At the invitation of AUDI AG the teams of FC Bayern München, FC Barcelona, AC Milan and SC Internacional Porto Alegre will meet during the last week of July for a final contest before the European soccer season kicks off. As in 2009, the new edition of the Audi Cup will be played on two days at Munich’s Allianz Arena.
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Nike 6.0, the extreme sportswear and gear branch of the iconic manufacturer, has been busy producing new films and arranging new projects dedicated to active lifestyle. On May 19, the brand released the recently announced ‘Leave a Message’ film, showcasing six main women of Nike 6.0 Surf as they live and perform, and a few days earlier, on May 16, it kicked off the long-awaited BMX project dubbed ‘The Pool’ in east London, Dagenham. The space, where the professional and amateur riders are showing their skills, used to be a real swimming pool, which has been remodeled by one of the world’s best skatepark designers, Dave Sowerby.
Building on the terrific success of reality show ‘Bud United: Bud House’ that aired during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Budweiser is going to roll out another sensational project entitled ‘Bud United: The Big Time’. This is a next-gen project launched in course of the Bad United experiental platform. The latest endeavor of the beer brand is all about getting little people hit the big time. The casting is now performed through the brand-operated pages on social media, including Facebook and Renren.
For a brand like Puma, surviving and getting its second wind in a crowded market among such strong competitors as Nike and Adidas might mean actually thinking outside the market, i.e. turning from a sports sector with its tough competition to a more tolerant lifestyle clothing and apparel market. This idea was first discussed in Bloomberg Businessweek article dedicated to the dynamics of Puma sales over the last ten years.
YesYesNo, a provider of solutions that combine creativity, artistic vision, and R&D, in cooperation with DualForces have developed an unseen solution that allows creating works of art by bringing sport and cutting-edge technology together. In other words, the companies presented software that would allow athletes create dynamic paintings using their feet as they run.
PepsiCo’s functional drink Gatorade, which is known for its campaigns featuring A-list athletes, has launched the ‘Replay’ promotion in Australia dedicated to bringing back the favourite sporting moments of its consumers. Apparently, the drink is not only good for body, but also has a positive influence on memory—those, who want to share their recollection on the hilarious episodes from their sports life, are invited to visit the www.gatoradereplay.com.au website where they can upload their stories.
Carlsberg has commissioned a Liverpool-based agency Uniform to carry on the work on brand-repositioning.
As announced earlier, in April 2011, what was previously called ‘Probably, the best lager in the world’, announced its intention to reposition itself with the aim to double global sales by 2015. As part of its re-positioning campaign, the brand’s strapline has been changed to «That calls for a Carlsberg».