Awards: Best mall event program

Tablet PCs—those snazzy computers that can capture input through their write-on screens—might seem intimidating to technophobes. To demystify the machines in a pressure-free environment, Gateway set up shop next to a shopping mall Santa during the holiday rush. Targeting high-HHI holiday shoppers at the Beverly Center mall in Los Angeles, the campaign highlighted its Tablet […]

Out to hype the new 100 Series lawn tractor and promote the overall brand, John Deere reached out to men aged 35 to 54 with a mall campaign that built hype and drove traffic to a series of ride-and-drive events at nearby Home Depot stores and Deere dealerships. “Traditional advertising is important, but once people […]

To reinforce its position as the leader in HD, Sony made its way to seven malls across Australia to showcase its range of HD Handycams. Market research found that most people still prefer to take and save still photographs rather than video, so Sony played on the theme of kept photos by creating an oversized […]

To create buzz and increase sales for its SingStar collection, PlayStation took malls across the country by storm with SingStar on Tour. Using a branded, 22-foot Sprinter Van as the centerpiece at each mall, PlayStation set up a fully branded stage and four gaming stations showcasing a different title in the collection on PlayStation 2. […]

Go to a deli or supermarket and you’ll see water, water everywhere. Bottles of expensive imports from the mountains of France, domestic options from Maine to Montana and good ol’ generic supermarket brands. When it comes to buying water, consumers are flooded with choices, which posed a challenge for the Canadian launch of Aquafina Plus, […]