P&G— the brand reported to have sold Pringles —has time to focus on all things pertaining to beauty and wellness. According to marketingweek.co.uk, Procter & Gamble has announced the launch of an online monthly covering the issues of beauty care and wellness and suggesting P&G’s products of different lineups as a solution in dealing with these issues.

Australian division of Lindt, a global manufacturer of quality chocolate, has put its premier Easter treat—a golden bunny—in the spotlight of this year’s Easter campaign and has announced 2011 Gold Bunny Hunt.  This cross-platform marketing campaign is developed by the communication agency Draftfcb Australia. In course of the campaign, a Golden Easter bunny is hiding somewhere. Lindt will unveil a number of clues via TV spots on Channel Nine, on the Internet as well as through dedicated mobile content, through Facebook and Twitter and well as Australian Women weekly.

To learn more about 2011 Gold Bunny Hunt, please follow the link or visit the dedicated website of the campaign at www.goldbunny.com.au.

The competition is open.

— The 5th edition of the Pentawards, the world’s major competition devoted exclusively to packaging design is open for entries from 4 April to 20 May 2011.

— Packaging designers, brand owners, packaging suppliers from the world over are invited to enter their best creations in more than 44 categories divided into 5 major sectors: Food – Beverages – Body — Other Markets – Luxury.

Carlsberg, a world-renowned beer manufacturer, announced April 5 that it was ready to start brand re-positioning aimed at doubling its profits by 2015. Appearantly, global expansion is not enough for the company. As Jørgen Buhl Rasmussen, Carlsberg’s CEO, has put it, though the brand is known all over the world, its sales simply do not measure up to its brand recognition.

IKEA, the biggest furniture retailer in the world, has released 2010 Sustainability Report covering the period between September 1, 2009  and August 31, 2010 and outlining the success the company has attained in tackling social and environmental issues. Moreover, the report comprises description of the goals set by IKEA for 2015 pertaining to every stage of the product life.

Nowadays fashion seeks to spread its power over every tiny detail of our life, not just clothes and footwear. Since the time even personal electronics were announced a fashionable accessory, the modern day consumer has become hard to surprise. But what is SHE going to say about that: beginning April 4, even sanitary pads have become a fashionable accessory due to the ground-breaking campaign launched by U Kotex. The brand has signed an award-winning designer Patricia Field (known for her work as a fashion and costume designer in ‘Sex and the City,’ ‘Ugly Betty,’ and ‘The Devil Wears Prada’) to run the new contest, adage.com reports.