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  • adidas Originals Sends Sneakerheads to Year 2048 Through a ‘Bodega Portal’

    Sneaker drops and other hype events leverage tactics like exclusive giveaways and sneak peeks to get media and consumers buzzing. But adidas on Aug. 8 went in a different direction: into the future. To prove to consumers that its styles have always been ahead of their time, the brand created a futuristic bodega pop-up in […]

  • How Samsung’s Unpacked Event Engaged Viewers Live and Virtually

    There is a lot at stake with product launch events and, perhaps, a little more so for the biannual Samsung Unpacked. A few fun facts: This year, there were more than 1.5-times the audience that the Oscars pull in viewing the Samsung Unpacked live-stream as it unfolded. That’s 44 million people tuning in virtually throughout […]

  • Virgin Launches a New Route with Cultural Experiences and Sir Richard Branson

      Launching a new flight route is a big deal for an airline, and marketing the different reasons why the destinations matter and should be linked is an important part of the process. In launching its new route from Los Angeles to Manchester, England, Virgin Atlantic hosted the LAxMAN influencer event that featured influencers in […]

  • Locals Lead a Renaissance Hotels Harlem Scavenger Hunt

    One of Renaissance Hotels’ points of difference is its Navigator concierge program, where individuals dubbed “Navigators” expose guests to hidden gems within the hotels’ local communities. For the launch of its new Discover This Way campaign promoting Navigator, the brand staged a scavenger hunt-filled evening for loyalty members, press and influencers featuring performances, local personalities […]

  • Launch Events: Febreze Drops an Eight-Track Album Inspired by Social Listening

    If you’ve ever heard a brand jingle and thought it was a real song, this campaign was for you. Following four years of producing catchy music ads for radio audiences, Febreze, on the insistence of its social media fans, created its own album. The result was the aptly name “The Freshness,” a compilation of eight […]