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Nike Targets College Kids with Three-Pronged Strategy
In the fall of 2009, Nike took over the University of Southern California’s campus to appeal to the students with a running event, charity fundraiser and piggyback on the upcoming football game with conference rival Oregon State. The multi-platform event revolved around three main activations: the Nike Hub at Phi Psi, a Nike-dedicated space within...
HP Leverages Acrobatic Troupe to Promote New Laptop
In March 2009, HP unveiled its first TouchSmart multi-touch laptop in New York City with a high-energy dance troupe performance designed to encourage consumer interaction with the product while associating touch technology with the HP brand. HP targeted the New York market for the activation in order to tap into the city’s built-in national stage....
Camp Jeep Entertains Drivers with 180 Activity Tents
It wouldn’t be an awards program without DaimlerChrysler’s Camp Jeep making an appearance. The annual three-day gathering of Jeep owners—conceived to strengthen the bond between owner and brand, and introduce new products—keeps getting bigger and better, with the 2002 incarnation (Jeep’s eighth) drawing 9,000 peeps from 40 states paying $295 per vehicle to attend. Nine...
Coke Immerses Fans in the World of ‘Harry Potter’
With J.K. Rowling looking over everybody’s shoulders, the activation of Coke’s global Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone under-the-cap sweeps had to be authentic to the movie, the storyline and the brand. And to make the pressure even greater, the campaign promised winners from 21 countries the “experience of a lifetime” at a Coca-Cola Castle...