Industry: Consumer Package Goods—Grocery

They came, they ran, they crawled, they jumped, they conquered. It was all part of the Fisherman’s Friend Strongman Run, a one-of-a-kind, demanding and cutting-edge experience that in February 2007 pushed 1,930 German participants to the limit as 12,000 spectators cheered them on. The runners overcame 11 obstacles, bounding up hills formed of bales of […]

Maxwell House had to come up with a way to cater to consumers’ evolving caffeine palettes while maintaining its simple cup o’ joe appeal. So it created a new blend of 100 percent Arabica beans. All it had to do now was get it in consumers’ hands. The answer: Maxwell House launched the Brew Some […]

Coke Israel wanted a music-based event that would target the 15-to-25 age bracket and highlight its brand messaging to a larger audience. The third annual Coca-Cola Music Village event was a 20-day festival of live music performances—a gigantic, free beach party with the Mediterranean Sea as the backdrop. A commercial center, flea market, dance floors […]

When you’re numero uno on the Fortune 500 list, your annual shareholder’s meeting had better be pretty friggin’ good. This year, Wal-Mart delivered. Big W skipped the elaborate Broadway-style musical numbers and instead tried a new approach to its mission–critical annual meeting. We called it “Funny bones, heartstrings and rock stars.” They, um, didn’t call […]

Do you know where cranberries come from? The folks at Ocean Spray think probably not, so to offer consumers an up-close-and-personal look at how the tart red berries are grown and harvested, the company last fall created cranberry bogs outside of 142 Kroger stores in four cities—Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver and Houston. “We previously had set […]