B-to-C Events

Wrigley’s is bringing five of its chewing gum brands together under one umbrella deal that will make the company—and its brands—the category sponsor for the NBA.  As such the five brands—Big Red Doublemint Juicy Fruit Winterfresh and Wrigley’s Spearmint—will share status as the official chewing gum of the NBA.
 

At next February’s Daytona 500 Dale Earnhardt Jr. will be wearing a new set of racing stripes. Three to be exact. Earnhardt Jr. last week announced a multiyear partnership with adidas which will include a line of Dale Jr. racing footwear apparel and accessories including his own racing suit and footwear plus a line of fan footwear and apparel. Earnhardt Jr. is only the fourth athlete to have his own adidas clothing line. (David Beckham inked a deal earlier this year. Reggie Bush and Tracy McGrady also have endorsement deals.)
 

Dell’s Urban Challenge which took place July 21 in nine cities offered a colorful take on the traditional scavenger hunt. The effort promoted the new Inspiron 1521 notebook computer which comes in eight colors.

WaMu is the latest in a line of banking companies—including Bank of America and American Express—to offer its customers special event-related perks with the simple flash of a card.

When the Nike Women's Marathon in San Francisco sold out all 20 000 of its slots for the Oct. 21 event in a matter of hours the shoe maker reached out to its Nike+ consumer base to extend the marathon’s capacity to suburban streets running paths and anywhere else runners want to get their jog on. The Nike+ Virtual Half Marathon also on Oct. 21 invites runners and walkers to become official finishers by logging 13.1 miles on their own and then logging onto nikeplus.com to document the run.