A plethora of brands create a range of products to pay homage to the cities around the globe—Coca-Cola‘s Fanta Absolut Vodka’s vibrant bottle designs and Nike‘s collection devoted to five NYC’s boroughs come as most notable examples of this ‘geographical’ movement. adidas is not an exception with its City Series editions, which celebrates a range of megalopolises with Boston, London, Tokyo, Paris, Oslo and more among them. Now, the brand decided to step out of the stores and pay tribute to one of the cities by a nice campaign, «We Are London,» which is dedicated to younger generation of pioneering and creative minds.
Facebook unveils a new system of messaging, which is sure to be welcomed both by people who stand by emails and those who love chatting online and send text messages. Before the press conference, which took place on November 15 in San Francisco, online mass media was speculating about FB’s possible launch of so-called ‘Gmail Killer.’ But the long-rumoured service turned to be not the case—instead of the new e-mail platform, Mark Zuckerberg introduced “The New Messages” service, which unites virtually all the ways of modern communication (barring video and voice chats).
Bacardi is launching an innovative, interactive Facebook app that creates, for the first time, one central portal that gives users the ability to organise and share their social life. The Bacardi «Mix-Together» app is a fully functional calendar designed to help organise events and offers the chance to earn «social points» in a variety of ways including through creating events and having invites accepted.
Nike is encouraging women to share their strategy of becoming ‘the best versions’ of themselves. The sportswear brand is inviting women, who care about their physical form and are committed to improve it, to leave a comment on the dedicated “I’m Making Myself” wall on Nike Women’s Facebook profile in order to inspire other ladies to follow their example. Nike also asked three celebrated female athletes to tell the world about their ways of reaching perfection.
adidas has launched a global sport marketing campaign dubbed “Danger Makes Legend” and is now inviting football fans to put their stills to a test by playing an online territorial and map-based game against their friends from Facebook or sport celebrities. The players from all around the globe are invited to the digital space where they can choose what city they are going to take over by using well-known football techniques.
Starbucks introduced a new feature to the Starbucks Card Facebook® App that makes it possible to buy a friend a treat from Starbucks without ever leaving Facebook. Available in the U.S. and Canada, users of the app now have the ability to load $5 to $500 directly onto a friend’s registered Starbucks Card as a gift. The “Give a Gift” update to the Starbucks Card App takes the honor of being the 100th launched idea from the popular community site, My Starbucks Idea.
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.