Tag: Sponsorship

After the Sundance Film Festival took an all-digital format in 2021, 12-year sponsor Acura approached this year’s festival with a hybrid strategy aimed at reaching new audiences online while reviving its programming on the ground in Park City, UT. Then the Omicron variant came knocking, and Sundance, this year Jan. 20-30, once again went virtual. […]

There is an unexpected benefit in activating a fundraising event within a pandemic environment: accessibility. In the case of Runway of Dreams, a New Jersey-based nonprofit that promotes adaptive fashion for people with disabilities, going beyond the gala helped boost the profile of its Fashion Revolution drive-in event on March 9 as well as secure a title sponsor in Kohls, which joined Stride Rite, Zappos Adaptive and Tommy Hilfiger Adaptive in the lineup.

The Home Depot and ESPN have a message for the world: COVID-19 doesn’t mean traditions are canceled; they just need to be reimagined. The brands have exemplified that mantra by redesigning the fan experiences they’ve built for consumers over the years around ESPN’s “College GameDay” broadcast. Rather than choosing one fan each week to receive […]

Trend report offers a “jumping-off” point for marketers The Gen Z target can’t recall a time without technology. Generally defined as those born during the late 1990s to the late 2000s, Gen Z is estimated to have a direct spending power of up to $143 billion in the U.S. alone, according to a Frost & […]

Among brands to take advantage of the drive-in phenomenon that’s keeping hope afloat for many event marketers this summer is Nissan, which recently signed on as a sponsor of CHI-Together, a socially distanced experience platform at Soldier Field parking lot in Chicago that since July 8 has hosted movies, pre-show live performances and other activities […]