Posts tagged with ‘cause marketing’
Guinness’ Kinetic Tile Installation Invites St. Patrick’s Day Revelers to Move for a Cause
St. Patrick’s Day revelers basked in the full-fledged return of holiday shenanigans last month as events and parades—and the sponsor activations that come with them—returned to their pre-pandemic glory. Per usual, Guinness was at the forefront of brand festivities in multiple U.S. cities, but the Irish brewer took a decidedly purpose-led approach to its “Surging...
Adidas Pulls a Bait and Switch by Highlighting Women’s Sports at the Men’s World Cup
A quick “FIFA World Cup” Google search returns link after link pertaining to the men’s competition—even as the women’s tournament of the same name, taking place this summer in New Zealand and Australia, is on the horizon. It’s a predicament that adidas was keenly aware of when it prepared to take the world stage as...
Crisp Air and Crispy Chicken: KFC Crafts the First-ever Winterized Basketball Court
Embracing cold weather is a way of life for Canadians. So with a 360-degree “KFC Buckets Are Life” campaign to hype, and the knowledge that basketball is Canada’s fastest-growing sport, KFC spotted an opportunity. Enter: the KFCourt, the first-ever winterized basketball court, where shooting buckets and eating buckets of chicken align under one “roof”—Toronto’s Gardiner...
In its Post-Pandemic Return, Mattel’s ‘Party on the Pier’ Zeros in on Storytelling
Mattel marked its 23rd year as presenting sponsor of “Party on the Pier,” UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital’s single largest fundraising event, hosted Nov. 6 at Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier. The sold-out, in-person event raised more than $1.2 million in unrestricted funding to go toward research programs and serving critically ill children and...