Nissan is kicking off a new pan-European campaign under the “Urban Thrill Rides” tagline to promote the city car, a new Nissan Juke n-tec, available in European showrooms from March. The effort, developed by TBWAG1, writes a new charter in the “urban” narration, started by the brand years ago. It reveals the car’s adventurous personality and demonstrates how easily it integrates into the megalopolises’ life, ruled by high speed. The “Urban Thrill Rides” push is launching across more than 20 European countries starting April.

Heineken is showing what a real soccer fan could do to see the UEFA Champions League final match at Wembley in person. The beer brand has released the latest addition to its “Road to the Final” global campaign, an action-packed commercial, “The Final,” that celebrates boldness, charm and imaginative approach of a guy who makes his way to the long-awaited important soccer event.

Nestlé is celebrating the 75th anniversary of its flagship instant coffee brand Nescafé. The brand, which was conceived soon after the Wall Street Crash in 1929, turned to be extremely successful and has spread across more than 180 countries. Nescafé, which is claimed to be the world’s first instant coffee, is now consumed in giant volumes—over 5,500 cups of different brand’s varieties are drunk every second globally.

In its third annual Cultural Traction™ 2013 report, the brand development and marketing consultancy Added Value has ranked a total of 160 brands from 15 industries to measure their cultural vibrancy and define which of them better used the culture-led marketing strategies to stay more relevant to consumers. By culturally vibrant brands Added Value’s experts mean those brands that are perceived to have the most Visionary, Inspiring, Bold and Exciting (VIBE-index).

As part of the IPA’s international outreach programme to promote the UK and its world leading creative industries, and to develop long-term business links with Brazil during the Olympic handover period, the organisation recently conducted a study tour of Brazil’s creative hotspots. The trip gave us the opportunity to experience firsthand the cultural diversity and creative energy which has delivered Brazil a number of Cannes Lions in the last few years alone.

Google is launching a bunch of pranks for April Fool’s Day. Google Nose beta seems to be the most impressive one in this range. The service allows to experience smells of various things by just typing in their names and also lets detect objects by their scent. Google Nose, developed “to offer the sharpest olfactory experience available,” even got a website where the service is detailed.