On Monday, February 07, Henkel announced interactive packaging design contest aimed at finding the best packaging ideas for its adhesive products. It also introduced a new hub at www.packdesign-contest.com where users may register to join the contest and present their design ideas. Unlike other crowdsourcing industry contests, the users will be able to share their opinion and vote for the suggested designs.

On February 01, Umbro announced the launch of Umbro 1350 — a new global campaign to support the range of its off-pitch sports apparel. According to the blog of the football apparel manufacturer, this «collection…is inspired by the iconic ‘taping’ that featured on some classic kits in the 1970s» and represents a range of ‘Diamond icons’ to be worn both during the footbal game and off-the-pitch life.

The campaign was developed by Manchester-based Love Creative agency. 

P&G-owned brands Crest and Oral-B announced the ‘4th Cleaner Crusade’, a cross-country campaign aimed at educating Americans about the danger of dental plaque and ways to prevent it. The experts at P&G have studied the statistics on the dental health of American people and suggested their solution to improve the situation. They pledge to help people spot this problem and provide expert advice where it’s needed most. 

Audi entered the  Super Bowl week with massive online activity and new campaign on TV. During the superbowl broadcast, it will introduce a 60-second TV spot featuring 2011 A8 sedan, Audi’s most technologically-advanced vehicle to date and the symbol of Audi’s new luxury lineup. The spot ‘Release the Hounds’ was created by San Francisco-based Venables Bell & Partners.

Kleenex brand facial tissue is running a campaign dubbed ‘Sneeze Catchers’ targeting American kids of hispanic origin. It is designed to raise awareness of the importance of taking measures against cold and flu among children. They are encouraged to use facial tissues when feeling a sneeze coming on and spread this information among their friends. The winners of the campaign will be awarded with an all-expense-paid trip with their families to an Orlando, Fla and will receive a Kleenex kit consisting of healthcare products.

As part of its promotional campaign for Tazo teas, the busiest Canadian Starbucks restaurants located in Toronto and Vancouver are now attracting passers-by with the newly-installed interactive storefronts. These projection devices invite people to play an interactive game by guiding a creature of their choice (a hummingbird, a dragonfly or a butterfly) through a journey aimed at collecting all the ingredients for Tazo teas merely as they touch the screen and move their hand around it.