Timberland, whic is committed to promoting active lifestyle, is rewarding individuals who want to spend more time outdoors. To promote its new range of Earthkeepers footwear, the brand teamed up with brand experience agency BEcause and Groundspeak, the location-based technology specialist, to launch the ‘Trail of Heroes’ campaign, which encourages consumers to explore the world outside their homes and set out on a search of ‘treasures,’ uniquely designed set of containers (geocaches) hidden across in six European megalopolises—Milan, Paris, Madrid, Berlin, Brussels and London.

Volkswagen is now rolling out its ‘Think Blue.’ initiative in the United States. The aim is to encourage eco-friendly mobility and progressive ideas for responsible action in everyday life. The U.S. launch coincides with the partnership between Volkswagen and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York as well as today’s inauguration of the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee—one of the world’s ‘greenest’ automobile factories.

Nike 6.0, the extreme sportswear and gear branch of the iconic manufacturer, has been busy producing new films and arranging new projects dedicated to active lifestyle. On May 19, the brand released the recently announced ‘Leave a Message’ film, showcasing six main women of Nike 6.0 Surf as they live and perform, and a few days earlier, on May 16, it kicked off the long-awaited BMX project dubbed ‘The Pool’ in east London, Dagenham. The space, where the professional and amateur riders are showing their skills, used to be a real swimming pool, which has been remodeled by one of the world’s best skatepark designers, Dave Sowerby.

MINI, which last year launched a hilarious geo-location campaign in Stockholm, has now running a new awesome international promotion in another European capital, Berlin. For the new advertising initiative dubbed ‘It’s Personal,’ the brand merged billboards and interactive technology, inviting just everybody—both in the real and digital dimensions—to tap in and get featured on the giant MINI Photo Box, located at the corner Kurfürstendamm and Joachimstaler Straße in the German capital.

Cheetos, PepsiCo‘s Frito-Lay’s mischievous and playful snack brand, is on a mission to reward the best of the best when it comes to goofing off. The brand unveiled the Cheetos Billion Minute Break, a first-of-its-kind, internet-wide experience where  American consumers can compete to become the greatest break-taker alive and the winner of the ultimate Cheetos reward—a larger-than-life portrait of themselves made entirely of Cheetos snacks. Every minute spent goofing off online helps consumers earn greater goof-off status and valuable prizes, and helps Cheetos achieve its ultimate goal—a collective one billion minutes of time spent goofing off by its fans.

Lancôme is pleased to announce the arrival of Emma Watson as new ambassadress for the brand. An English actress born in Paris, Emma Watson is a young woman perfectly in step with her time. She embodies the freshness, energy and modernity of a generation for which she is the icon—creative, passionate, committed and sensitive to the world around her, she is a confident free spirit who displays astonishing maturity.