“Harmony Between Man, Nature and Machine” is the Prius promise – something we’ve all heard before but rarely has it been better executed than in Prius’s new marketing campaign. Basically the premise is that...
Read MoreHoliday Inn this month “launched” their brand “relaunch” which involves refreshing over 3,200 hotels by the end of 2010, new brand standards, touchpoints and of course a new logo & ads. Whilst Holiday...
Read MoreVersace opened two new stores in Dubai this month – one a full boutique and the other a jewellery offering. The boutique is at Dubai Mall, covers 600m2 & reflects the typical Versace DNA of glamour & Italian...
Read MoreMiu Miu are certainly expanding. This month they opened their first boutiques in China & Turkey to add to their growing range of directly operated stores. Currently the Miu Miu brand has around 20% of the turnover of Prada...
Read MoreI spend a lot of time in airports & visit a lot of different airports. I know a fair bit about what goes on behind the scenes in them, particularly with airport development, and the amount of money which goes into designing...
Read MoreLonely Planet spent a lot of money developing applications for Microsoft Surface but have yet to roll one out anywhere. Many expected it in their new store at Sydney Airport (their only store in the world) but from comments made...
Read MoreMcDonalds is known & often criticised for always being the same wherever you go – or at least that’s what people often think. Its not the case however. McDonalds does have some core items which are the same but...
Read MoreUniqlo announced its quarterly operating profit at end May had increased by 27% to 292.5 million US. Same store sales in Japan have also grown 15.4% in the quarter compared to last year. For the full year to August 2009,...
Read MoreSamsung have launched new vending machines with 46″ LCD touchscreens. These have been developed in partnership with Kraft and at this stage at least will be used exclusively with Kraft product. The concept is pretty...
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