In the full swing of its “We Are All Workers” campaign, launched this summer, Levi’s took up its much older initiative, Red for Life, and kicked off a series of concerts for women. The jeanswear brand teamed up with top female performers to launch Divas Rock, a concert tour across South Africa, aimed at raising awareness of HIV/AIDS and helping make positive changes in the communities through non-pressing education.
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Pepsi is crowdsourcing ideas for its new Italian TV ad through the MOFILM platform, the popular destination for those who love sharing their creative talent with global brands. The release of the commercial will support the upcoming launch of the global “Refresh Your World” campaign in Italy (“Migliora il tuo mondo”).
This summer was a busy one for Israeli teens with all the promotions arranged by Coca-Cola Company’s brands. One of them was The Coca-Cola Village, which featured a-la Facebook ‘likes’ and provided its young guests with an opportunity to spend several days in a fizzy beverage’s paradise, and another promo project, Fanta-driven one, Fclub, invited teen consumers to participate in a series of engaging, spontaneous and exciting events.
As a vibrant alternative to glamorous fashion weeks, this summer (July 7-8-9) the famous Street- and Urbanwear trade show Bread & Butter arranged a range of mind-blowing events featuring a plethora of brands, including Diesel, Boss Orange, Nike and Adidas. The first was probably the most active of them, inviting the guests of the shows to take part in its awesome activities. Diesel’s presence at the fair was mirroring—as you may have already guessed—its “Be stupid” theme, which underlies the latest campaigns of the brand.
Following Target’s example, Levi’s is putting models wearing its Curve ID jeans collection in the windows of a high rise building to promote this new range in Japan. The new system of jeans, developed by Levi’s, focuses on shape, not size, thus enabling female consumers select exactly what will be fitting their curved (or not very curved) bodies.
To kick off the summer fun, Coca-Cola US launched the Behind the Lens Youth Filmmaking Contest, a national online competition empowering 13-19 year-old amateur filmmakers to demonstrate their creativity. Within its Birthday Bash 15, one of the largest R&B and hip hop concerts in the South, Coca-Cola encouraged teens to showcase their filmmaking talents.
Durex encourages young creative minds from the UK to develop a new commercial, that will be focused on safer sex and reflect the mood and thoughts of Generation Y. The ultimate goal of the “Create the Next Ad” contest is to shoot a new promotional video in the same captivating style as the previous Durex spots to find the best words to communicate with the youth and convince them to make safer choices in their sex life.