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On Jan. 27 in Los Angeles, tea brand Lipton Brisk launched the Brisk Star Wars Road Tour in conjunction with digital and TV efforts to drive consumers to uncaptheapp.com to download its Brisksaber app, which allows consumers to use their fingers as light sabers in a battle between the light and dark sides. Consumers can fight either as Darth Maul (dark) or Yoda (light). Participants post their scores to Facebook, and in the coming weeks Darth Maul will address winners with personalized messages on a leader board.

To raise awareness for C by Courvoisier, a new offering by the cognac brand that will hit retail shelves this month, Courvoisier in January launched a guerrilla marketing campaign that includes three components—wild postings, stenciling and mobile projections. The effort will roll out in nine markets and continue through mid-March.

C by Courvoisier is produced in small batches from the grapes of 50 winegrowers in the Fin Bois Cru region of France and offers an intense, bold flavor.

On Jan. 8, Eastbay, an online and catalog retailer of athletic shoes, apparel and equipment, kicked off the 2012 leg of its Where Athletes Are Tour in a 70-foot semi-trailer traveling to schools and tournaments in Illinois and Wisconsin. The interactive retail space targets athletes of all ages, including athletic directors, coaches and parents of athletes.
 

The Super Bowl Village, the official fan zone for Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis, has been the center of activity in the week before the big game on Sunday, Feb. 5, and this year the Super Bowl Village Host Committee that handles the activations around the game has set out to bring some of the experience to the online audience, too.

Trip Advisor for Business, the b-to-b division of travel site TripAdvisor, in January held a master class for members of the hospitality industry at Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas. The division, which launched in May 2010, gives hotel operators, restaurants and attractions access to TripAdvisor’s 50 million monthly visitors.