Nissan Refreshes ‘Road 2’ Multi-Channel Campaign To Leverage NCAA March Madness Tie-Up

Nissan, an official sponsor of the NCAA March Madness, refreshed its ‘Road 2’ activation for the 2023 college basketball tournaments with integrated creative fronted by a team of athlete ambassadors, 16 college mascots, plus the automaker’s US fleet spearheaded by its Nissan ARIYA (the competitions’ official EV).   The strategic objective of the activation, developed… Continue reading Nissan Refreshes ‘Road 2’ Multi-Channel Campaign To Leverage NCAA March Madness Tie-Up

NCAA Partner Degree Launches March Madness ‘Bracket Gap Challenge’ To Champion Gender Equality

In the second week of March, Unilever antiperspirant brand Degree leveraged its NCAA partnership through a March Madness initiative aimed at helping close the gender bracket during the tournament called ‘Bracket Gap Challenge’.   The activation, created in tandem with agency Edelman, aims to raise awareness around the 2022 NCAA Women’s tournament and was informed… Continue reading NCAA Partner Degree Launches March Madness ‘Bracket Gap Challenge’ To Champion Gender Equality

Sam’s Club Rolls Out College Athlete Grant #TeamSamsClub To Recruit Students Named Sam

September saw Sam’s Club, the US membership-only retail warehouse chain owned and operated by Walmart, launch a programme leveraging the NCAA’s new NIL (Names, Images, Likeness) rules for college sports stars through a student sports grant initiative for an initial team of 10 college athlete ambassadors.   Sam’s Club, which was founded in 1983, was… Continue reading Sam’s Club Rolls Out College Athlete Grant #TeamSamsClub To Recruit Students Named Sam

Skechers/Puma Troll Nike’s Zion Shoe Disintegration Via ‘Just Blew It’ & ‘Wouldn’t Have Happened’ Posts

Following the week’s big injury to top college basketball super star Zion Williams seemingly caused by his Nike PG 2.5 sneaker splitting apart so publicly on court during the year’s highest profile NCAA hoops game between Duke and North Carolina,   Zion's shoe: destroyedpic.twitter.com/LqQ2te0Jay — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 21, 2019   sportswear rivals such as… Continue reading Skechers/Puma Troll Nike’s Zion Shoe Disintegration Via ‘Just Blew It’ & ‘Wouldn’t Have Happened’ Posts

Oregon Duck Is First Sports Brand To Flirt With Tinder

In recent month’s we’ve seen consumer businesses (like Domino’s Pizza) and even charities (like Social Tees Animal Rescue) experiment with engagement on Tinder and now University Of Oregon has become the first sports brand to flirting with the online dating app.   Finding an appropriate tone and approach to leveraging Tinder, a dating app which… Continue reading Oregon Duck Is First Sports Brand To Flirt With Tinder

Coke Zero’s NCAA ‘It’s Not Your Fault’ March Madness

  Coke Zero is using Coca-Cola’s rights as an NCAA official Corporate Champion to tie-in March Madness with its new ‘It’s Not Your Fault’ campaign.   Part of the brand’s umbrella ‘Enjoy Everything’ initiative, this new light-hearted, fun creative celebrates ‘guys-being-guys’ as the soft drink brand aims to connect male bonding to college basketball’s end-of-season… Continue reading Coke Zero’s NCAA ‘It’s Not Your Fault’ March Madness