An adult beverage with an urban audience, is saying cheers to our newly elected urban President. French cognac-maker, Hennessy, is selling 180,000 limited-edition bottles in honor of the 44th President of the Unites States. A percentage of proceeds is being donated to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Bottles are on sale in Washington, D.C., Maryland, Illinois, New York City, and Georgia for $30 dollars. The …
Obey Capitalism
This ad for Saks Fifth Avenue is bound to give the more idealistic Shepard Fairey fans reason to pause. Pimping the new Prez is one thing, but Saks is on another level. It's unadulterated consumerism. Eric Wilson of The New York Times, asked Fairey if his work could be "misunderstood as some sinister form of retail indoctrination." "Some people might think it could be making fun of what's going on right now," Mr. …
What’s Good For CEOs and CMOs, Is Good For The Gander
Microsoft wants to sell something called "people ready business solutions." So they asked JWT/New York to come up with something. JWT came up celebrity endorsements. Kind of. The campaign. with print and TV executions, features Coca-Cola North America CMO Katie Bayne, WestJet CEO Sean Durfy, Quiksilver CEO Robert McKnight and Eric Ryan, the co-founder and chief brand architect for Method. [via MediaWeek] …
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Good Form
Olympic gold medalist Nastia Liukin is appearing in Max Azria's new online ad campaign. New York Magazine has the details. …
Nobody Told Me There’d Be Ads Like These
Can we please stop reanimating dead people? It's creepy. I like John Lennon. I like the idea of One Laptop Per Child. I don't like the idea of John Lennon voice impersonators and digital manipulators pushing laptops. …
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Rose Isn’t Much of A Pepper
Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses is taking legal action against Dr. Pepper. The singer is upset about the soda makers botched giveaway associated with the release of his band's "Chinese Democracy" album. According to Ad Age, Rose's lawyer Alan Gutman "pounced on the soft-drink marketer, claiming it failed to deliver on its promise to give out the free sodas, turning what began as a great public-relations stunt into a …
The First Lady of Brand Advocacy
According to The New York Times, Mrs. Obama gave a big shout out to J. Crew during her Oct. 27 appearance on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. Dressed in a $148 pencil skirt, a $148 yellow and brown tank top and a $118 yellow cardigan, she seemed to be promoting both fiscal prudence and the overlooked appeal of mustard-colored clothing. “I want to ask you about your wardrobe,” Mr. Leno told her, alluding to the news …
Lunch with Ivanka
Would you like to dine mid-day with the lovely heiress to the Trump fortune? Of course, you would. Well, now it's almost possible, as Ivanka Trump, in tandem with ConAgra Foods, plans to swap out your boring brown bag lunch with something a bit sexier. According to Ad Age, the product launch on Oct. 21 will be an experiential "Lunch Trade" in two cities, where working Americans will be given Ivanka's new meal in a …
