Iconic international luxury brands Christian Lacroix and Chivas Regal have extended their exclusive partnership, unveiling Chivas 18 Year Old by Christian Lacroix. Following the success of the award-winning Chivas 12 Year Old Magnum by Christian Lacroix last year, the no.3 spirit in the travel retail sector and the French fashion house have produced yet another striking collaboration, with detail and style that could only result from the marriage of such celebrated luxury brands.

Heineken USA, the official beer sponsor for the 11th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, will rock Las Vegas with the ground-breaking sounds of Latin mashups, through Heineken MezclaSonic. This yearlong music series was created as a platform to showcase the Latin mashup music movement and the top DJs behind it. In support of the movement, Heineken will direct its music program, Heineken Green Ribbon, to fund future talent in the Latin mashup genre through a DJ school partnership. The 11th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards will be broadcast live on November 11th from the Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas.

Corona Light is going to feature some of its Facebook page’s fans on one of the most renowned ad space in the U.S., on the 40-foot-tall digital billboard on New York City’s Times Square. Through this promotion, which has been recently kicked off on its Facebook page, the Mexican beer brand is encouraging its consumers to share their photos (at least 500×500 pixels), which will be later displayed to public in NYC from November 8 to December 5.

Coca-Cola Light never misses a chance to get a ‘new outfit.’ The beverage brand, which has collaborated with a bunch of designers from around the world, is refreshed its look again with hilarious designs by fashion houses, including Gianfranco Ferré, Salvatore Ferragamo and Armani Jeans. On September 21, the bottles in the extravagant frocks were unveiled at the Charity Party, which was arranged by Coca-Cola Italy in cooperation with the Fashion, Events and Design Commission in Palazzo Marino during the Milan Fashion Week.

Mazda USA is hitting the road to reach Generation Y consumers, who love indie music and traveling. The brand’s sub-compact model, Mazda2, is sponsoring 32-stop concert tour of Mayer Hawthorne & the County, which is rolling out from October 3 in Fort Lauderdale through November 12 in Los Angeles for audiences of 750-1,500 people. The car and artist’s collaboration (the fist music-themed one for the brand) is backed by a massive digital campaign, which includes the website featuring lots of music and video content, as well as Twitter, YouTube, Flickr and Facebook for spreading the word through online channels.

Seneca Food’s Aunt Nellie’s brand of pickled vegetables enjoys a large and loyal following of older consumers. With rising interest in the farm-fresh movement from a younger generation, Seneca was perfectly positioned to speak to a broader demographic. In order for the brand to remain relevant and differentiated at shelf and appeal to a larger consumer pool, Seneca turned to international brand and design consultancy, Dragon Rouge, to develop a contemporized packaging design to appeal to younger consumers.

Plant a Tree. Clean the Air. Cool the Globe. This thought has been the driver that has inspired IKEA US shoppers. Since June 2006, IKEA US in partnership with American Forests, has had a national in-store ‘Plant A Tree’ program which asks customers to donate $1 to plant one tree. These contributions, together with money donated by IKEA, have resulted in raising $1.5 million dollars to plant 1.5 million trees across America.

This October, Stolichnaya, a pioneer in the flavored vodka category, will be taking a walk on the wilder side with the introduction of Stolichnaya Wild Cherri, the twelfth flavor in the brand’s vodka portfolio.  Created from the natural flavor of the wild cherry varietal and years in the making, Stoli Wild Cherri is naturally flavored with the purest of refined fruit extracts and is a brilliant addition to the bar. Packaging of Stoli new flavour was designed by Claessens International.

Drake, Trey Songz, Pitbull and Rihanna signed up for the new ad campaign rolling out by Kodak. The new push, dubbed “So Kodak,” is targeting young consumers and promotes the $200 EasyShare M590 camera, which is designed for social media-savvy consumers as enables them to forward photos to their friends’ emails or profiles on Twitter and Facebook in just three clicks.