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Haaland is now selling Chinese herbal tea, and the ad is ridiculously catchy

Haaland is now selling Chinese herbal tea, and the ad is ridiculously catchy Erling Haaland has become the global brand ambassador for WALOVI, the international

Jun 144 min read

Luxury

Diptyque Just Released the World's Most Bougie Mosquito Coil

French luxury fragrance brand Diptyque just dropped their 2026 summer collection "Water Garden" and honestly, the internet can't stop laughing about one particu

Jun 131 min read

Luckin Coffee just launched an AI ordering platform that lets any AI order your coffee

Luckin Coffee just dropped something that's about to change how lazy we can get with our coffee orders 😴 The Chinese coffee giant launched "My Coffee Skill AI"

Jun 121 min read

Marketing

Heinz’s World Cup Metro ad is the kind of ad people actually want to see

Today, June 11, the 2026 World Cup officially kicks off, and Heinz is already playing the game in Guangzhou Metro — with no footballers, no stadium shots, and n

Jun 111 min read

History

100-year-old Nestlé ads are going viral in China because people had no idea it went back this far

Century-old Nestlé ads from China are going viral on Chinese social media, mostly because people are realizing this everyday supermarket brand has been around h

Jun 101 min read