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Experiential

  • Ford Surprising Consumers With “Flash Concerts”

    Tapping into the phenomenon of flash mobs, or instant gatherings of large groups of people who are notified via emails or text messages just prior to an event taking place, Ford Motor Co. is sponsoring a series of free “flash concerts” to raise …

  • Target Readies Vertical Fashion Show

    Target Stores will turn New York City’s Rockefeller Center into a vertical catwalk for a p.r.-driven fashion show next week. Target’s July 27 stunt will feature 15 acrobats (in harnesses) walking down nine floors of Rockefeller Center in clothing from …

  • Liquid Ice Rides with Hilary Duff

    Hershey Co. today kicks off Ice Breakers’ sponsorship of Hilary Duff’s concert tour with a mobile marketing vehicle that will hit 30 of Duff’s concerts and local retailers. The mobile tour, which carries Ice Breakers Liquid Ice ad tagline “It’s Twice as …

  • Papa John’s Celebrates 3,000th Restaurant Opening With Giveaways

    Papa John’s International, Inc. is giving away its secret ingredients and its signature pizza as part of a promotion touting the opening of its 3,000th restaurant. To start the festivities, Papa John’s President/CEO Nigel Travis and Founder/Chairman …

  • Sponsors Find Good Value on LPGA Tour

    Rookie Paula Creamer thanked security company ADT, her Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour sponsor, in the best way possible – by winning a tournament in May. But that’s not the only reason Jay Stuck, ADT’s vice president of brand marketing, says, “We’re very satisfied with the LPGA and the return on our investment.”

  • Locale Not a Factor for Olympic Sponsorship

    Marketers say that the surprising awarding of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games to London will do little to affect their sponsorship plans.

  • Mr. Youth Buys CollegeFest Event

    Youth marketing agency Mr. Youth has bought CollegeFest LLC, including rights to the 20-year-old CollegeFest student event. Terms were not disclosed. CollegeFest reaches 15,000 New England students with a two-day event each fall with concerts, product …

  • Winning Gen-Xtreme

    If you graduated from high school before 1999, and then went on to get a marketing degree, you are faced with a serious challenge: How does a typical

  • Tequila-Branded Music Headlines Summer Tour

    Sauza Tequila hopes to expand brand awareness beyond store shelves this summer by reaching its target with some of the liveliest music around. Downloadable

  • Urban Renewal

    Douglas Freeland first heard about Hot Import Nights from a regional colleague at McDonald’s. The first time I went to one, I was amazed at the crowd: