brand bites
Posted by Abe Sauer on February 25, 2011 12:00 PM
• Anne may Hathaway with acting, but could the agent who told the Oscars co-host the above skit is funny please take it back before Sunday?
• Viral experiment of the week? @wkwardprice lets "advertisers catch the attention of the public by paying crazy money for common and worthless items sold on Ebay." Uh, no thanks.
• Buy yourself a Fatburger — and a new business opportunity! Yes, 26 Fatburger locations are now up for sale.
• Once again proving that Aussies have more fun, we present — the Puma Love Run:
• Justin Bieber auctions trimmed tresses, loses 80,000 Twitter followers, shows Taiwanewz videos yet again ahead of the curve:
• Theory of the week: How the Apple brand is Radiohead, and Radiohead is the Apple brand. OK, we'll byte.
• Skoda plans to launch a new brand identity at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show.
• In New Zealand, guerilla marketing campaign imprints ads on pantsless legs.
• This viral YouTube hit (7M views since Feb. 14) is actually from BBDO; behold, the Levi's "ass cam" —
• And in India, Mountain Dew throws Bollywood superstar Salman Khan off a mountain:
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