Event Marketer

About a mile away from the convention center Volkswagen engineered its
own immersion to capitalize on All-Star Game fanfare. The automaker
which is not an NBA sponsor took over a Tex-Mex restaurant and a
parking lot across the street for the multifaceted VWIP Lounge. Here’s
how it worked:



Throughout All-Star weekend the eatery Cabo was open only to
Volkswagen guests. To get in visitors first had to cross the street
for a VW test drive. After stepping inside a semi trailer for a

If a moveable European-style sidewalk café environment boosts sales in
Philadelphia the concept could emerge as a bigger part of the
marketing mix for Melitta USA. The coffee marketer the No. 5 premium
brand last Saturday launched a six-week Euro Café Tour that will bring
free java and pastries bistro tables and chairs and classical music
to city streets and consumer events.

 

"We're looking at this not as a one-time program but as a new face for
the Melitta coffee brand " Chris Hillman marketing director told

Two weeks after Visa announced a seven-year sponsorship of FIFA through
2014 the property's incumbent payment card partner MasterCard
International is suing soccer's international governing body. The
complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District
of New York seeks an injunction that would prevent FIFA from moving
forward in the agreement with Visa. (View full text of the release here.)

 

GlaxoSmithKline opened a pop-up shop in New York City for four days in
April to promote a new flavor of its Nicorette smoking-cessation
chewing gum.

 

The Nicorette Stop Shop now on its way to Atlanta Chicago Houston
and Phoenix offers consumers one-on-one counseling sessions with
certified smoking cessation counselors; a multimedia learning center
(videos on nicotine replacement therapy podcasts with tools and tips
a computerized health assessment tool); and a retail area where smokers

Kao Brands' John Frieda hair care line made a mark at Friday's Daytime
Emmy Awards with the Luminous Color Glaze Fan Zone outside the Kodak
Theatre.

 

The branded area was mentioned and shown during the broadcast
pre-ceremony exposure included a music performance there by Rick
Springfield to open the show. In addition Emmy winners visited the
space after they get their awards. Tickets were made available to fans
through the soaps' fan clubs.