Veritas Marketing, LLC, an integrated business-to-business advertising
and marketing agency, receives gold in the 2011 Hermes Creative Awards
competition for its work on corporate branding with Northwire, Inc. The
Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals administers and
judges the international competition.
Veritas Marketing enhanced Northwire’s logo and redesigned the company’s
corporate identity for a full range of marketing, public relations and
advertising tactics, including the company’s corporate and e-commerce
websites, literature, trade show graphics, print and Internet
advertising, social media campaigns, weblog and electronic marketing.
AMCP judges are industry professionals who look for companies and
individuals whose talent exceeds high standards of excellence and whose
work serve as a benchmark for the industry. Entries originated from
corporate marketing and communication departments, advertising agencies,
public relations firms, design shops, production companies, web-based
innovators and freelancers. Nineteen percent of the entries won the gold
award.
Sharon Paris designs and makes high-end fashion accessories that make a statement – literally.
Paris House handbags and wallets bear small quirky phrases inside and out, such as "I like to push your buttons" and "Shut up and get on with it".
Ms Paris began selling the leather accessories about five years ago and they can now be picked up in high-fashion and upmarket department stores around the world, including Harvey Nichols in Hong Kong, Liberty and Urban Outfitters in London, and Colette in Paris.
The wallets, which sell for $100 to $200, are made in China and the bags, costing $500 upwards, are made by a small family operation in Portugal. The company gets most of its leather from Italy and the rest from New Zealand.
One of Margaret Thatcher's handbags has fetched 25,000 pounds at a London charity auction.
The boxy black leather Asprey bag was owned by the former British prime minister for over 30 years.
The former Conservative leader was famously responsible as the origins
of the word "handbagging," which referred to her uncompromising style.
Her bag was sold at Christie's auction house Monday at a charity event hosted by author Jeffrey Archer.
Christie's said Thatcher will donate the proceeds to a British charity for people with a genetic skin condition.