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Industry: Retail & Apparel

  • Lowe’s Teaches Millennials Home Improvement Skills

    It’s the classic homeowner dilemma: having all the ambition in the world to dive into home improvement projects, and none of the skills necessary to complete them. Millennial-aged homeowners, especially, have the drive to tackle difficult DIY tasks, but according to a recent survey, 28 percent consider themselves novices in the space. To help alleviate […]

  • IKEA Touts its Culinary Chops with a Pop-up Cafe

    IKEA is known for its massive warehouse stores and assemble-yourself furniture. But its food? Not so much. So, after launching its successful pop-up experience “It Starts With the Food” the year prior, the brand sought to further solidify IKEA as a player in the food space—but in its own IKEA way, with the IKEA Play […]

  • Shipping Containers Help Tell Alibaba’s Brand Story

    Chinese e-commerce goliath Alibaba’s first public event in the U.S., Gateway ’17, was designed to educate people on business opportunities in China, inspire small businesses and reignite trade between the two countries. With a five-year initiative to fuel growth and spending in the Chinese economy while creating new jobs in the U.S., Alibaba created an […]

  • Target Engages Football Fans with Photo Ops and RFID

    If ever fans needed a warm welcome, it was at Super Bowl LII taking place in Minneapolis. While some marketers may have found the climate a difficult challenge to overcome, Target embraced it and as the official “warm welcome sponsor” created the Target Bullseye Lodge, a destination inspired by Minnesota where attendees could escape the […]

  • Poetry and Art Energize Under Armour’s Press Event

    Press events often take on a formulaic feel. There’s the general session. The reveal. The demo. And the cocktail reception. For the reveal of its “Unlike Any” line of apparel and global women’s campaign, Under Armour took a page from the consumer engagement playbook for a fresh take on the traditional presser. The event in […]