The funeral of Stephen Gately has not even taken place.

The man had not been buried yet. Nevertheless, Jan Moir of the Daily Mail managed to dance on his grave. For money.

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Built atop the repertoire of his work with Passion Pictures for the Gorillaz, director Pete Candeland’s buzz reached a fever pitch with the indelible Rock Band cinematic for The Beatles.

In “Happy Kingdom” for Coke Zero, Candeland delivers the goods again and lines the court with a rich cast of characters plucked straight from medieval times. Chock-full of pizazz, “Happy Kingdom” is a spectacle— a dazzling array of eye-candy that embodies the directors flair for extravagance and lavish aesthetics into an eclectic parody of fairy-tale clichés.

Flora has launched a new retro-styled advertising campaign that celebrates the heritage of the brand in the UK, whilst showcasing its heart health benefits.

 Mihaela Lica from Everything PR says...We just returned from Copenhagen and among the first titles in our RSS reader was the BBC’s “Denmark pulls ‘promiscuous’ video“.

We were naturally prepared to publish some trip impressions, restaurant and hotel reviews, but we’ll have to postpone the travel reviews for a while, and discuss the ‘promiscuous’ video instead.

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British Airways is to launch its first TV campaign in two years, with an ambitious series of ads that feature events including the migration of wildebeest and the El Superclásico football clash between Boca Juniors and River Plate in Buenos Aires.

Via Martin Newman...Some of you reading this may have seen, read or heard my rants about the lack of synergy between the online and offline customer experience that is prevalent in many multi channel retailers (In the UK).

The focus of some of my diatribe has been on small to medium sized businesses (SMEs). So I thought it would be interesting to review
the sites of some of the larger retailers and online businesses to see what challenges they have because irrespective of their size, my feeling is that they could still improve the customer experience and therefore improve their commercial performance.

Martin Newman, E-Commerce Leader and Consultant Phone: +44 (0) 7977 139056
Email: martin@martinnewman.co.uk Blog: www.martinnewman.co.uk