MediaLAB Amsterdam has suggested a scent-based approach to improving postures. The development team have introduced the PosturAroma necklace for women that is supposed to inspire the female wearers to keep their backs straight. In addition to bringing the therapeutic benefit, the accessory can be used to help ladies feel safer in the street by improving their mood and self-esteem.
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Toyota (#1), 3M (#2) and Siemens (#3) lead Interbrand’s new global report, ‘Best Global Green Brands.’ In its first global report to focus exclusively on green, Interbrand, the leading brand consultancy, combines public perception of environmental sustainability (‘green’) with a demonstration of that performance based on publically available information and data.
From little things big things grow. That became the concept behind the new ‘Business Heroes’ awards launched by Cisco, which celebrates Britain’s small firms with a great potential. On March 1, the company, which had been looking for the best representatives of small businesses across the UK in partnership with the ‘Management Today’ magazine, announced the award’s winners from a range of fields, including technology, recruitment, manufacturing and sustainability.
Less than a week ago the Old Spice Guy ‘resigned’ from the award winning “questions and answers” Weiden+Kennedy campaign, which helped the brand’s body wash product to achieve 107% sales increase in the past month. This success was a real temptation for other brands, even those not related to the toiletry market. Willing to get a piece of this fame, Cisco released its own series of web-episodes, where a nerdy man standing in the same bathroom as Isaiah Mustafa, was answering questions from Twitter users.