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Red Bull is one of the iconic challenger brands. A brand that's managed to maintain its street cred over time with smart communication and a finely focused understanding of what its brand stands for.

However, Red Bull has been a "one trick pony"- extracting more and more from a single SKU and resisting the temptation to line extend itself to death. Something that certainly would have happened if the company had been taken over by one of the soda giants.

Red Bull's latest move must have those same soda giants sweating because the new line extension, is a cola with a twist; a completely natural version.



This is a product formulation that's achieved some success in countries like Germany and even Pepsi has experimented with a new natural variant called RAW, but Red Bull could be onto a winner here.

The brand has significant awareness, a massive distribution system and the challenger credentials to help it take on the giants. On top of all this, the brand has the zeitgeist impact of the shift to all things natural and a backlash against un-natural sodas, in its favor.

Via Coolhunting

Posted by Ed Cotton Pepsi just launched an interesting new initiative in the UK with a very selective introduction of Pepsi Raw- a natural version of the cola. It's a step in the right direction; a new on-trend formulation instead of yet another flavor or diet variant, but the ambition appears weak.

It's only being sold in selective nightclubs and not nationwide. It's also only in the UK.




Which leaves me to speculate the following question

Is Coca-Cola going to seize on the opportunity and launch a new natural formula Coke anytime soon?

Will Pepsi go global with Raw?

It looks like we might be entering the next phase of the cola wars.


Posted by Ed Cotton When I first read about Pepsi's can design challenge, it seemed to me to be more of the same.

How many brands are have let consumers, artists and designers play with their pack design?

As a marketing concept it appears done to death.

The trouble with my cynicism, is that it takes no account for execution.

I was forced to reverse my thinking when I came across this can design.



It allows the artist to dominate the can, rather than the brand, which makes for a fantastic design.

The can's designer is JKaczmarek.

Will we ever see this can on grocery store shelves?

Posted by Ed Cotton