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Slurpee Rocks with Guitar Hero
7-Eleven and Activision have partnered with Coca-Cola and Microsoft in a marketing blitz to promote the new Full Throttle Frozen Blast Slurpee drink and to generate interest for Activision’s new game Guitar Hero: Aerosmith which will hit retailers in June. The integrated program includes online and radio contests grassroots events and traveling street teams all...
A&E ‘Decontaminates’ Andromeda Fans
A&E is promoting its upcoming miniseries “The Andromeda Strain ” based on Michael Crichton’s 1969 bestseller about extraterrestrial germs run amok by enticing consumers into a custom-made “decontamination” chamber. The space-age chamber features a two-and-a-half minute trailer of the six-hour film which will air on the network in two parts over Memorial Day weekend.
Kraft Rolls Out Tour To Support New Bagel And Cream Cheese Line
To drive trial and sales of its new Bagel-fuls product line—bagel sticks filled with Philadelphia cream cheese—Kraft is taking the tasting campaign on the road. The nationwide sampling tour kicked off April 9 at a Times Square bagel shop that was re-branded Bagel-fuls Café where Joy Behar comedian and co-host of ABC’s “The View ”...
Wells Fargo Connects In Movie Theaters
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage a division of Wells Fargo Bank last month reached thousands of real estate professionals in 29 markets via a live simulcast held in 50 multiplex movie theaters. The simulcast launched the company’s 2008 outreach to consumers and focused on first-time home buyers low- to moderate-income and multicultural consumers with key messages...