Author archive for Rachel Boucher
Why the Detroit Auto Show is Moving to June
As the Detroit Auto Show wrapped its 30-year run as the first automotive show of the calendar year in January, all eyes were on its big move to June 2020. The North American International Auto Show, which is owned by the Detroit Auto Dealers Association, will take over the area surrounding Detroit’s Cobo Center next...
Heineken Tears Down the Walls of its House at Coachella
A rearranged Coachella landscape teed up a Heineken House revamp this year, the 20th year of the Indio, CA, festival and Heineken’s 18th year as the official brew of the massive event. What for the past five years has been an activation footprint with a walled structure and a club atmosphere this year morphed into...
At SXSW, Facebook Opens the Doors to its Art Department CSR Program
Social networking sites are about connecting the world and communities, ultimately, through our devices. But for more than a decade, Facebook has been leveraging art to build and impact communities offline. At SXSW this year, Facebook’s Art Department went “live” for the first time in seven years, activating its CSR program and promoting its mission...
Micro-programs: Consumers Tweet for Lucky Charms ‘Drops’ on St. Patrick’s Day
General Mills’ Lucky Charms brand partnered with delivery service Shipt for a Saint Patrick’s Day micro-program in Boston that had consumers posting on social media to be selected for a delivery of the cereal by its brand character, Lucky, himself. The daylong program, which began at 12:01 a.m. on the holiday, invited consumers to post...