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		<title>Embrace Life Campaign: Seatbelts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 05:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dongkwan (dk)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No words are needed. The visual does it all, coupled with the tagline, &#8220;embrace life.&#8221; But it somehow feels like it&#8217;s directed towards men, fathers, who have families. But any how, whatever the case, it&#8217;s about saving your family, the people you love most. The part where the man gets in the actual crash is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No words are needed. The visual does it all, coupled with the tagline, &#8220;embrace life.&#8221;</p>
<p>But it somehow feels like it&#8217;s directed towards men, fathers, who have families. But any how, whatever the case, it&#8217;s about saving your family, the people you love most. The part where the man gets in the actual crash is simply amazing: the glitters, like shattered glass, or like the glitter and love of a family torn into pieces.</p>
<p>What a wonderful piece. Actions sure did speak louder than words for this campaign.</p>
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		<title>The Guilty Parents</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dongkwan (dk)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[...Something that every parent wants is to keep their kids happy amidst all this turbulence. And what keeps kids happy the most? A Zhu Zhu hamster, an iPod, and other types of toys and gadgets. So after nearly a year of guilt - for not having made their kids as happy as possible, parents were willing to go out there, fight till death in the war against other guilty parents. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m glad to hear that this year&#8217;s holiday shopping sales have increased. More consumers shopped, both online and offline.<br />
Well, I hoped to write about this before Black Friday (and Cyber Monday) to predict this outcome, but here it goes.<br />
While I haven&#8217;t seen any figures for how toy stores did, here&#8217;s a little belated prediction: Toys will do much better than expected.</p>
<p>Why? Here&#8217;s my little insight (albeit, not based on any research).<br />
The past year has been difficult for most U.S. consumers. Unemployment reached over 10%, bonuses have been reduced to other types of perks, and the consumer&#8217;s were wary on spending. And something that every parent wants is to keep their kids happy amidst all this turbulence. And what keeps kids happy the most? A Zhu Zhu hamster, an iPod, and other types of toys and gadgets.</p>
<div id="attachment_105" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-105" title="zhu zhu hamster" src="http://www.brandathon.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/zhuzhuhamster-300x202.jpg" alt="These tiny things were the big thing this shopping season" width="300" height="202" /><p class="wp-caption-text">These tiny things were the big thing this shopping season</p></div>
<p>So after nearly a year of guilt &#8211; for not having made their kids as happy as possible, parents were willing to go out there, fight till death in the war against other guilty parents.</p>
<p>Well, then, perhaps that could work as a new marketing theme for a struggling company next season: &#8220;music makes your kid happy,&#8221; &#8220;husbands are most happy when napping in an airplane,&#8221; &#8220;the most romantic thing your wife truly wants is a trip to Dubai.&#8221;</p>
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