Sampling
Craigellachie Serves Free Samples of its Prized Single Malt Scotch Inside a ‘Tiny Bar’
Ask any whisky aficionado where a well-aged single malt Scotch belongs, and they’re likely to tell you inside a crystal decanter, or a display cabinet, far from harm’s reach. But Bacardi-owned Craigellachie, known as “the bad boy of Speyside [Scotland],” isn’t your typical whisky brand. So to attract new customers and tout its oldest spirit...
New Year’s Eve Roundup: How Alcohol Brands Spiked Their Sampling Events in 2018
Good drinks often come with good stories, and brands across the spectrum of spirits and beers set out to create them this year using experiential to bring them to life. From explore-able spaces to unusual pairings to cheeky activations to a b-to-b setting rife with pomp and circumstance, on the eve of a new year,...
How Espolòn Tequila Wins Over Bartenders with ‘Cocktail Fights’ and Costumes
Cocktail-loving consumers in bars today are faced with a multitude of spirits to choose from. So, for beverage brands like Espolòn Tequila, it’s critical to stand out on the shelf. A tried-and-true way to do that is through bartender advocacy—because if the bartender is excited about it, you’re drinking it. Enter: Espolòn Tequila’s “Cocktail Fights,”...
A Convention Meets an Instagram Museum at the Sephoria House of Beauty
Customers and clients of Sephora know the beauty retailer well for its bright environment, product assortment and for its discovery-based shopping model where consumers explore and test products on their own—a different approach than that of a traditional cosmetic department store experience. For its 20th anniversary this year in the U.S., Sephora turned to experiential...