Yearly Archives: 2005
Tobacco Advertising Memorabilia
Collection of historic and beautiful tobacco advertisements from around the world, like for the popular Cohiba Cigars. The ads range from culturally interesting, to graphically appealing, to borderline pornographic. Explore the pictures By the way, Habanos has introduced a new … Read
New Brand Story – Bazooka Chewing Gum
During World War II, The Topps Company began to market a brand of bubble gum in the United States under the name Bazooka. The gum was packaged in a patriotic red, white, and blue color scheme… Read more
Fuck Everything, We’re Doing Five Blades – Gillette’s Razor
“Would someone tell me how this happened? We were the fucking vanguard of shaving in this country. The Gillette Mach3 was the razor to own. Then the other guy came out with a three-blade razor. Were we scared? Hell, no. … Read
Palmers Lingerie gets Facelift
The Austrian traditional lingerie company Palmers has introduced its new branding, developed by the agency Desgrippes Gobé. According to official sources the brand wants to position itself in front of H&M, which has been taking away lingerie customers over the … Read
Opportunities for Bands and Brands
In today’s world of branded entertainment, Joe DiMuro is one busy and determined man. As the executive VP/GM of Sony BMG Strategic Marketing Group, DiMuro is responsible for creating and generating product, licensing and business-development opportunities for bands and brands. … Read
Send a lovely designed E-Card
Send the lovely designed Brand Infection E-Card to one of your friends or colleagues at work. More extraordinary e-cards located here
Absolut Persistence. Absolut Vanilla
…and another good ad by TBWA\Brasil for Absolut Vodka
The Brand Directory – Latest Additions
Asics is an athletic shoe company that started in 1949 when Kihachiro Onitsuka began manufacturing basketball shoes at his home in Kobe Japan. 1977 the shoes were introduced in the United States. The company name ASICS is an acronym for … Read
Nivea Visage – Guerilla with colossal straws
The agency TBWA just launched a guerilla marketing campaign for Nivea Visage to demonstrate the creme’s moisturizing effect. Huge straws have been placed in fountains across Austria where young ladies distribute sample packages. The company says it will expand the … Read
iPod My Baby – Clothing for your Cuties
The latest in baby clothes is the iPod My Baby cotton onesize, available in white, pink and blue. As the product description explains, “Each is equipped with a touch sensitive scroll wheel; responsive to your every nudge, tickle and squeeze.†… Read
Wrigley’s Extra Professional Chewing Gum
Companies do all kinds of things to please us ehm, please them and their investors. Time and again they re-brand an old product to release it as a new shiny one shortly after. For one simple reason: beautifying their financial … Read
Garage Goals by Adidas
Adidas Football is online with a new advergame “Garage Goals” created by the agency Preloaded. You need to register in order to play it but it’s still a lot of fun.
Gaylord – Indian Restaurant Worldwide
Whether you are in London, San Francisco, Mumbai or Frankfurt you can always go eat at Gaylord, a high-priced indian restaurant with an interestingly bizarre name. Those of you having watched “Meet the fockers” might smile, others just wonder. There’s … Read
The Sinalco Aera
The Sinalco Aera is an exhibition currently shown in Vienna, Austria (until 25. 9. 2005). It’s about Eating, Drinking, and Consumer Habits in Post-War Austria and gives an interesting insight into brands and their development over time. Shown below are … Read
Top 10 Global Brands
1. Coca-Cola 2. Microsoft 3. IBM 4. General Electric 5. Intel 6. Nokia 7. Disney 8. McDonald’s 9. Toyota 10. Marlboro Nokia, the first european company in the list is on 6th place. The german car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz comes in … Read
