Sonia Andresson-Nolasco

Eco-friendly home and personal care product maker Method like most eco-friendly brands views itself as an agent of change and strives to achieve a triple bottom line (economic environmental and social) when doing business. To bring its mission and vision to life Method took over raw retail spaces in three trendy cities for its Detox Your Home campaign—Detox Boston in April; Detox New York in June; and Detox Chicago in September—and turned them into Method pop-up shops.

Green means many things to many different people. For some it’s a mission; for others a mantra. Whichever shade of green your event department is adopting eco is something that will impact the entire industry. We convened a roundtable to discuss and the topline appears here.

Brands:
Glenda Brungardt Trade Show and Event Manager Hewlett-Packard
Kimberley Gardiner National Marketing Manager Scion
Letitia Ferrier Webster Director Corporate Sustainability & Communications The North Face

LAUNCHING BRANDS IS TOUGH. Changing brands especially beloved 100-year-old-brands is even tougher. Witness the recent debacle that unfolded when Tropicana redesigned its orange juice packaging. After weeks of consumer outcry the brand dumped the new look and went back to the original carton that featured the iconic orange with the straw in it.

Today’s digital moms are anything but out of touch. They’re tech savvy widely informed by their peers and spending more time on blogs and social networks than ever before. A recent report by Razorfish and CafeMom revealed that 65 percent of moms use social networking websites like Facebook and MySpace. And according to the report they’re spreading messages to each other with increasing speed. Fifty-six percent text message 55 percent instant message and 21 percent use RSS to stay ahead of the curve. That’s right Wally—June Cleaver doesn’t live here anymore.

They’re opinionated they’re socially connected and they’re on the cusp of gaining a ton of new purchasing power (just as soon as they graduate from college). It’s no surprise then that marketers go out of their way to provide memorable experiences each year at spring break where thousands of these influential young adults congregate. But with economic doom and gloom in the air many companies are cutting back.