Coca-cola removes labels from cans for ramadan campaign

Coca-cola removes labels from cans for ramadan campaign

Maha Iqbal
By Maha Iqbal

Coca-Cola Middle East is echoing its theme, launching a campaign for Ramadan that encourages people not to judge each other by actually removing the labels from its cans.

The no-label cans will run throughout Ramadan. One side is blank, other than the brand's iconic coloring.The other side reads "Labels are for cans, not for people."

The Ad Council's Love Has No Labels campaign has been one of the most highly viewed around the world in recent months. 

The campaign, created by FP7 and Memac Ogilvy,Dubai in which a group of strangers are invited to bond with each other over dinner, but in the dark. They're filmed discussing their lives, hobbies and interests, and when the lights go up express their surprise at the people they were talking to.

The group includes a heavily tattooed guy, a man in traditional Arab dress and a wheelchair user. At the end , the group are invited to reach under the table to pull out of a box of limited edition Coke cans, from which the labels have been removed and the caption "Labels are for cans, not for people." 

In a statement, Coca-Cola explains the thinking behind the campaign: "In a time when equality and abolishing prejudices is a hot topic for discussion around the world, how does one of the leading brands like Coca-Cola join in the conversation? In the Middle East, during the month of Ramadan, one of the world's most well-known labels has removed its own label, off its cans, in an effort to promote a world without labels and prejudices."[The Business Insider]

Photos for illlustration purpose only

 

By QL_member• 13 Jul 2015 10:04
QL_member

Thanks Leelen ! :)

By britexpat• 12 Jul 2015 10:29
britexpat

What about all the other products where Jews have full or partial ownership ?

By max_loss• 12 Jul 2015 10:09
max_loss

may be finally muslims realised it s a company run by jews and keeping insulting muslims with their ( la mohammed la mecca) ...that s why they removed the label...muslims only look at the surface anyway...moving the label,, doesnt make you any better....i hate when i see it on the shelves and all muslims buying it..seriously wake up

By max_loss• 12 Jul 2015 10:09
Rating: 3/5
max_loss

may be finally muslims realised it s a company run by jews and keeping insulting muslims with their ( la mohammed la mecca) ...that s why they removed the label...muslims only look at the surface anyway...moving the label,, doesnt make you any better....i hate when i see it on the shelves and all muslims buying it..seriously wake up

By perdian• 10 Jul 2015 13:49
Rating: 3/5
perdian

I think it is more on the "Context" rather than the "Content" of the message being relayed here.

By perdian• 10 Jul 2015 13:49
Rating: 4/5
perdian

I think it is more on the "Context" rather than the "Content" of the message being relayed here.

By hbac1998• 10 Jul 2015 10:12
hbac1998

Qatar Living is promoting and marketing coca cola now?! What's next?! Does it remain a single article on QL which is not propaganda??

By Wild Turkey• 9 Jul 2015 23:04
Rating: 5/5
Wild Turkey

Then there is no label-less can. They should offer it in glasses then.

By leelen• 9 Jul 2015 21:09
Rating: 4/5
leelen

then the plain would become another label .... QL, great intellect, never viewed it like this, ultimately, whatever is decided upon remains a label - interesting indeed

By acct947• 9 Jul 2015 15:04
acct947

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PZBcL2I2Xc

By acct947• 9 Jul 2015 14:59
Rating: 2/5
acct947

Just keep a bottle of this Coca-Cola in front of a mirror and read it in Arabic...you can read it as La Macca...La Muhamed....

By apricots• 9 Jul 2015 14:39
Rating: 4/5
apricots

New trick to sell more.

By QL_member• 9 Jul 2015 14:33
Rating: 2/5
QL_member

then the plain would become another label.

By Wild Turkey• 9 Jul 2015 13:56
Rating: 3/5
Wild Turkey

The can still has a label: the color. If it were plain tin I would say 'Bravo'.

By zafirah• 9 Jul 2015 13:07
Rating: 4/5
zafirah

haven't seen it in the market... great initiative coca-cola! equality - a world without labels!

By britexpat• 9 Jul 2015 12:57
Rating: 4/5
britexpat

Great promotion. Let's hope that people take note and act accordingly

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