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Industry: Retail & Apparel

  • Nike Enlists Athletes to Jog New York City

    Nike hit jogging paths all over New York City from August to October 2009 in order to expand its already popular Human Race in New York to include more female runners and boost membership in its Nike+ community. The brand enlisted 250 athletes for a run across the Brooklyn Bridge at sunset and invaded New […]

  • OfficeMax Elf Mob Invades Union Square

    To drive awareness of elfyourself.com its popular holiday e-greeting site OfficeMax in December 2009 unleashed an elf “invasion” in New York City’s Union Square that had 400 green-clad dancing elves descend upon the park by subway, Segway, motorcycle, pedicab, stretch limo and double-decker busses for a four-minute surprise flash mob and impromptu dance performance. ElfYourself […]

  • Clinique’s Makeover Events Deliver Beautiful Results

    Women ages 13 to 24 put their faces forward for Clinique’s Fresh Faces Tour, a traveling beauty studio created in partnership with Teen Vogue that had girls lined up for complimentary makeovers and hair touchups and to have their photo taken by a professional photographer. Each girl had three photos taken, then entered her best […]

  • Lane Home Furnishings Makes Shopping for a Sofa Fun

    Shopping for furniture can be a daunting task—just ask anyone who’s invested in a new couch or entertainment center. Lane’s Home Entertainment Tour hit 20 Lane retailers fall 2008 and visited another 90 in 2009 in a 1,000 square-foot trailer that took some of the stress out of those decisions. The big rig showcased Lane’s […]

  • LEGO Revisits Tour Roots with Mobile Road Show

    One of the pioneers of mobile marketing returned to the discipline it helped define with an all-new mobile tour it rolled out in 2009 and was set to hit 24 markets by the end of October that year. Thanks to its success, the brand extended the tour for six more weeks after that to hit […]