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Looking to become “more flexible” and to “better differentiate” its brands GM will no longer sponsor the Olympics after the 2008 summer games in Beijing.

Brands use Fashion Week sponsorships to strut their stuff reach influencers—and just plain look good

When it comes to glitz few events in New York City can rival Fashion Week the semi-annual ritual under the tents in Bryant Park where leggy models strut the latest designer duds down the catwalk.

As part of an effort to reposition the Tweety character as an upscale and fashionable brand Warner Bros. Consumer Products recently set up a pop-up boutique on trendy Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills CA.

Dove this summer distributed more than 2.3 million chocolate samples on busy street corners and at music festivals in nine U.S. cities. The next phase of the sampling program moves to major retailers such as Wal-Mart Kroger and other national chains that sell the chocolates.

To leverage its official sponsorship at last week’s Summer X Games in Los Angeles Schick Quattro built on-site presence with a branded skate park (smaller than what the pros use but still legit for fans) at the Home Depot Center one of the Games’ two venues. Attendees were invited to show their stuff and enter a contest dubbed the Schick Quattro East vs. West Xperiment.