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Coca-Cola's experimental Red Lounges in American malls offer music, movies and games in a custom-built setting with a plasma-screen media wall and sound domes. And Coca-Cola vending machines, of course. Brand Spaces have arrived.
Art-Money (AM) works much like a national currency that represents a gold reserve. Will it make for a more colorful world?
Even toys are playing to a hip-hop beat, as witnessed by the introduction of Mattel's Flava dolls and HotWheels' Blings cars.
Copenhagen-based Hvem er ibyen (Danish for 'who's in town') has developed a positioning service that should gel with the SMS party generation worldwide.
Thailand 's Tourism Authority recently introduced the world's first country loyalty scheme called the Thailand Elite Privilege Club. Membership is by invitation only.
Keep forgetting to floss your teeth? Aquafresh recently launched Floss 'n' Cap, a toothpaste tube with built-in floss dispenser. A modest innovation for a massive and wide-open market.
Vending machine update: UK-based Umbrolly is busy installing umbrella vending machines all over London. Franchise, anyone?
An update from the do-it-herself front: Tomboy Tools and Barbara K are tapping into the female half of the home improvement market.
Consumers and businesses in Germany and the US can now drop off items they want sold on eBay. How's that for re-intermediation?
With its sheer size in floor space and assortment, and some eye-catching design mixed in, Dylan's Candy Bar makes young and old feel like Willy Wonka. The first true Candy Flagship Store!
Following coffee and tea in Starbuck's fashion, hot chocolate is just plain hot! Check out Cadbury Cocoa House in the UK, Moonstruck Chocolate Café in the US, and Australian Homemade all over the world.
BarCharts paved the way as the world's largest provider of laminated reference guides. Only in the US, though. So buy yourself a laminating machine, and get started!