Jack Daniel’s is aiming to outperform Coca-Cola in delivering festive spirit with X-mas commercials or at least introduce a new element to the celebration with the release of a new campaign, developed by Arnold Worldwide in Boston, with the “It’s not what’s under the tree that matters, it’s who’s around it” tagline. The Brown-Forman Corporation’s brand believes that the new ‘barrel tree’ approach will touch people’s hearts for years, and will become as iconic as Coca-Cola’s Christmas elements. “We hope it will be the start of a new tradition,” tells Carmen D’Ascendis, director of global marketing for Jack Daniel’s at Brown-Forman in Louisville, Ky, to The New York Times.

Original luxury Scotch whisky Chivas Regal is launching an innovative campaign in Travel Retail to reward travellers with genuine added value. In partnership with private nightclub Le Baron, ‘The Art of Hosting’ campaign includes a limited edition gift-pack, in-store displays and an exclusive website which brings entertaining at home to life as a sensory, 360 degree, virtual party experience.

Diageo’s whisky brand Johnnie Walker has rolled our a new campaign in Brazil appealing to the country’s fast-growing market with a blockbuster-like spot. From the first sight, the new video seems to be strange as it’s hard to imagine that people on the streets would laugh if they saw a stony colossus arising from Rio de Janeiro’s Sugar Loaf mountain landmark.