Fiat and Ferrari have teamed up for a smart branding ploy. Fiat created a custom-tuned limited-edition Fiat 500 Edition Ferrari; the 200 red Fiats will only be available at European Ferrari dealerships,…
(TrendHunter.com) Potatoes are an unlikely material for making jewelry and yet Gail Larkin of Las Cruces, New Mexico does use the vegetable we most readily associate with fries to make her funky colorful adornments.
She…
Right there with Vegas. Nice. You can find more here.
Everyone wonders how the small shops make their dough in New York. Droga is one of those that rides high on the conversation and speculation list. Well, here’s evidence of the shop’s recent work via Puma and starring Jamaican gold medalist, Usain Bolt.
Whatcha think? Darren Rovell from CNBC loves it:
“It’s the best post-Olympics advertising of a Beijing Olympic icon we’ve seen yet and we think the space from the rest of the congratulatory noise that came along with all the partners immediately after the games serves Puma well.”
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Everyone wonders how the small shops make their dough in New York. Droga is one of those that rides high on the conversation and speculation list. Well, here’s evidence of the shop’s recent work via Puma and starring Jamaican gold medalist, Usain Bolt.
Whatcha think? Darren Rovell from CNBC loves it:
“It’s the best post-Olympics advertising of a Beijing Olympic icon we’ve seen yet and we think the space from the rest of the congratulatory noise that came along with all the partners immediately after the games serves Puma well.”
More: Weird News Of The Day Via Droga5
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(TrendHunter.com) Let’s face facts: The world is searching for sex in every way. For example, Debonair Magazine’s global sex trend research shows that the word sex is entered 408,326 times daily into search engines and…
If you’re placing morbid bets, then put $50 on red for Wachovia. The recent collapse of Washington Mutual has folks worried about Wachovia. Wachovia’s stock is down 45% for the week, and 27% today as bailout.
Still, WPP’s Ogilvy & Mather has just picked up the pre-crisis estimated $150 million creative and media advertising account. Maxus, Neo@Ogilvy and Soho Square will handle media. The shop beat out Lowe and Universal McCann; Merkley & Partners and OMD. In the final round, Ogilvy crushed WPP sibling Young & Rubicam. Incumbents were Mullen and Carat.
Federal regulators now have their eye on Wachovia. Despite being in better shape the WAMU overall, Wachovia has $122 billion in risky mortgages. Plus, Barron’s has said that “the cost of protecting $10 million of Wachovia credit soared to 24.5 percentage points upfront, plus 500 basis points per year, from about $670,000 a year on Thursday.” This is not a pretty picture.
Oh wait! There’s more. Morgan Stanley has also stolen some of Wachovia’s top private wealth management representatives from Wachovia Securities to work in its New York-based office. The fellas probably smelled the rot of a sinking ship and got while the getting was good. That is only one small reason why Morgan Stanley backed out of merger talks with Wachovia on Wednesday. The end is near! The end is very near!
Wachovia will be releasing a statement about all this, the advertising agency switch, not their financial, sinkhole soon. Stay tuned.
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NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Dr Pepper Snapple Group has eliminated three positions from its marketing department, including that of Randy Gier, exec VP-marketing, as the beverage company continues to undergo changes following its spinoff from Cadbury Schweppes. Separately, the Snapple brand has reached out to its roster shops for a possible branding campaign.
MINNEAPOLIS (AdAge.com) — This week began with a program to honor shows that are really worth watching, but was watched by the fewest viewers ever. And it may end with the program that people really want to watch — the first presidential debate — that almost got canceled, as Sen. John McCain was almost a no-show.
(TrendHunter.com) This Marilyn Monroe stiletto purse represents, for my taste, an adventure into the quaint and the little bit absurd. The accessory is pretty as a piece of art but its utility and usability as a purse is…
Gov. Sarah Palin’s answer was surprisingly wobbly when asked what she meant in citing Alaska’s proximity to Russia as foreign affairs experience.
(TrendHunter.com) Defying the current credit crunch, people with mega-money are paying $25,000 per night to stay at the decadent Dubai hotel Atlantis The Palm.
The $25,000-per-night 3-bedroom suites come complete with…
A farmer in Ohio has created a corn maze out of Sarah Palin’s image. The image is clearly visible by helicopter.
Duke Wheeler, who owns the Butterfly House and surrounding farm, said he made the Palin…
YORK, Pa. (AdAge.com) — Now that JPMorgan Chase has shelled out $1.9 billion for beleaguered Washington Mutual, the deal will ultimately shelve the Washington Mutual name in favor of the Chase bank brand.
(TrendHunter.com) This F*ck the Rain Umbrella is perfect for those days when you wake up on the wrong side of the bed only to discover that, to make matters worse, the rain is pouring down outside.
Guaranteed to get your…
(TrendHunter.com) Dumpsters are not pretty. They are boxy, stained and dented. But why should they be? They are trash receptacles. They are where cellophane packaging and dirty diapers briefly hang out before taking a dirt…
(TrendHunter.com) A farmer in Ohio has created a corn maze out of Sarah Palin’s image. The image is clearly visible by helicopter.
Duke Wheeler, who owns the Butterfly House and surrounding farm, said he made the Palin…
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