Archive for May, 2011:


Come to Puglia in Winter

Our exploration of advertising promotional spots by the Italian regions continues. As it’s winter and everyone is flocking to the snow resorts for the Xmas break, how do you promote a region whose visitor season really only covers the warmer months of the year. The Regione Puglia launched a year or so ago the novel campaign below. They were certainly brave. The spot is well executed, fun and the message comes across. One snag. There’s no sun, the sea look pretty cold and there’s no one about. The payoff line ‘Quit chasing the summer – Puglia, beautiful all the year

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Retro Italian Liqueur

By sheer coincidence Cynar had a new campaign just out in Italy which stars the oblique 80′s pop group Elio e Le Storie Tese (and better then ever). The ad sees the boys enjoying a Cynar in central Milan while nonchalantly disturbing the traffic to a standstill. Just as they look as if they are going to get a good cuffing for wearing too thin ties, a space ship in the form of an artichoke lands and whisks them off. Probably to extra time and penalties between Ferencvaros and Dinamo Kiev. www.cynar.it

Roman Mozzarella Cheese

Apparently, 10% of all buffalo mozzarella is made in Lazio. If we can make a couple of observations. Firstly, in our humble opinion, the Italian buffalo mozzarella industry should be closing ranks and putting together a concerted cross regional campaign for the benefit of all, at least abroad. Secondly, branding and marketing initiatives need to be treated with great care and not a little prior research. What is the image of buffalo mozzarella abroad today? Is ‘Collosella’ the right communication? Apparently, the aim is to extend the Collosella branding to a whole range of seasoned cheeses from Lazio. If so,

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