Type of Event: Buzz/word-of-mouth programs

During the 2013 holiday season, online retailer Zappos delighted Austin consumers with a unique chase activation that was as weird as the city’s self-proclaimed personality. In order to drive traffic and purchases at Zappos.com, the brand sent a life-sized gingerbread man out onto the streets of the city and challenged folks to catch him and […]

In July, Sears organized a flash mob at Chicago’s Navy Pier to drive consumer interest in its Sears Chef Challenge cooking competition, a series of events held at the brand’s Kenmore Live Studio pop-up shop. The flash mob routine incorporated Sears kitchenware like pots, pans and spatulas into the choreography. As the dancers tore off […]

The HTC One BoomSound Lounge was a bold and playful execution that challenged the current mobile phone experience and offered consumers the opportunity to see, hear and hold the new HTC One smartphone before it became available in retail channels. It increased exposure for the phone’s proprietary features, got the phones into consumers’ hands, launched […]

The L’Oréal Paris Intelligent Color Experience featured a highly customizable and convenient way to experience the brand in a location where female consumers would least expect it—the New York City subway system. In an age when beauty is increasingly about individuality, the L’Oréal Paris Intelligent Color Experience brought women fully customized recommendations backed by a […]

The Area One Road Show delivered a “rock band” style tour to key markets, bringing games and music to core gamer enthusiasts and social evangelists in a party-like atmosphere. There’s no better way to hype a new product than to let influential consumers test it out, which is what console gamers got to do (and […]