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Capitalizing on the swap meet trend (where friends and peers meet up to exchange clothes and accessories) Teen Vogue earlier this month held a Style Swap for 500 of its young readers. The Style Swap held at The Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City was so successful the magazine plans to hold additional swap meets across the country as part of an annual event.

Mobile marketers are going green as quickly as they can retrofitting and updating their tours to reduce carbon footprints and utilize biodiesel and hybrid fuel technologies. But what about the mobile vehicles that still—for now anyway—use good old gasoline to criss-cross the country? UPS made news last year when it revealed that the brand’s delivery trucks only make right turns on their routes saving the company $600 million every year. If nixing left turns can save millions we wondered what other tricks do mobile marketers have up their sleeves?

Press Events: Milk-Bone Builds World’s Biggest Dog House To Celebrate 100 Years
To celebrate it’s 100-year anniversary and to kick off it’s 14-city cross-country tour Milk-Bone on May 21 hit Times Square with a one-day media blitz that included celebrity appearances pet psychic paw readings dancing dog demonstrations a $1 million charity donation and an opportunity for pooches and their people to come by for a sample—all inside a 480 square-foot dog house covered in 100 000 Milk-Bone biscuits.

IN LITTLE HAVANA the scene and smells were comfortingly familiar—the aroma of deep-fried foods and cigar smoke wafted Latino rhythms echoed and anti-Fidel signs abounded. Under an unseasonably warm 90-degree sun families sluggishly made their way to Eighth Street where the annual Calle Ocho Cuban festival promised cultural fanfare—and maybe more importantly free stuff from some of the nation’s top brands. For marketers it was the perfect opportunity to reach one of the top Hispanic markets.

PR Stunts: Steve & Barry’s Hypes New Launch With Laird Hamilton Paddle Surfing Promo
As a way to reach active male consumers and launch Wonderwall a new collection of surf and skate apparel inspired by big wave surfer Laird Hamilton retailer Steve & Barry’s had Hamilton paddle surfing around the Statue of Liberty in a media blitz that also hit Malibu beach. In-store autograph signings in Maui and San Diego a viral contest and an online sweepstakes also support the launch.