#NikeOnAir 3-Day Palais Brongniart Pre Paris 2024 Immersive Gala Kicks Off Olympic Marketing Programme

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

Sportswear Heavyweights Seek Paris2024 Revival Via Record Marketing Spend: Launching Platforms Early, Championing Innovation & Building Hype

The traditional global heavyweights of the sportswear space – such as Nike, Adidas and Puma – have, in recent years, been struggling to maintain market share and world dominance as newer, up-and-coming sports brands – such as On Running and Hoka – have grown rapidly in recent years as their designs, technologies and positionings have… Continue reading Sportswear Heavyweights Seek Paris2024 Revival Via Record Marketing Spend: Launching Platforms Early, Championing Innovation & Building Hype

FFF Distributor INTERSPORT Launches ‘One Jersey, One Blue Family’ Kit Campaign Ahead of UEFA Euro 2024

Late March saw INTERSPORT, the official distributor of the Fédération Française de Football / French Football Federation (FFR) since 2017, roll out a multi-channel, storytelling ‘One Jersey, One Blue Family’ campaign promoting Nike’s new French kit for UEFA EURO 2024 which seeks to drive in-store and online purchasing. Objective The campaign, which sees the sportswear… Continue reading FFF Distributor INTERSPORT Launches ‘One Jersey, One Blue Family’ Kit Campaign Ahead of UEFA Euro 2024

Bridgestone Golf Spots Ramp Up Tiger Woods Fronted Marketing To Leverage 2024 Masters

Bridgestone Golf rolled out a burst of brand and product-focused TV and social spots featuring golf icon and brand ambassador Tiger Woods which span serious product functionality and engaging brand warmth to leverage spiking interest in the sport and the player around The Masters. Working with agency ASO Advertising, the creative executions are all fronted… Continue reading Bridgestone Golf Spots Ramp Up Tiger Woods Fronted Marketing To Leverage 2024 Masters

Adidas & DFB Promote German National UEFA EURO 2024 Kits Via Comically Dry ‘Typical German’ Campaign

Amidst the commercial controversy and national handwringing surrounding Nike’s shock replacement of adidas as the official kit partner of the Deutscher Fussball-Bund (DFB) – the German football association – from 2027, long-time supplier Adidas launched its men’s national team kit marketing ahead of UEFA Euro 2024 through a campaign titled ‘Typical German’ which tells stories… Continue reading Adidas & DFB Promote German National UEFA EURO 2024 Kits Via Comically Dry ‘Typical German’ Campaign

Puma’s Performance & Speed Focused #ForeverFaster ‘See The Game Like We Do’ Is Brand’s Biggest Global Brand Campaign Ever

Focusing on speed and performance and rolling out ahead of a summer of blockbuster sporting events, April saw Puma launch its largest marketing investment ever in the form of a global brand campaign titled ‘Forever. Faster. – See The Game Like We Do’. This multi-market, multi-sport marketing burst emphasis speed and sporting performing across its… Continue reading Puma’s Performance & Speed Focused #ForeverFaster ‘See The Game Like We Do’ Is Brand’s Biggest Global Brand Campaign Ever

Adidas Expands #YouGotThis Via Trio Of Pressure-Free, Fun-Only Films Featuring Edwards, Fishel, Martinelli, Pereira, Cerundolo & Aliassime

Adidas continued to build its new umbrella ‘You Got This’ marketing platform through February and March with a trio of online films featuring a lineup of young Adidas ambassadors – including Anthony Edwards, Mia Fishel, Gabriel Martinelli and Andreas Pereira, plus Francisco Cerundolo and Felix Auger Aliassime – which all explore how they might play… Continue reading Adidas Expands #YouGotThis Via Trio Of Pressure-Free, Fun-Only Films Featuring Edwards, Fishel, Martinelli, Pereira, Cerundolo & Aliassime

Gymshark & GrimeGran Launch Prank ‘Shaker Fermenté’ Perfume (For April Fool’s Day)

On 1 April, rapidly growing sportswear brand Gymshark teamed up with @grimegran for a prank partnership to launch a new perfume called ‘Shaker Fermenté’: its first ever fragrance which ‘bottles the quintessential gym experience’. Positioning itself as ‘the global leader in activewear’ and reinforcing its brand personality, the comic product is pitched as the fragrance… Continue reading Gymshark & GrimeGran Launch Prank ‘Shaker Fermenté’ Perfume (For April Fool’s Day)

Adidas Digital Tools Help Athletes To ‘Optimize Your Training During Ramadan’

For Ramadan 2024, Adidas launched a digital-first, global running guide series titled ‘Optimize Your Training During Ramadan’. Objective The campaign aimed to be inclusive and educational, to spark conversation, inform people on a topic they might not know about and to help and encouraging people to exercise effectively, efficiently and safely while fasting during Ramadan.… Continue reading Adidas Digital Tools Help Athletes To ‘Optimize Your Training During Ramadan’

Adidas & Dubai’s Onyx FC Create ‘The Female Field’: The World’s First Football Pitch To Have A Gender

To combat the fact that most girls in the Middle East grow up believing that sport isn’t for women and in the UAE most girls give up sports by the age of 14, Adidas teamed up with Onyx FC (the UAE’s first and only all-female owned and operated football team) and Havas Middle East to… Continue reading Adidas & Dubai’s Onyx FC Create ‘The Female Field’: The World’s First Football Pitch To Have A Gender

Adidas & Hailey Van Lith Seek To Quell College Athlete Anxieties In Nil Strand Of ‘You Got This’

A new NCAA March Madness themed campaign starring new endorser and LSU Tigers hoops star Hailey Van Lith sees adidas aim to help young athletes everywhere overcome self-doubt on the court and remember the joy of the sport. Objective This hoops focused chapter of the sportswear giant’s new global ‘You Got This‘ brand campaign –… Continue reading Adidas & Hailey Van Lith Seek To Quell College Athlete Anxieties In Nil Strand Of ‘You Got This’