Tag: nostalgia marketing

ComplexCon, an annual festival and streetwear convention that descends upon California’s Long Beach Convention Center each year, fuses elements of pop culture, fashion, music, sports and food for some 60,000 attendees seeking the latest drops and exclusive merch that hype culture has to offer. EM was on site this year, Nov. 2-3, to get a […]

Consumers in Southern California don’t typically get to experience fall foliage and the fun that goes along with it, like jumping into piles of raked leaves and apple picking in orchards. So, to bring a bit of fall to SoCal families while promoting its apple chips to health-conscious consumers, Bare Snacks activated a beachside apple […]

It’s been a quarter of a century since the world was first introduced to the “Friends” gang, but for millennials who grew up alongside Rachel, Joey, Chandler, Monica, Phoebe and Ross, it seems like only yesterday that the beloved sitcom first graced TV screens. It’s no surprise, then, that when a 25th anniversary “Friends” fan […]

There’s a nostalgia-driven love affair consumers have with the Hostess CupCake, but for the celebration of its 100th anniversary—its “Sweetennial”—the brand set out to acknowledge its history while proving how relevant the snack brand is today. The campaign, designed to earn maximum media attention, included a nationwide tour with activations and sampling, a Donette-eating competition […]

The T-Mobile Indio Invasion, Powered by Pandora marked its fifth installment this year, once again setting up shop at the sprawling Cree Estate in Cathedral City, CA, during weekend one of Coachella. Grammy-nominated electric-funk duo Chromeo provided the entertainment as influencers, media, Pandora listeners identified as Chromeo fans, and friends of the brands lounged by […]