What Media Companies Can Learn From The Gap


For the past three years, Gap Inc.'s online commerce has been thriving despite a deep worldwide recession. According to its latest SEC 10K filing, Gap Inc's overall net sales fell 10% in this period, but its online store sales grew 33% in this period and Gap.com and OldNavy.com grew 5% and 10% respectively. This online success largely can be attributed to a superb site design that effectively leverages it's diverge product lines.

Tibetan Tribal Fashion – The Missoni Spring 2011 Collection is Vibrantly Unique (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Seems like the Missoni Spring 2011 collection would like to make us ladies into Tibetan princesses (or perhaps Mexican ones?).

Either way, I can’t help but feel like the Missoni Spring 2011 collection…

Why AOL Bought TechCrunch


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — AOL built its content-first strategy on Weblogs, a collection of blogs that included Engadget and Joystiq it purchased in 2005. Now it has acquired TechCrunch, the tech and startup news blog founded by former attorney and impresario Michael Arrington for a reported $30 million, including incentives.

Samsung Strong, Windows 7 Phone Weak

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Samsung memory cards are strong. Very, very strong. Shock proof. Water proof. Magnet proof. And idiot proof.
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Chief Creative Kevin Roddy Leaves BBH


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — BBH New York Chief Creative Officer Kevin Roddy is leaving the agency due to what the company characterized as a creative conflict.

Smart Car Asks Belgians to Choose Black or White Clan

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Maybe there isn’t anything akin to the KKK in The Netherlands or maybe their whole outlook on race isn’t so sensitive that they have to over analyze every last piece of creative before it goes out the door.
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WPP: clarification

WPP has asked us to point out and we accept that, although it has had discussions with AKQA in the past, it is not currently considering a bid for it (Campaign, 24 September), and has no immediate plans to.

Reality Show Winners Duel Inside Reality Billboard

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Launched yesterday in Israel by Shalmor Avnon Amichay/YR Interactive, a giant “reality board” will house Big Brother winner Eliraz Sadeh and Survivor winner Natan Bashevikin who, each allocated have the living space inside the board, will battle to maintain their living quarters.
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The Walking Dead – Title Sequence

A l’occasion de l’arrivée de la série “The Walking Dead” de Robert Kirkman sur AMC fin octobre, ce scénariste et metteur en scène Daniel Kanemoto a eu l’initiative de créer à sa manière un générique complet. Une vidéo en animation, à découvrir dans la suite de l’article.



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Previously on Fubiz

Os músicos de rua do futuro

Seline

Recentemente mostrei aqui a iPad Orchestra, lembra?

Mas o que talvez não tenhamos pensado, é que você também pode usar o seu iPad para fazer um troquinho nas ruas da cidade. Olha essa garota no video abaixo, por exemplo, a primeira busker de rua de iPad.

Só que além do preço da tablet da Apple em si, ela ainda teve que gastar US$ 9.99 pra comprar o aplicativo Seline HD. Não duvido que esses dois vídeos sejam virais para promover o app.

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Collective Employees Reach Out


Collective held a companywide community outreach program, Collective Cares, on Sept. 24. The provider of audience-driven media and technology solutions for marketers designed the program to encourage volunteerism and service to employees in its nine U.S. offices.

Ten ways to survive media’s ‘perfect storm’

As the outlook for the media industry remains uncertain, turnaround specialist Alvarez and Marsal offers ten ways for businesses to survive the perfect storm, where falling ad revenue meets media fragmentation

Hot Chicks and Cute Gays Stalk TBWA\Vietnam’s George Nguyen

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Worshiped like a rock star, George Nguyen, gets some love from some Vietnamese groupies.
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The New and Improved 2010 Social-Media and Mobile Glossary


The Official Social-Media and Mobile Glossary of 2010, which Pete Blackshaw created in January, is already obsolete. A jargon refresh and "social stimulus" is in order — this against a backdrop of "no-blink" social-media and digital speed. Here goes, and yes, a few of these are autobiographical.

RTS: Adam Crozier outlines ITV’s vision of its future

Adam Crozier, ITV’s chief executive, today told the RTS International conference that he has an eye on offering targeted advertising and plans to use ITV.com and YouView to build a “two-way bridge to the consumer”.

Woman Has Sex With Vodka Bottle

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A new print and outdoor ad campaign for Skyy Vodka depicts a woman clad in red leather tights and high heels getting…um…poked by a vodka bottled.
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How to add a location to your tweets on twitter

You can now add a location to your tweets to localize them.

It’s basically working like places on facebook or foursquare.

Below your tweet box there is a line and a like, if you turn it on, your tweets will be localized!

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Website: twitter.com

Flipbook with banknotes counting machine viral video

Design Currency is promoting the value added by design with this viral video.

Advertiser: Icograda Design Week In Vancouver

Small Ball: Great for Baseball, Bad for Agencies


For months, we've been bombarded with news about shrinking budgets, increased project work, smaller assignments and the move for marketers to work with a roster of agencies. After a while, rather than forming big plans for the future, we start to scale back our ambitions and plan our business based on a set of diminished expectations. Rather than thinking big, we start to think small.

Weekly Online Radio Listenership Reaches 43 Million

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An Arbitron and Edison Research study from April 2010 indicates that about 27 percent of U.S. online users, or roughly 70 million individuals, listened to online radio in the previous month
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