Banking from their cellphones
on Nov 5, 2009 in Business can Change banking cellphones financial services internet mobile news technology online sms Research released by The World Wide Worx shows that the number of people banking from their cellphones has exceeded that of people banking from their PCs in South Africa, with more than a quarter of bank customers turning to their cellphones for serv...

Goodbye Citi
on Nov 5, 2009 in S'HOT Creative citi south africa volkswag volkswagen The VW Citi is being retired after 25 years in production. The last Citi will be doing a victory lap around the country to offer everyone the opportunity to come and bid farewell to Citi by signing the vehicle. The entire victory lap can be followed...

Cannes defines scam ads, grows a pair
on Nov 5, 2009 in Business can Change Design People advertising cannes loeries news scam ads Following detailed consultation and discussion with industry leaders, the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival wishes to make clear its policy on entries into its Festivals which breach the rules.

Copenhagen to Hopenhagen – Climate Change Conference
on Nov 3, 2009 in Business can Change climate change climate justice COP 15 copenhagen hopenhagen ogilvy un climate change conference On December 7 leaders from 192 countries will gather at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. Since the conference in Kyoto global carbon dioxide emissions have increased to a record 31.5 billion metric tons. That’s 40% above levels in 1...

Size is not everything
on Oct 28, 2009 in South Africans ba coca cola kfc kulula neil higgs saa sunday times TNS research surveys top brands It is tempting to attribute Top Brand status to brands that are simply big. After all, if a brand is big, surely it is doing something right? Yes, of course it is doing something right – but the key thing is to determine what that is – brands c...

Cat food cashes in on District 9
on Oct 27, 2009 in S'HOT Creative catfood district 9 lucky pet prawns The recent launch of sci-fi blockbuster District 9 presented an ideal opportunity for The Jupiter Drawing Room, Cape Town to align the Lucky Pet brand with the movie storyline through placement of the brand within cinemas. In the movie the aliens hav...

Inside Coco Joe
on Oct 26, 2009 in Uncategorized channel o coco joe magazine peet pienaar A look inside Coco Joe...

Steri Ts
on Oct 21, 2009 in Business can Change S'HOT Creative brandt botes ian jepson king james parmalat Patrick Latimer steri-stumpie t-shirt Theory One Steri Stumpie is launching a t-shirt range in collaboration with Levi Strauss and nine of South Africa’s hottest young graphic designers. A limited edition run of 900 t-shirts will be available and will be given away to fans of the brand via the St...

Forever Proteas
on Oct 20, 2009 in S'HOT Creative cricket damon stapelton masters & savant proteas standard bank tbwa hunt lascaris Masters & Savant Worldwide and TBWA Hunt Lascaris have created a TV and Cinema commercial which combines the corporate identity of Standard Bank with the fun, sun and excitement associated with watching the national cricket team play.

So did you hear about the one about Vanilla Ice drinking a beer?
on Oct 16, 2009 in S'HOT Creative castle lite ogilvy robert van winkle sab vanilla ice Former rap star Vanilla Ice brings some tongue in cheek flavour to beer brand Castle Lite. The commercial, created for South African Breweries (SAB), emphasises the beer's new extra cold attribute by aligning it with Vanilla Ice, otherwise known as R...