Mid-April saw the US sportswear behemoth Nike bring its NikeOnAir showcase to Paris’ Palais Brongniart for an extravagant, three-day Olympic/Paralympic product and kit launch event. The building’s exterior was flanked by 30-foot statues of some of Nike’s leading athlete endorsers while inside it had curated an ambient event that blended a theatrical fashion show, a… Continue reading #NikeOnAir 3-Day Palais Brongniart Pre Paris 2024 Immersive Gala Kicks Off Olympic Marketing Programme
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Saucony’s ‘The Marathumb Challenge’ Incentivises People To Run As Far As They Scroll
The second half of January saw sportswear and lifestyle brand Saucony launch ‘The Marathumb Challenge’: a digital-to-physical initiative aimed at incentivising people to run distances that match how far their scroll on their phone – and promote the brand’s new Ride 17 Sneakers. The campaign was a response to a recent ‘rising screen time’ study,… Continue reading Saucony’s ‘The Marathumb Challenge’ Incentivises People To Run As Far As They Scroll
‘NISMO Thrifted’ Upcycled Racewear Sees Nissan Target Younger Audience At Formula E Portland Race
The Nissan Formula E team in harness with the auto manufacturer’s NISMO racing division teamed up with sustainable fashion designer Mia D’Amato to create a new ‘Nismo Thrifted’ streetwear collection made entirely from upcycled and recycled decades old Nissan racewear. To support the collection’s launch, sport and entertainment agency Dark Horses created a vintage-style… Continue reading ‘NISMO Thrifted’ Upcycled Racewear Sees Nissan Target Younger Audience At Formula E Portland Race
New Balance Film & Media Tie-Up Turns Highsnobiety All Grey For Sportswear Brand’s ‘Grey Day 2023’
Like Nike’s ‘Air Max Day’ and Amazon’s ‘Black Friday’, each year New Balance declares 12 May as ‘Grey Day’. The Boston-based sportswear brand annually dedicates one day in May to celebrate and honour the signature colour that it has become known for worldwide. To mark this special day in the sportswear brand’s own calendar,… Continue reading New Balance Film & Media Tie-Up Turns Highsnobiety All Grey For Sportswear Brand’s ‘Grey Day 2023’
Under Armour & NFL Star Tom Brady Ask Gen Z Athletes To ‘Be The Athlete No One Saw Coming’
Leveraging the start of the 2022/3 NFL season, sportswear brand Under Armour and lead football ambassador Tom Brady launched a campaign urging Gen Z athletes to set aside toxic sports star comparisons – to stop comparing themselves to the greats – and instead to ‘Be The Athlete No One Saw Coming’. Created in-house, the… Continue reading Under Armour & NFL Star Tom Brady Ask Gen Z Athletes To ‘Be The Athlete No One Saw Coming’
Adidas ‘X Speedportal’ Boot London Launch Led By Giant Cartoon Salah & Miedema Balloons
To celebrate the launch of the adidas’ new X Speedportal boots, adidas has floated six-metre high cartoon footballers across the capital. In London on 11 August, Adidas launched a fresh local phase of its ‘X Speedportal’ football boot marketing campaign by launching giant hot air balloons in the shape of player ambassadors Mo Salah… Continue reading Adidas ‘X Speedportal’ Boot London Launch Led By Giant Cartoon Salah & Miedema Balloons
Close To Rude ‘Fat C*n’t’ Campaign Sees UK Cycling Brand Fat Lad At the Back Leverage Summer Cycling & Tour De France
Plus-size UK cyclewear brand Fat Lad At The Back seeks to challenge widespread fat shaming in cycling and throughout society through a hard-hitting and deliberately shocking outdoor campaign which verges on being ‘swearingly rude’. Fat Lad At The Back defends and champions larger cyclists with a controversial UK out-of-home (OOH) campaign which plays on… Continue reading Close To Rude ‘Fat C*n’t’ Campaign Sees UK Cycling Brand Fat Lad At the Back Leverage Summer Cycling & Tour De France
ASICS & Rugby Australia Launch ‘United By Gold’ Wallabies Jersey Reveal Campaign
In the second week of May the Wallabies and kit partner ASICS launched the two new jerseys the teams will wear during the 2022 Test season with an integrated campaign called ‘United by Gold, Forever Uplifted’. Rugby Australia’s 2022 jerseys seek to reflect and share ‘the uplifting power of sport’ and to represent more… Continue reading ASICS & Rugby Australia Launch ‘United By Gold’ Wallabies Jersey Reveal Campaign
Puma Brazil Highlights Inequality In Sports Via ‘The UnLevel Playing Field’
Puma Brazil sought to highlight gender inequality in sport in general and in football in particular in Spring 2022 through an experiential initially which literally created an ‘UnLevel Playing Field / ‘Joga Na Subida’. Brand research found that women’s sport in Brazil and around the world is often marginalised, usually underfunded and sometimes simply… Continue reading Puma Brazil Highlights Inequality In Sports Via ‘The UnLevel Playing Field’
ASICS Australian ‘Live Uplifted’ Campaign Fronted By The Block TV Star Keith Schleiger
Keith Schleiger, the frontman of Aussie TV show The Block and new sportswear brand endorser, heads a country-specific strand of ASICS global ‘Live Uplifted’ campaign which encourages Aussies to get moving The campaign, created with agency Lampoon Group, sees the nation’s favourite reality renovation show foreman (widely known as ‘The Blockinator’) seek to encourage… Continue reading ASICS Australian ‘Live Uplifted’ Campaign Fronted By The Block TV Star Keith Schleiger
Nike & RTFKT Studio Launch CryptoKicks’ Nike Dunk Genesis To Redefine Web3 Digital Sneaker Culture
On 22 April RTFKT Studio unlocked the Nike Dunk Genesis: a virtual version of the sportswear behemoth’s iconic Nike Dunk as imagined by RTFKT for the year 2052. The sneaker, which is made of digital screens, powered by DRM OS and which can equip NFT based skins vials to change its looks, was virtually packaged… Continue reading Nike & RTFKT Studio Launch CryptoKicks’ Nike Dunk Genesis To Redefine Web3 Digital Sneaker Culture
Spike Lee Stars In Nike 50th Anniversary ‘Seen It All’ Social Film
To mark its 50th anniversary Nike revisited one of its most iconic ad campaigns while simultaneously looking to its future with the Twitter release of a minute-long sports and ambassador montage video called ‘Seen It All’ linked to a membership offer and app download drive. Posted on 15 May on its own social channels,… Continue reading Spike Lee Stars In Nike 50th Anniversary ‘Seen It All’ Social Film
