Starbucks is always among the first to tap into the Christmas frenzy. Annually, the coffee and tea brand introduces its holiday items with the bright and creative design, along with holiday activities, giveaways and apps. This year, the brand is keeping up to the tradition and launches its Starbucks Rekindle page, “Holiday Village,” in the USA, which offers tons of gifts to the local consumers.

The Dewar’s blended Scotch whisky brand has collaborated with Freemans Sporting Club to create a special holiday kit, which embodies the brands’ style and attitude to true of male symbols. The whisky brand approached FSC to create a kit just for upcoming winter holidays 2012—the finished product is a great 6-pocket bag, handmade in NYC, which includes a range of travel essentials.

The cosmetics brand with a 77-year history, L’Oréal’s Lancôme, taps a legendary, now 80-year old, animated character Betty Boop for its advertising. The sweet female character with giant eyes, created as a caricature of singer Helen Kane, will make its appearance in the Hypnôse Star print advertising and store displays this season. The screen celebrity from the 30s, created by Max Fleischer, will get featured on the ads leaning up against a container of the standing mascara, next to the model Daria Werbowy.

Сoca-Cola is reorganizing its prime hub, www.thecoca-colacompany.com, to make it fit into the modern digital environment, shifting from the corporate website image to an online magazine positioning. According to The New York Times, the update is described by the company’s executives “as the most ambitious digital project they have undertaken.” The scope of subjects to be covered on the reimagined platform is ranging from entertainment, the environment, health and sports to corporate announcements, the website will also feature press releases as well as opinion columns, interviews, video, audio and photo content.

Ahead summer in Australia, Fanta launches a new campaign entitled Unbottle the Fun to tap into the happiness and joy the hot holiday season brings. Coca-Cola’s brand is going to challenge Aussies teenagers with a series of fun-packed “Funstigator” missions through December 31. The promotion is centered around the new app, which can be found either on the brand’s Facebook page or be downloaded from the Apple App Store or Google Play.

The iconic sportswear brand and automobile manufacturer, PUMA and MINI, finally unveil their collection, announced back in July. The new range, inspired by the urban life and travelling as well as the native land of the auto brand, UK, includes six luggage solutions, a wallet, and three casual shoe styles. The MINI by PUMA collection “masterfully combines urban lifestyle with sports fashion,” says MINI, adding that “the appeal lies in the mix of a clear design language and intelligent functionality.”

Gillette is celebrating men’s pride, moustache or Mo’s, by launching a new activation dedicated to male’s facial hair. November is the month to raise awareness of very important issue of men’s health and prostate cancer, and big brands along with other related organizations launch campaigns revolving around the Movember (Mo+November). As part of the national US program, Gillette is launching the eMO’gency Styler Tour, “a quest to help men master their most stylish Mo’s,” and launches a tab on its Facebook page, inviting male audience to discover more facial hair styles and contribute to the good cause.