Prada is taking us back to the times when playing board games was a great and the most common way to pass the time. The fashion brand has released a collection of board game sets, created with a luxury touch, which makes each of them a perfect Christmas gift.
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This season, McDonald’s is revealing a new Santa Claus, a postman. The fast-food chain has released a new ad in the UK, which invites to take a fresh look at those, who deliver joy to our doors. The advert, created by Leo Burnett, promotes the new festive menu, which will be available at the chain from today, November 28, through January 1, 2013.
Each year ahead of Christmas, Stella Artois, the beer brand connected with the holiday due to its history, unveils some special gifts to its loyal fans. To help people spread the merry spirit this year, Stella Artois US launched the Holiday Carole application on its Facebook page, which allows everyone to send a unique gift “that melds timeless elegance with modern technological sophistication to create a truly unparalleled experience.” The brand created a video, in which a beautiful lady named Carole sings a holiday song to nobody else but you, the receiver of the video gift. Stella Artois fans also can go to the dedicated page on its website to enjoy the experience.
Old Navy plays on nostalgia in the series of its new holiday ads, created by Crispin Porter + Bogusky to reach US consumers, who have emotional connection to the 1980s and 1990s. The brand is to launch five commercials featuring the Griswolds family characters from the popular comedic “National Lampoon’s Vacation” films, which were a real hit two decades ago. The first of them, “Plug in the Pop,” has already arrived to Old Navy’s YouTube channel, with others to be released soon.
adidas is re-imagining the holiday classics, “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, by launching a video titled The Cautionary Tale of Ebenezer Snoop, a story of “love, loss, regret and redemption of Ebenezer Snoop as he rediscovers his lost holiday spirit.” The brand’s Holiday 2012 Campaign new video, which will be available on November 26, features a roster of global celebrities including Snoop Lion (Ebenezer Snoop), Stan Smith (Ghost of Holiday Past), David Beckham (Present) and Derrick Rose & Rita Ora (Future) as well as other adidas celebrity faces, who will make cameo appearances—Jeremy Scott, Joe Tsonga, Dwight Howard and Andy Murray to name but a few. The film, which centers around the legendary holiday story, will help users take a fresh look at their own life and see if they are more Scrooge or Cratchit, bad or good.
Starbucks is always among the first to tap into the Christmas frenzy. Annually, the coffee and tea brand introduces its holiday items with the bright and creative design, along with holiday activities, giveaways and apps. This year, the brand is keeping up to the tradition and launches its Starbucks Rekindle page, “Holiday Village,” in the USA, which offers tons of gifts to the local consumers.
M&S is for everyone, regardless their social background, age, race or health—the retailer supports its diversity philosophy by featuring Seb White, a four year old boy with Down’s Syndrome in its latest Christmas campaign. The ad, which is part of the new kidswear promotion dubbed “The greatest hits this Christmas” is the first ever UK modeling TV spot, featuring a youngster with a learning disability, so it’s a little revolution in business advertising.