April 6, 2018
Limited edition t-shirts available for three-days only on Amazon's MyHabit.
A limited edition t-shirt featuring both classic brands launched Tuesday on Amazon’s flash sale site, MyHabit, for a 72-hour sale.
“We see bringing Pepsi and Popeye together as a celebration of the heritage and history of two American pop culture icons,” says Joanne Loria, executive vice president, The Joester Loria Group, which represents Pepsi. “We are really excited about launching the collaboration with MyHabit, and looking forward to the program’s success.”
The collaboration has been 75 years in the making, since the 1940s when The Pepsi-Cola Company considered using Popeye as a spokesman, envisioning the Sailor Man downing their beverage instead of spinach.
“The first thought we had when creating the Pepsi x Popeye designs was: What would happen if Popeye pulled a can of Pepsi from his shirt
and popped it open?” says Frank Caruso, vice president, creative, King Features, owner of the Popeye brand. “When working with the two American icons, the answer was easy: You would hear the Popeye theme song blast and the Pepsi logo would appear in his flexing muscle. This was the All-American spirit we wanted to capture in the designs. A spirited celebration of red, white and blue with Popeye and an ice cold Pepsi.”Subscribe and receive the latest news from the industry.
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