Bombay Sapphire, Russell & Danny Simmons’ Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation and Complex Media joined forces to continue the last year initiative called Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series that took place last year as well.
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PepsiCo’s Quaker Chewy is following in the footsteps of Converse, which has been one of the biggest brands committed to helping emerging music geniuses get a stage where their voices can be heard. While the shoewear brand is primarily targeting bands, the snack brand is launching young music talents competition, running in the USA, and is happy to welcome standalone singers aged 8-14, who can upload videos of them performing one of the four songs selected by the brand to the Quaker Chewy Superstar Search website. The winner of the contest will receive a contract with the industry expert, record a song and get $5,000 in cash—not a bad start for a superstar-to-be.
Greenpeace, which encourages public to heavily criticize big corporations (Nestlé and BP to name but a few) when they destroy nature for profit, is now taking action against Mattel, the world’s biggest producer of toys and the manufacturer of Barbie. The environmental organization is informing that the best couple of all time have split: Barbie and Ken are not together anymore because the iconic doll keeps on “wrapping herself in rainforest destruction and pushing endangered Sumatran tigers to the brink of extinction.” Still, there’s something to be done to fix it—people can choose their country from the list write to Mattel’s SEO now and ask to stop cutting forests in Indonesia for making paper packaging. Maybe, this will help and Ken will forgive his ruthless ex.
On June 7, Intel Labs interacted with media, academia, partners and consumers at the 9th annual Research arranged by the company to review and discuss its news and highlights. Justin Rattner, the chief technology officer of the one of the world’s 50 most innovative company, unveiled more than 35 innovative research projects underway that will help transform the future of computing science.
The hilarious ‘Dove Campaign for Real Beauty’ featuring women of all ages and nationalities, which was aimed at helping female consumers feel confident with their looks and realise their personal beauty potential, is now replaced by new campaign dubbed ‘Dove Body Language’ for the Dove Hand & Body range, which was relaunched globally. The campaign was kicked off by Unilever on June 6 and is rolling out primarily at the brand’s Facebook page, where one can write a shareable message (up to three lines) with the help of six women who form letters with their bodies.
The world is experiencing the power of ‘Think Blue.,’ Volkswagen’s international environment-oriented campaign, which was launched in Europe in 2010 and over the last months has been rolling out in the USA, Canada and Australia as well. With a huge focus on ecology, the brand just can’t miss big days for those who care about the nature—ahead of Earth Day (April 22), in Canada the brand released a simple but smart advert encouraging to check the tires’ air pressure regularly, and on the occasion of World Environment Day (June 5), Volkswagen and DDB Sydney developed an integrated campaign with the ‘Why be environ-mental when you can be enviro-normal?’ tagline for Australia.
On June 2, the Eastman Kodak Company announced the new environment-friendly initiative that allows U.S. customers to get rid of electronics products they no longer use.
Consumers are welcome to trade in used gadgets from any brand and receive cash. Any printers, digital cameras, digital video cameras and digital picture frames, as well as camera accessories such as lenses and flashes are accepted.