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Starbucks Replicates Iconic Brand Environments to Motivate Store Leadership
The Starbucks Leadership Experience is attended by 12,000 store, district and regional managers across the U.S. and Canada. They’re responsible for inspiring and managing the experience for millions of patrons of Starbucks stores. So engaging them in a three-day internal event designed to immerse them in corporate strategy and help them deepen their understanding of...
Kowa Pharmaceuticals Leans into Steampunk-inspired Staging
“Building the Future” was the theme for Kowa Pharmaceuticals’ January 2020 National Sales Meeting. So the event’s design tended toward a steampunk/industrial aesthetic, with elements meant to evoke inspiration and forward thinking. For the general session stage, the dominant element was a large perforated metal truss structure (think Erector Set on steroids), and designers layered...
Loblaw Inspires Employees to Walk in their Customers’ Shoes
Supermarket chain Loblaw got employees to walk 880,000 steps in their customers’ shoes. Inside the Halifax Convention Centre, the brand used facades and interiors to evoke different living situations in a Canadian town. Attendees experienced challenges their customers might face—hurriedly packing school lunches, looking at the near-empty pantries of a family facing food insecurity and...
#Xerocon was the adult playground we all have been waiting for while still being educational
Accounting software company Xero’s annual networking and educational event isn’t the only financial conference in the space. Therefore, a point of difference is absolutely key for the brand. To achieve that, it built a massive adult playground, a unique breakout formation and a Las Vegas-themed wrap party for the ages. Attendees mingled in an 80-foot,...