Stunts

Happy Halloween, marketers. While candy brands are having a field day today, plenty of other categories are getting in on the fun, too, leveraging the holiday to pull off stunts, contests and product launches. Last year, the industry saw Skittles activate a tiny house sampling structure, Reese’s activate vending machines that allowed trick-or-treaters to trade […]

There’s nothing like a typo on a billboard to grab attention. To introduce itself to consumers as an alternative option within the crowded cell phone service marketplace, Visible, a low-cost service that utilizes Verizon’s network, ran several billboards throughout its headquarters city of Denver. The message read loud and clear: “Unlimited massages, minutes and data […]

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 […]

If you think your product can’t be sampled on the streets, think again. Oral care company Hello is tackling the private act of teeth brushing (or lack thereof) by tapping into the on-demand service trend with its newly launched electric scooter-based mobile brushing service “Spyt,” currently in trials in New York City. The scooter has […]

To support its newly launched Premium subscription service, Yahoo Finance gave consumers in New York City’s Grand Central Terminal the combination to its vault. Well, almost. On July 23, the brand activated a giant, beaming bank vault stunt stuffed with branded money bags, gold stacks and fake $100 dollar bills, and invited commuters and other […]