The Stories Impacting Consumers This Week

5 of the Week

Every week MCCP send the top 5 stories that impact consumers and marketing. You can subscribe to our list below to receive up to date insights every Friday.

8 February 2017

Open a bank account within 5 minutes via video verification

Austria’s Erste Bank, lets customers verify their identity using video chat in order to open a current bank account

7 February 2017

Lego burgers hit the culinary scene

A Philippines-based restaurant, Brick Burger, have created rectangular-shaped burgers with buns that look like Lego bricks

6 February 2017

Valentine's Day KitKat Sushi

KitKat Tokyo is giving away sushi-themed versions of its chocolate biscuit for Valentine’s Day this year

3 February 2017

Refugee chefs get a fresh start

French catering company, Les Cuistots Migrateurs (The Migrant Cooks), employs refugee chefs to cook the best recipes from their homeland

2 February 2017

“Lego Life” is a new safe social network for young builders

Lego has created an Instagram-inspired safe social network for children under 13 where they can share photos of their own Lego creations and connect with a younger community of Lego fans

Image Courtesy of PSFK
1 February 2017

Airbnb and Pantone create a sustainable green apartment space

The “Outside-In” theme is nature-inspired and features greenery, a woodland area, a herb garden and an indoor greenhouse

Image Courtesy of The Irish Times
31 January 2017

Free Ryanair air fares in the near future

Michael O’Leary has announced that free airline fares could soon be a reality

Image Courtesy of Kraft Heinz
30 January 2017

Kraft Heinz creates “Smunday”

Instead of spending $5 million on a 30-second Super Bowl ad spot, Heinz is giving its 42,000 employees a day off in a stunt to declare the Monday after the Super Bowl a national holiday