Author archive for Sandra O’Loughlin
Six Lessons in Team-Building From the Bloomberg Square Mile Relay
Like most other foot races, the Bloomberg Square Mile Relay, which took place in NYC’s financial district this past May, was about competing for the top spot and taking home the coveted trophy. But for the 70-plus teams that competed in this year’s event, mostly from the city’s leading financial firms, it was also an...
Cheetos Thinks Outside the Bag with Chef Anne Burrell and The Spotted Cheetah Pop-Up Restaurant
The Spotted Cheetah, a Cheetos pop-up restaurant that opened in New York City’s Tribeca neighborhood Aug. 15-17 at the close of Restaurant Week, is the latest in a series of activations designed to extend the Cheetos brand experience beyond just digging into a bag of the crunchy cheese puffs. When a product has been around...
How Walmart Carved out a Community-Driven Niche in Championship Golf
Mention Walmart, and the affluence of golf doesn’t immediately spring to mind. The brand connotes everyday low prices on groceries and other necessities, not rounds of golf and its accoutrements. So we traveled to Rogers, AR, to look into the seeming incongruence as it plays out at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Presented by P&G,...
‘Mr. Mercedes’ Series Themes Come to Life Across San Diego for Comic-Con 2017
“Mr. Mercedes,” the killer new series on AT&T’s Audience Network based on the best-selling Stephen King novel by the same name, in July also made a killer impression at Comic-Con International: San Diego. The drama, which debuted on Audience Network on Aug. 9 and will run through 10 episodes, served up digital and physical engagements...