Maxing Pepsi Max’s Potential
October 4, 2010, 11:08 pm
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Natalie Zmuda reports in Advertising Age that “Pepsi Max is hoping the third time’s a charm.” This would be the third re-launch for Pepsi Max since it hit the U.S. market in 2007. For this re-launch, Pepsi Max is replicating its successful overseas strategy – going after the ‘other guy’ – comparing itself to Coke Zero and completely jettisoning the word “diet” from all messaging, packaging and branding efforts in order to communicate more effectively with American men.    (more…)



Pepsi’s Refresh Project Goes Global
September 9, 2010, 1:13 am
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Natalie Zmuda of Advertising Age (September 7, 2010) reports that Pepsi plans to expand its Refresh Project to Europe, Latin America, and Asia, as well as continue the initiative in the U.S. and Canada in 2011. “When you look at the powerful movement that we are creating, there’s no question that we have on our hands something big,” says Ami Irazabal, marketing director at Pepsi. “Pepsi Refresh Project is going to be an integral part of the brand going forward. Each market is going to execute it differently, but it is a global branding platform.” (more…)



The Everyman’s Soup
October 6, 2009, 6:12 pm
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After years of featuring professional football players—and their moms—in ad campaigns, Campbell’s Chunky line of soups is ditching the trenches of the playing turf for the shipyards, quarries, and farms of blue-collar labor.  (more…)




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