Tag: campus activation

While the RushTok phenomenon has been dominating campus activity and social media feeds, brands have been finding relevant ways to insert themselves into the cultural movement and do some recruiting of their own.

Last month, we rounded up five mobile tours that pulled into college campuses to capitalize on the hype around back-to-school season. Now that classes are in full swing, brands are still making their way around the country to reach Gen Zers where they are and offer some respite from studying for midterms. From makeup moments […]

Back-to-school season usually kicks off in mid-July, but Urban Outfitters got an early start, like really early. The brand launched its UO Haul back-to-campus campaign in May, before some schools around the country even let out for the summer. “We have a 365, ongoing platform for consumer insights. Our customers said, ‘My back-to-school season starts […]

College campuses have always served as fertile grounds for brand engagement with highly concentrated and centralized young consumers and plenty of real estate to choose from. But today, they’re also fueling commerce on the go and social media content, while inspiring brands to test clever, tour-ready experiential activations. Whether they have a new membership program […]

To promote its recently launched Shipt Student Membership and same-day delivery services discount, the retail tech brand hit college campuses in the Southeast with teams of brand ambassadors and the Shopper Chopper—a larger-than-life shopping cart with seating for six that made deliveries to residential halls around The University of Alabama and other tour stops.