International Design Consultancy P&W has designed a range of Simmer Sauces for Tesco’s fast-growing US chain Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market. Inspired by recipes from around the world, the range offers diverse and authentic sauces, perfect for introducing the inexperienced chef to easy ethnic cuisine. The vivid imagery and design details make each pack unique, allowing you to travel the world without leaving the kitchen.

On the heels of the Levi’s® Print Workshop in San Francisco, the brand opened the second of its Levi’s Workshops in New York City on October 8. The Levi’s Photo Workshop, which will be opened for ten weeks, is serving as a community space, hosting creative production, engaging events and an inventive retail experience. Designed as a fully-functioning photography studio, the space features an array of vintage and modern photography resources that span the history of the craft.

Stolichnaya, a pioneer in the flavored vodka category, and Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment, the sales and marketing arm of the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, announced that Stolichnaya is embarking as a Founding Partner in a five-year alliance with the Barclays Center, the planned state-of-the-art sports and entertainment venue, and with NETS Basketball owned by Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov. The opening of the Barclays Center in late spring/early summer of 2012 will mark the return of major professional sports to Brooklyn for the first time since 1957, and Stoli will become the official vodka partner of the Barclays Center.

Kit Kat, one of the most successful brands produced by the Nestlé company, is celebrating its 75th birthday. The name of the iconic chocolate ‘fingers,’ approx. 540 of which are consumed every second around the globe (according to the Guinness Book of Records as of March 2010), dates back to the 17th century and originates from a London-based literary and political club called Kit Kat, the abbreviated name of pastry chef Christopher Catling, the owner of a pie shop where its meetings were held.

The manufacturer of Chunks so adored by new-wave artists and performers, Converse is here again to pay tribute to music by launching a set of new initiatives focused on giving aspiring and acclaimed musicians from around the world a chance to demonstrate their moments of musical greatness to a wide audience. In India the brand is ‘hunting’ for the Original Band to give it a stage, in the U.S. the iconic shoe has launched a project dubbed Converse Rubber Tracks to open a free community-based recording studio in Brooklyn for the bands of different kinds of music ranging from punk to hip-hop to indie pop to rockabilly, and in the UK it is gathering renowned musicians for new creative collaborations.

To help community organizations become more sustainable, Levi Strauss & Co. launches a $100,000 denim insulation fund, an initiative designed to reuse unwanted denim while keeping it out of landfills. The company will provide grants to organizations currently undergoing construction projects to offset the cost difference of using recycled denim insulation instead of conventional insulation.

Timberland believes it can help alleviate hunger, create jobs, protect wildlife and preserve the environment—all through the simple act of planting a tree, five million in five years. It’s a bold pledge in support of a bold vision. And although the notion is pretty simple, Timberland’s global reforestation program recognizes that success doesn’t come quite as easily as that.

IKEA UK is moving from kittens to kitchens—soon after the launch of its feline TV-ad, the global furniture and household goods retailer has released a gorgeous commercial based on Jona Lewie’s 1980-hit “You’ll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties” refreshed by a promising UK group Man Like Me and remixed by producer Arthur Baker as the soundtrack of the advert. The new spot is all about kitchens of all kinds and styles, which are good for various parties, no matter how extravagant they might be.