Asda Magazine, published by Publicis Blueprint, has seen an increase of 5% in its readership, according to the latest National Readership Survey (NRS). Readership has grown from 5,101,000 (January—June 2010) to 5,358,000 (July—December 2010) according to the figures, released on February 25.
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This spring, Polo Ralph Lauren expands its shoppable children’s online storybook collection with the introduction of ‘The RL Gang: A Magically Magnificent School Adventure.’ Showcasing Ralph Lauren Childrenswear Spring 2011 collection, the new RL Gang video, narrated by award-winning actress and mother Uma Thurman, was launched globally on March 3.
The world has a plethora of mysteries, which have been intriguing people for centuries. One of them—loss of one sock from a pair—has been recently solved by GE (General Electric), one of the leaders in the domestic and home kitchen appliances industry, in the tongue-in-cheek campaign launched on www.sockloss.com website to support people whose socks just vanished and give them recommendations on how to stop the tendency.
Last year, in support of the 63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival Stella Artois, the official sponsor of the event, was running a charming campaign revolving around ‘mysterious disappearance’ of Jacques d’Azur, the ‘King of Cannes’, under which they were on the lookout for a rightful heir of the man (and finally found one). This time, ahead of the 64th Festival de Cannes, Stella Artois is going to bring the international playboy back through cinematography, and so the brand is giving its fans a unique opportunity to star as Jacques d’Azur in a short film about his life.
Coca-Cola’s Sprite is launching a new advertising campaign in India, where the brand holds the second position in the list of soft drink brands. The tagline of the marketing push, which aims at younger consumers, says, ‘First drink, then think. Sprite—University of Freshology.’ The iconic lemon-lime based soda, which was launched in 1999 across the country, will be now promoted through a series of 6 TV commercials, as well as social media platforms and the brand’s website—www.sprite.in.
The footwear company New Balance launched another project which encapsulates the theme of youth’s creativity, showcasing life of five young artists from Australia through the world of photography and video. The project, called www.nb574.com (in honour of one model in the brand’s range), will be disclosing details of the guys’ everyday creative experience of bringing new and fresh things in various fields (visual art, fashion and music) to the world.
Rankings revolving around the health, environmental and social impact of products and companies are gaining their popularity among consumers who want to know if the goods they purchase are really healthy from different points of view. Recently, Popsop wrote about Nike’s ‘Environmental Apparel Design Tool,’ based on Nike’s Considered Design Index, as well as the Eco Index, and now the GoodGuide system, created back in 2007, gets into the spotlight. So far, over 95,000 food, toys, apparel, personal care & household products, babies & kids, electronics and appliances produced by both local and global companies (the list of those includes Starbucks, Levi’s, H&M, Nescafe, Nike, PepsiCo, Nestlé and Diesel to name a few) are thoroughly studied and ranked by experts of GoodGuide, with the results being available at the website and on the iPhone app.