need to work harder than ever to retain qualified and motivated employees. However, a survey by MetLife revealed that 36 percent of employees hope to leave their job in the next 12 months; many are watching for evidence of an improving economy to move to greener pastures. The study also showed that less than half of employees felt “very strong loyalty” to their employers.
IKEA believes that its stores are not the only space where the brand’s houseware goods can be showcased and often takes them to city streets, opera or underground to demonstrate that IKEA goods perfectly fit any settings and can create proper atmosphere anywhere. Now, the international furniture retailer has come to a metro station in Paris again to promote its items with a new twist: the brand is not just exposing sofas and bookcases—it got five Parisians to spend almost a week in a small apartment fully furnished with IKEA pieces. The new live installation, which is developed by the UBI BENE agency, is currently on display in the Auber metro station.
BrandOpus have brought a dash of the Far East to the Twinings portfolio, delving into the Orient to create striking new designs for the iconic British tea manufacturer’s range of Green Teas. The agency were appointed by Twinings to enhance the brands leadership position in the Green Tea category through a range of more confident and modern designs.