Sony Corp. has unveiled its first smartphones under the Sony brand at the Barcelona Mobile World Congress. However, the company said that the group’s uneasy transition would not be so fast.
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Jaguar, the iconic British brand owned by Tata Motors since 2008, is rolling out a new global campaign to highlight its wild side and prove that it’s ‘alive.’ The new advertising effort with the ‘How alive are you?’ tagline is kicking off on JaguarUSA.com, as on Facebook and YouTube, with a 45-second version of a 30-second TVC, which is slated to air in mid-March, when print, digital and outdoor advertising elements will be launched as well. In addition to the new marketing push, developed by Spark 44 (a London-based agency founded last June and partly owned by Jaguar), the auto giant, which has been on the luxury auto market for decades, is unveiling a new updated logo and its brand symbol and is gearing up for an 18-city United States road show to provide consumers with an opportunity to try the cars and make sure the luxury vehicles are worth buying.
Sprite has launched a new campaign dubbed ‘Uncontainable Game’ in a very Nikeish style, encouraging young consumers to share their dedication to sport. The new marketing effort, which was launched last night during NBA All-Star weekend in the USA, stars legendary basketball players Kobe Bryant and LeBron James along with Andrea Bargnani of Italy, Al Horford of the Dominican Republic, Omri Casspi of Israel and Serge Ibaka of the Republic of Congo, and is considered the largest global campaign Sprite has ever executed since this effort is to be launched across 27 countries. Ad Age reports that “Sprite plans to carry the program into at least 2014.”
Grolsch and CARTILS have revealed the new graphic design for all bottles, cans and other packaging for the iconic Grolsch brand. The design will be introduced into the Dutch market this week. The new packaging will be hitting the store shelves worldwide beginning March. SABMiller teamed up with CARTILS, the well-known international branding and packaging design consultancy, in order to give the brand a more prominent look and feel. The primary focus was on the creation of a consistent worldwide visual identity, which emphasises the brand values as well as increasing the standout factor.
A unique model for furthering the frontiers of science through scientific research using state-of-the-art technology was established today with the launch of the Instruct Hub at www.structuralbiology.eu, thanks to innovative strategy, design and digital innovation work of joint-agencies team of Fairley & Associates, Felt Branding and Hildebrand.