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National Pork Board Tour Brings Home the Bacon
With the goal of increasing retail pork sales and educating mothers about the safety of the meat in the aftermath of H1N1, the National Pork Board took to the highways from April to October 2009, distributing coupons and samples from its 40-foot trailer at family festivals, barbecue battles, music festivals and “Taste Of” events in...
Miller Offers Exclusive Concerts Via the Rellim Tour
Miller took a gamble and won when it spelled its name backwards for a music campaign that was intimate, exclusive and memorable. “From a music-strategy standpoint, we started to recognize that the young adult doesn’t necessarily get impacted by us sponsoring a huge traveling circus,” says Peter Laatz, Miller’s manager of entertainment marketing. “These objectives...
Red Lobster’s Mobile Restaurant Changes Perceptions
After 15 consecutive quarters of same-store sales growth, Darden’s management was challenged to find new ways to drive its business. Red Lobster didn’t have a brand awareness challenge, just a menu awareness one—as consumers thought of the chain as more about popcorn shrimp and fried clams than fresh mahi mahi and grilled tuna. Red Lobster...
Athens Rebrands Itself Via Olympic Games Ceremonies
It was, by just about any measure, the biggest event of the year. The ceremony that kicked off the Summer Olympics in Athens unfolded in front of 72,000 attendees and four billion TV viewers. Pulling it off took 20 months of planning, 850 full-time workers, and 8,500 volunteers. (And then, 16 days later, there was...