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Sports Marketing: Puma Creates Regional Golf-And-Gamble Scrambles
If PUMAPalooza doesn’t sound like your dad’s golf tournament then the marketing message is spot-on. Puma the German tennis shoe and athletic apparel company is launching a series of proprietary golf scramble events to shake up the game’s staid persona and get the word out about its recent entree into the golf category.
Grassroots: Scholastic Taps Into Harry Potter Mania With Bus Tour
To promote the last installment in the Harry Potter book series Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Scholastic is sending a purple double-decker (painted like a triple-decker) bus to libraries across the country. The Harry Potter Knight Bus tour based on the fictional Knight Bus from the third book Harry Potter and the Prisoner of...
Media Stunts: WE tv’s Bridezillas Whip Up A Media Frenzy In Times Square
The WE network’s cake-covered brides are back baby. And this time they’re madder—and hungrier—than ever. To recap the network generated buzz for reality show “Bridezillas” in 2005 with a find-the-cash-in-the-cake stunt (brides fought tooth and manicured nail through a 15-foot three-tiered cake for a shot at $25 000) and in 2006 by challenging women with...
Sponsorships: Valspar Builds Awareness with US Open Tie
Paint and coatings manufacturer Valspar is hoping to create some visibility for its new consumer paint brand as a sponsor of the United States Tennis Association’s 2007 US Open.