This year, Levi’s launched a series of new projects and creative partnerships revolving around the ‘labour’ theme as part of its campaign dubbed “We Are All Workers,” which was kicked off in early summer. Some of these initiatives—like opening printmaking shops—were new, and some emerged from the previous programs. The annual «Billy Reid Shindig» celebration, which was held in early June in Alabama, belongs to the second category.

Nestlé announced the creation of Nestlé Health Science S.A. and the Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences to pioneer a new industry between food and pharma. These two separate organisations will allow Nestlé to develop the innovative area of personalised health science nutrition to prevent and treat health conditions such as diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer’s disease, which are placing an unsustainable burden on the world’s healthcare systems.

Nike never misses a chance to get into big sport events: the new campaign by the brand has been kicked off to mark the launch of the new NFL season and pay tribute to those who make sport spectacular. The new promotional project, developed at Wieden+Kennedy Portland is revolving around the “Boom!” theme and features renowned athletes, school football teams and celebrities who starred in a series of 15-second spots.

Calvin Klein, Inc., along with Calvin Klein Fragrances, a unit of Coty Prestige, and Warnaco Inc., which owns and operates Calvin Klein Underwear and is the global licensee for Calvin Klein Jeans and Swimwear, announced that Warnaco will launch a new lifestyle brand of contemporary men’s and women’s jeanswear, underwear, and swimwear under the existing fragrance brand name “ck one.” This new apparel line will take inspiration from the globally recognized ck one unisex fragrance brand and will be supported by a new global marketing and advertising campaign.

Brown Forman announced the launch of its newly designed Herradura Tequila bottle that captures the essence and heritage of the brand name. In 2009, Brown Forman hired Hirst Pacific Ltd to assist in redesigning the bottle. The mission for Kenneth Hirst, president of Hirst Pacific Ltd, was to work in conjunction with the Brown Forman design team to develop a new Herradura bottle that would unify Herradura’s global markets, replacing the round bottle in Mexico and the square bottle in the USA.

Samsung collaborated with The Viral Factory to develop two projects, revolving around durability of the manufacturer’s SD memory cards. The first one is a promotional film, which proves that the product is ‘magnet-proof, shockproof and waterproof’ by testing it in the harshest environments imaginable, and the second one is an unprecedented initiative, under which the cards will be send into the stratosphere.

Converse started its new Fall 2010 brand campaign entitled «The Procession» featuring product with the iconic Converse «Star Chevron» logo including the new Star Player Evo shoe. Developed to pay homage to legends of Converse’s past, present and future and to celebrate basketball along with the breadth of Converse product, the ad shines a light on the iconic Star Chevron mark and gives nod to its authentic connection to the worlds of sport, music and culture which has helped define Converse for decades.