2016 Archives - Page 24 of 26 - Event Marketer
Target Puts Employees at the Center of the Bull’s-eye
Many companies want employees to “be” the brand. But at its Fall National Meeting in Minneapolis, Target inspired store managers to be themselves. More like a retreat than an annual meeting, the holistic “health and well-being” theme came to life through five experiential zones in an exhibition space that provided personal development for attendees. This...
Opel Turns a Launch Event into a Space Odyssey
Transforming a dealer event into a 24-hour “cosmic” experience, European automaker Opel’s Mission Astra launch event had attendees gazing at the stars from luxury bubble tents for a sleepover at a “space station” in Spain’s Sierra Nevada region where they were no longer dealers—they were astronauts. In shifts of 250, the 3,500 guests took part...
Old Spice Urges Students to Make a ‘Smellmitment’
Anyone who has seen its most recent ad campaign knows that Old Spice hasn’t been “your dad’s Old Spice” for a few years now. To keep its updated brand equity alive among up-and-coming male college students (and the women who smell them), Old Spice launched a six-campus Make a Smellmitment program where students could select...
Neiman Marcus Makes Some Noise at South by Southwest
Carving out a presence at SXSW is no easy task. Neiman Marcus did it with style thanks to a fashionista-focused strategy that mixed compelling content and cutting-edge music with digitally shareable experiences. The luxury-centric Make Some Noise activation ultimately drove $1.2 million in sales across Neiman Marcus’s online shops in just two days—60 percent of...