Sampling

Cosmetics retailer Lush offered Chicagoans some “good, clean fun” May 4-6 with a quirky pop-up experience that highlighted the brand’s commitment to producing fresh, handmade products. Set in Millennium Park just outside Chicago’s famous Cloud Gate sculpture (“the bean”), the brand brought its Lush in the Park experience to more than 3,000 consumers, ultimately dishing […]

Organic Valley, the natural foods brand, for two days in April activated a pop-up coffee shop in New York City’s Nolita neighborhood to promote its Half & Half cream product. Writer and food stylist Sweet Paul hosted the event and Gerrit van Tol, an organic farmer from Washington state, talked about cows and organic farming. […]

PepsiCo next month is headed to Super Bowl 50’s Game Day Fan Plaza with NSPIRE, a restaurant-quality kitchen on wheels that will hand out samples of Tostitos Top ‘N Go tortilla chips and Korean beef barbecue, one of the dishes made by the company’s chefs and inspired by its food and beverage portfolio. The company’s […]

Jack Daniel’s Motel No. 7 pop-up tour, which took place in a converted Brooklyn warehouse over two nights in November, delivered a sensory extravaganza that immersed attendees in an experience inspired by the brand’s link to pop culture and the motel’s role in the rock star’s journey. It combined rockin’ music, alluring characters and an […]

Nestlé’s Coffee-mate brand turned sampling into the ultimate finals week survival resource on the campus of Ohio State University with a 20-foot high coffee cup installation and activations designed to help students recharge. Located in the South Oval, the activation offered massages, games, music and charging stations as well as copious amounts of free coffee—that […]