Archive birthdays
For work reasons I've had business archives on the brain and suddenly there are examples everywhere of businesses using their archives to mark anniversaries or sell their products.
125 years of Marks and Spencers
- Timeline
- Telegraph article about their archive
- Advert (featuring Twiggy!!)
100 years of Persil
- Persil birthday (site features timeline and fun facts and old tv adverts from 1955 onwards)
- Advert
There's another one I've seen but I can't remember it just now and google is holding out on me with the answer.
Edit: Thanks to the helpful comment, I remembered which company I had been thinking of and it was Sainsburys.
140 years of Sainsburys
250 years of Guinness
Guinness celebrates 250 years in September and they have put together a whole website to showcase their history. It includes an interactive timeline with links to images and video content, previous adverts and even live music on 'Arthur's Day'. There is also of course a new advert using old images:
1 comments:
Sainsburys are celebrating their 140th anniversary - that might be the one you're thinking of?
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