Starbucks, which started celebrating Christmas with a nice tech piece (the coffee giant launched a mobile device app which animates characters on seasonal red cups in the U.S. and Canada), is planning to continue to enhance consumer experience with technology next year with introduction of it mobile app payment system to the UK market on January 5, 2012. The new service comes on the heels of the recent announcement about the upcoming launch of the My Starbucks Rewards program across the country.
Author: Anna Rudenko
On the heels of the launch of Levi’s campaign ‘Go Forth’ on a global scale earlier this year, which encouraged thousands of young people to take action and be one the forefront, the iconic jeanswear brand is kicking off a film competition entitled ‘Show us the way’. To launch this new cinema contest, which encourages participants to show “their visualization of a better tomorrow,” Levi’s has collaborated with the American Film Institute to provide the US community of filmmakers—both amateur and professional—with an opportunity to take a first step to what they really want.
Old Spice believes that having a deodorant with a great smell is not enough to start using it—sometimes, it simply gets lost in a bathroom or a suitcase or its packaging is so slippery that you just can’t grab it. So, the brand is launching a new accessory, the Bear Deodorant Protector, which will help men always have their Old Spice ready to hand—starting today, November 23, the new offering is available for just $19.99. The new item looks so meaningless, that it seems to be just a joke. But no, “this product is real and is available for purchase” from Facebook, says the promotional video, which plays up the retro vibe. And when you don’t use your antiperspirant in the new case, you can just look at the bear “as long as you want until you need more deodorant.”
From lip-locks to… poo. Benetton, the apparel brand which has recently launched its new campaign featuring kissing political leaders, now is exploring another facet of life, which is much less enjoyable. November is the month when World Toilet Day is celebrated (it’s marked on November 19), and the brand has dedicated the new edition of its COLORS magazine to this theme, which is usually not openly discussed. The Shit. A survival guide puts the everyday sanitation issues into the spotlight and invites readers to start exploring the ‘excrement’ problem. The more we are ignoring it, the more pressing it gets, so Benetton invites all of us to get informed about the fecal matter and start the conversation on a global scale.
Saatchi & Saatchi created a multi-city, multi-media spectacular for the next installment in Deutsche Telekom‘s ‘Life is for sharing’ campaign that unfolded simultaneously across five markets on November 17 starring the world’s biggest selling female artist of all-time, singer-songwriter Mariah Carey. Mariah Carey appeared before audiences in Germany, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Poland simultaneously in the form of a hologram interacting with real dancers and live audiences in each location, creating a unique ‘life is for sharing moment’.
In late fall each year starting 2009, Danone’s carbonated water brand Badoit releases a new limited-edition designer version of its elegant bottle dedicated to the upcoming year. On the heels of Coca-Cola and evian’s numerous design collaborations with fashion geniuses, Badoit started its New Year series as a tribute to the festive season. This began as a student project—in 2009, the brand challenged students of Fine Arts in Paris and the National School of Decorative Arts to create the festive bottle design, and this evolved into a tradition of releasing new bottles by professional designers ahead of Christmas.