Perhaps you remember Case-mate’s 99-cent cardboard iPhone “recession” case, which we wrote about back in September and deemed one of the better product publicity stunts in recent memory. Well, Case-mate is now hosting a decorate-your-recession-case contest with users submitting photos of their creations. The pic with the most votes wins a Suzuki moped from the ’80s.

We gotta say, the entries are pretty amusing, (more…)

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Marketing and PR folks take note. In one of the more brilliant publicity stunts in recent memory, iPhone accessory maker Case-mate is going downscale. Really downscale. And green, too.

It’s created a $.99 cardboard “recession” case along with free “Sharpie Script” personalization (yes, some dude or dudette will inscribe your case by hand). And these babies can be bought in bulk: Case-mate is (more…)