B-to-C Events
Duck Tape Leverages Live Race Event for Social Content
Duck brand duct tape sponsored the second Race of Gentlemen, an invitation-only race series of pre-World War II cars and motorcycles held on the beach in Wildwood, NJ, Oct. 4 to 6. The low-cost, low-resource sponsorship tapped into the fans’ passion for the brand to generate thousands of photos, hours of video archival footage and...
Vendy Awards: The ‘Oscars Of Street Food’
On Sept. 7, a couple thousand hungry consumers gathered in an industrial courtyard in Brooklyn, NY, for the ninth-annual Vendy Awards, a ticketed fundraiser and taste competition celebrating the top street vendors in the city. The Vendys, put on by the nonprofit Street Vendor Project, debuted in a garage in 2005 with 150 attendees. It...
Lexus Italy Lets Fans Trace Their Race
Lexus Italy needed a new commercial to introduce its new IS Hybrid model to a tough Italian market. Instead, the brand got way more than it bargained for, and ended up with an event program that is now set to travel Europe. But let’s back up. The program, “Trace Your Road,” brought 10 of the...
Nestlé Targets Hispanics with World Record Challenge
With the season for hot chocolate drinks heating up in the fourth quarter, Nestlé is tapping into one of the most cherished holidays celebrated by Latinas—Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos, in Spanish)—to promote its Abuelita cocoa and Nescafe Café de Olla brands and connect with the rapidly growing Hispanic demographic. We’ll take...