Event Marketer

Sony Electronics has just embarked on a five-month event push focused on Hispanic consumers in and around Los Angeles. The manufacturer is setting up a branded environment in parking lots of key retailers—both big chains and independents—and at community events primarily on weekends through March.
 

Diageo’s Baileys Original Irish Cream brand has taken title sponsorship of R&B artist John Legend’s upcoming tour which kicks off in Atlantic City on Friday. The brand is activating on site with the Get Together Lounge where consumers can sample the product pre-show. The brand will pour Baileys “Legend” Martinis made with the liqueur.
 
“His music is smooth and sophisticated and unique which is very similar to the tone of what the brand is all about ” Alefiyah Merchant Baileys brand manager told Buzz.
 

 Petco Animal Supplies is driving traffic to eight of its Colorado stores by inviting consumers to enter their pets in competitions for Petco gift cards.
 

DaimlerChrysler’s Chrysler brand is introducing its new Aspen SUV to black consumers with title sponsorship of Patti LaBelle’s current tour. “It gives us a chance to do something demographically targeted as opposed to a big general-market campaign ” David Rooney the brand’s director-marketing told Buzz.
 

It’s known for its beach-themed TV spots but Corona’s latest sponsorship gives the brand an entrée into skiing. The Modelo Brands brew recently signed a three-year sponsorship with Warren Miller Entertainment aligning Corona with WME’s annual screenings of extreme skiing documentaries. This year’s 19-date 11-city tour around the movie “Off the Grid ” kicked off in late October and wraps Dec. 7 in Long Beach CA.