(TrendHunter.com) Knitwear is making a comeback, and designers like Cooperativedesigns are making that happen.
The weather for me seems is foul; it´s cold and gray. My wait for summer seems to become an endless tragedy.…
(TrendHunter.com) One of the big office furniture companies, Steelcase, decided that making a “walk†station would be pretty cool. And it kinda is.
Especially when you add four monitors. Remember Gordon Gecko of the…
(TrendHunter.com) Acting like an in-your-face showgirl, Naco-Paris is bursting into the fashion scene with edgy designs…
The designs are exceptionally creative with a DIY edge and appeal. The designs are much different…
Taco Bell’s president, Greg Creed, the guy who sends gushy, publicity-seeking letters to Paris Hilton, has struck again. This week, he’s apparently been trying to get 50 Cent to change his name to 79 Cent, 89 Cent or 99 Cent for a day to promote the chain’s value meals—and then rap a lunch order, using the revised currency when referring to himself. In return for all this, Taco Bell promised $10,000 to a charity of Fiddy’s choice. “We know that you adopted the name 50 Cent years ago as a metaphor for change,†Creed reportedly wrote. “We at Taco Bell are also huge advocates for change. … We encourage you to ‘Think outside the bun’ and hope you accept our offer.†The offer was not accepted. A rep for the rapper called the invitation a “sleazy and ill-conceived publicity stunt,†and Fiddy himself added, “When my legal team is finished with them, Taco Bell is going to have a new slogan: ‘We messed with the bull and got the horns!’ â€
—Posted by Tim Nudd
In celebration of the Phoenix Lander’s apparently discovery of ice on Mars (news which it quickly Tweeted back to Earth with a giddy “w00t!!! Best day ever!!â€), here’s an old Mars rover-themed Hewlett-Packard spot from Hungary. There’s one more after the jump, from Heineken, in which the ice they’ve since found will come in handy.
—Posted by Tim Nudd
According to The Financial Times, a Y&R subsidiary in Zimbabwe has been assisting the re-election campaign of Robert Mugabe.
Below, an example ad courtesy of British political commentator Iain Dale.
Now that the light has been shined on this batch of cockroaches, WPP is divesting itself of the Y&R subsidiary.
I really like the “100%” callout at the top. What’s next? “Now–with extra thuggery!”
When your brand is number one, never acknowledge the runners up. This is a long-standing rule of marketing. But one that Rupe willfully broke at Cannes.
According to Brian Morrissey of Adweek, Rupe dismissed the online service as little more than “a directory.” He said the attention lavished on Facebook is not in line with the challenges it has faced in building its audience into a sustainable business.
“They’ve not monetized as well as us,” he said. “They’ve done a great job of being the flavor of the month the last six months of last year.”
I was shocked to find out this week that there is indeed gambling in casinos and Barack Obama was forgoing public fundraising for this fall's election. So I thought it was my duty to give him 10 ideas on how to best spend all his money this fall. (Aside from spending it on advertising during the Olympics.)
Remember that series of Mischief NYC summertime parties that Fuel Industries’ Sean MacPhedran, Oddcasts’s Emily Twomey, Desedo’s Michael Hastings and media mouthpiece Adrants are hosting?
CHICAGO (AdAge.com) — The CEO of InBev, seeking to allay concerns about his company's cost-cutting reputation as it vies to take over Anheuser-Busch, today vowed to continue aggressively supporting brands like Budweiser and Bud Light through platforms such as the Super Bowl.
The 80-something (?) year old Advertising Age is, apparently, sick of toeing the line, sticking to the straight and narrow and offering up nothing but long-winded dissertations on the business of advertising.
Need a brainless diversion? Visit Choose the Champion.
So this graphic landed in my e-mail box today from Canon:
Now, will there be an increase in shipping costs that negate the gas savings you’d have from not driving to Best Buy?
I also saw some BMW commercials last night touting their energy efficiency. Something about the entire line of cars averaging 28 mpg. Yes, BMW. Boy, the times are changin’.
Though we are certain we saw this weeks ago, that doesn’t appear to be the case.
When you’re up on scaffolding dealing with the details of erecting a billboard, it pays to occasionally step back and view the big picture.
– Corbis has announced the opening of its Museum of arts for the Arts where all things photography, paint and music will be celebrated. – The Amsterdam office of StrawberryFrog has severed ties with the parent company and will…
This AIG commercial, which has been out for quite a while, may be correct in suggesting that singing karaoke can add 15 years to your life. What it fails to take into account is that the same singing can subtract 15, perhaps even 20 years from the lives of people stuck in the room with you. And this guy isn’t even as bad as they get. The Velour Fog can crash starships with the first verse of “Lola.â€
—Posted by David Kiefaber
Splashcast just launched HotSpot, which enables advertisers to tag objects in published videos.
According to BusinessWeek, the type of purchases one makes with a credit card can determine one’s credit score.
The FTC suit against Atlanta-based CompuCredit for allegedly “deceptive” marketing practices offers a rare look inside the opaque business of credit scoring. It reveals a mechanism that consumer advocates and politicians have long suspected exists—one in which purchasing behavior, not just payment history, matters.
The allegations, in part, focus on CompuCredit’s Aspire Visa, a subprime credit card for risky borrowers. The FTC claims that CompuCredit didn’t properly disclose that it monitored spending and cut credit lines if consumers used their cards at certain places. Among them: tire and retreading shops, massage parlors, bars, billiard halls, and marriage counseling offices. “The company touted that cardholders could use their credit cards anywhere,” says J. Reilly Dolan, assistant director for financial practices at the FTC. “What they didn’t say was that you could be punished for specific kinds of purchases.”
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