Author archive for Rachel Boucher
Stella Whisks Consumers Away to an Elevated Biergarten-style Event
Stella Artois is known for serving up experiential marketing that elevates the act of drinking beer, encouraging consumers to sip, savor and socialize. The brand has partnered with a host of experts to execute its ideas, including a sensorial expert for a multisensory dinner, and an astrophysicist for an audio-reactive star installation. This year, to...
Cruise Takes Cues from the Museum Space for its Origin Launch Event
The future of mobility is a complex subject, so for the launch of its autonomous production vehicle, Cruise Origin, Cruise turned to museum-style installations to introduce press and employees to the self-driving, all-electric vehicle. The event needed to illustrate that Cruise Origin is not a concept vehicle (it’s ready for production), and that it’s going...
A Media Buy Evolves into a Live Event for MINI Ahead of its All-electric Launch
Sometimes, a billboard is too flat and a static car display doesn’t tell the whole story. To support the March 7 launch of its new, all-electric MINI Cooper SE, MINI transformed a proposed media buy into a live event program that took advantage of one of the brand’s top markets: Miami. Aligning with the lead...
How to Think Like a Non-endemic Exhibitor: American Express at CES
Activating as a non-endemic brand at a trade show like CES brings with it the added challenge of demonstrating your relevance while rising above the crowded landscape. For the last three years, American Express has broken through by avoiding technology at the annual show for consumer electronics—instead, swooping in to be of service to attendees....