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  • Executive Q&A: The Strategy Behind Adobe on Main at Sundance Film Festival

    For a creative brand like Adobe, Sundance Film Festival is a hot-spot in a cold spot to reach filmmakers and creatives that utilize the brand’s tools daily to deliver works of cinematic art. Over the last 13 years as a lead sponsor, Adobe has leveraged the festival as a platform to merge product announcements with […]

  • Executive Q&A: Inside Dos Equis’ College Football Tailgate Throwdown Campaign

    Dos Equis is a brand primarily known for its advertising, notably “The Most Interesting Man in the World” campaign, featuring the fantastic exploits of a sophisticated older gentleman and a catchphrase—”Stay thirsty, my friends”—that spread through internet meme culture like wildfire. But according to Heineken USA cmo Jonnie Cahill, being an advertising-led brand wasn’t enough. “That’s a […]

  • Sports Sponsorship: 10 Ways Brands are Tackling the Tailgating Scene

    When football fans on-site at college and pro games aren’t watching players block, tackle and blitz each other, they’re looking for other ways to be entertained. This season, sponsors stepped up to the challenge (as did Taylor Swift, but that’s another story). From the brands you’d expect to find on the field, like Bud Light […]

  • How a New Era of Beauty Events is Being Defined by Fans, Not Brands

    Lavish influencer trips are back in the mix. Beautycon and Sephora revived their in-person beauty conventions. Sleek mobile tours and sampling pop-ups are on fire. Oh yes, beauty events are having a renaissance—but they’re also getting a makeover as consumers increasingly challenge industry standards and stereotypes. In this new era of beauty, the community makes […]

  • Inside the Formula 1 Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix: Opportunities, Challenges and Brand Buzz

    As the chords of Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” blared from the stage at the T-Mobile Zone in Las Vegas, the Sphere behind it turned crimson and lit up with the Virgin Hotels brand imagery in a precisely orchestrated moment of splashy visual, sound and emotional convergence. It was pure delight. And the race hadn’t even […]