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State Farm Honors Teacher at its Football Bayou Classic
The annual football game between African-American schools Southern University and Grambling State University has become one of the jewels inside the State Farm portfolio. The insurance giant uses the game as part of a larger push to connect with African-American college students. More than 500 Farm agents volunteer down in Louisiana as State Farm implements...
Washington Mutual Hosts a Giant Barbeque for Teachers
WaMu set up the world’s largest barbeque in Chicago to herald the bank’s entry into the Windy City. As has proven successful elsewhere, the company focused on recognizing teachers as one of the anchors of the community. Teachers, after all, have ties to students, who have ties to parents, and so on. The objective? Announce the...
Inside ING’s First New York City Marathon Sponsorship
Other sponsors have attempted the New York City Marathon over the years, but none have come close to activating the largest one-day sporting event on Earth—attended by 2.5 million people and broadcast to 275 million viewers in 116 territories—like ING did last fall. The financial-services company, together with GMR Marketing, activated its first ING New York...
HSBC Taxis New York City Consumers in 1950s Style
Back when checkered cabs roamed free and loose in the Big Apple, cabbies were revered for their local knowledge. The best gin joint? The worst cup of joe? Fuggettabout it—the cabbies knew it all. The world’s second-largest bank, HSBC, grabbed onto that notion and didn’t let go, using a fleet of branded cabs to show off...