Rachel Boucher

In the early morning hours of April 15, Mondelēz International hit the streets of Los Angeles to promote its belVita breakfast biscuits, a sweet and crunchy morning snack product introduced in the U.S. market last year. The effort was led by brand ambassador, actress and comedian Jane Lynch who visited local hotspots to lift spirits and distribute samples.

Snyder’s of Hanover, a more than 100-year-old pretzel brand, leveraged National Pretzel Day on April 26 by hosting a series of sampling activations at events nationwide designed to introduce large audiences to the array of flavors the crunchy snack has to offer. Snyder’s National Pretzel Day celebrations took place at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia (the world’s largest track and field meet), at the Bicentennial Plaza at Inner Harbor in Baltimore, at Fountain Square in Cincinnati, at the Minnesota Twins game at Target Field in Minneapolis, and at the San Diego Zoo.

adidas’s new Boost running shoe boasts special foam cushioning that is designed to better absorb and return energy to the wearer, resulting in more efficient strides. To illustrate this concept, the brand at the International Santiago Marathon in Chile on April 7 “harvested footsteps” (with kinetic energy-absorbing tiles) and used the stored energy to give runners a “boost” toward the end of the 42K race—in the form of motivational messages projected on a big screen.

At the close of the business portion of Toyota Motor Sales’ annual national dealer meeting in Las Vegas last fall, one dealer, or “partner” as the brand calls them, walked up to Bob Carter, svp-automotive operations for the car manufacturer’s U.S. unit, to offer a little feedback.

Lysol is showing off its softer side with Lysol Touch of Foam, a new line that offers the sanitizing formula consumers have come to expect from the brand with a moisturizing finish. To drive trial among female consumers, the brand hit the road with the Touch of Foam Mobile Hand Spa. The eight-week tour began on Feb. 25 in Charlotte, NC, and stopped at malls, retailers and shopping districts in 15 cities across the Southeast, East Coast and Midwest regions of the U.S. The final stop was in Boston, April 20-21.