railings and relics

In the summer palace in Beijing they don't just protect the relics

Phone tag for discounts

In Beijing, you can observe many adults with a peculiar phone charm on their mobile phone: a tag that can be swiped over a reader in shopping malls to receive many different types of discounts.

Coffee on Greek train

Who said Greece was a country of Nescafe drinkers? Apart from the Greek coffee and Nescafe, they also have something called French coffee. And that's filter coffee. And that's what they served on the Intercity Express from Athens to Thessaloniki (comes with the 1st class ticket), in a cup-with filter, nice!

Tic Tac’s latest innovation: addition of ‘Passion’ to its mints.

The latest innovation of Tic Tac is ‘Cherry Passion’. With the addition of ‘Passion’ Tic Tac puts more symbolism into its product.

The classic Tic Tac is simply called ‘Mint’. Then ‘Orange’, ‘Lemon’, ‘Cinnamon’, were launched, including the coloured packaging. And then the product designers invented ‘Cherry’. And the marketeers faced a difficult task. Just launching the new Cherry taste wasn’t good enough this time. Competition is tough. It needed something extra. Something to let the customer feel good about, maybe even get him excited. ‘Passion’ was the answer.

What will the next innovation of Tic Tac be? A few suggestions: ‘Tic Tac Pear Steamy’, ‘Tic Tac Grape Gentle’, and the ‘Tic Tac Kiwi Soft’. The ‘Tic Tac Kiwi Soft’ will come in a new cuddly package, so the softness can actually be felt…