Maoris hacked off at haka exploitation

WELLINGTON — The haka is best known to rugby fans as the spectacular pre-match challenge issued by the All Blacks — but it’s also...

Spectacular digital art lotto

ADS & ENDS NANETTE FRANCO-DIYCO HAS ART TOUCHED our hearts in one way or another? I remember one summer when my daughter and I seriously undertook...

Tracing the steps of the modern shoppers’ journey

MUCH OF THE WORLD now revolves around a combination of offline and online action. Of course, that includes consumer behavior, something brands seem to...

Boxing clever: used shipping containers fill gap in South African retail

JOHANNESBURG — A short drive west of Johannesburg on the edge of a fading bohemian high street stands 27 Boxes, a mosaic-colored retail center...

Shell launches ‘Do More’ campaign

Ads & Ends Nanette Franco-Diyco DRIVING FROM MAKATI to White Plains nowadays takes an average of two hours at peak times. In the name of...

More about proposals and presentations

Getting The Edge In Professional Selling By Terence A. Hockenhull AS WE MENTIONED last week, the person who asks for a proposal will very often attach a note...

LUX returns with ‘Perfumed Bath Collection’

AFTER SEVERAL YEARS not in the Philippines, LUX (one of Unilever’s personal care brands) has returned to the local market with the introduction of...

Coke bottle and art on tour

AS ONE of the world’s most recognized shapes turns a century old this year, The Coca-Cola Company (Coca-Cola) decided to launch a 15-country tour...

Nido’s heritage trumpeted

Ads & Ends By Nanette Franco-Diyco THREE TIMES a week at the Ateneo, my students in my advertising classes — composed of juniors and seniors in...

Proposals and presentations

Getting The Edge In Professional Selling By Terence A. Hockenhull LIKE MANY SALES MANAGERS, I am scurrying around trying to scrape together some additional sales to...

This is Macy’s idea of a Millennial Wonderland

SELFIE WALLS! Wearables! 3-D printers! The newly renovated basement at Macy’s massive flagship store in New York City’s Herald Square is full of millennial...

Prestige Lifestyle statement in SM Malls

Ads & Ends By Nanette Franco-Diyco I must congratulate the product development group of SM Malls for conceiving and quietly executing this excellent strategy. MY FRIEND Ella...