Corona Teams Up With Obsess To Launches Virtual Golf Clubhouse Experience & Store

Corona partnered with creative agency Upshot and e-commerce AR platform Obsess to launch a virtual golf clubhouse experience and store in March called ‘The Corona Premier Virtual Clubhouse’.   The golf-centered digital initiative is hosted on the beer brand’s US site and launched to leverage spiking interest around the sport as the 2023 PGA Tour moves… Continue reading Corona Teams Up With Obsess To Launches Virtual Golf Clubhouse Experience & Store

Woolworths & Komo Tech Build Gaming Hub To Help Aussie Netball Kids ‘Pick Fresh, Play Fresh’

Woolworths activated its partnership with Netball Australia in March through an initiative called ‘Pick Fresh, Play Fresh’ based around a digital engagement hub with interactive gaming-style experiences aimed at educating young Aussie netballers about the role of nutrition in sport.   The online bug uses familiar gaming visuals and concepts – including ‘like badges’, personalised… Continue reading Woolworths & Komo Tech Build Gaming Hub To Help Aussie Netball Kids ‘Pick Fresh, Play Fresh’

Sport England Launches Fresh ‘This Girl Can’ Phase In Bid To End The ‘Exercise Enjoyment Gap’

Late February saw Sport England reprise its award-winning ‘This Girl Can’ initiative aimed at helping women get active with a focus on tackling the sport and exercise ‘Enjoyment Gap’.   The fresh wave of UK work is a call-to-arms to the country’s sports clubs and exercise outfits and follows on from research which found that,… Continue reading Sport England Launches Fresh ‘This Girl Can’ Phase In Bid To End The ‘Exercise Enjoyment Gap’

Sportswear Brand Champion Links With Queer Sporting Alliance For Purpose-Led ‘The Game Is Not Over’ Aus/NZ Pride Campaign

Global sportswear brand Champion launch a Pride linked campaign in late February across Australia and New Zealand which was called ‘The Game is Not Over’ and which sets out to empower voices within the LGBTIQA+ community.   The campaign aims to simultaneously celebrate the equality progress that society has made, while also raising awareness that… Continue reading Sportswear Brand Champion Links With Queer Sporting Alliance For Purpose-Led ‘The Game Is Not Over’ Aus/NZ Pride Campaign

ESPN Launches ‘Go With Your Gut’ Campaign To Leverage NCAA March Madness

As millions of Americans – from prediction novices to hard core hoops fans – begin to fill in their brackets and cross their fingers ahead of NCAA March Madness, ESPN encourages them to trust their instincts with a college basketball campaign called ‘Go With Your Gut’.   Each year, hoops fans and college graduates turn… Continue reading ESPN Launches ‘Go With Your Gut’ Campaign To Leverage NCAA March Madness

Olympian Jonny Moseley Tackles Legendary Mount Palisades Tahoe For Resort & Toyota

IOC and Team USA sponsor Toyota teamed up with Palisades Tahoe ski resort and Olympian Jonny Moseley for a pair of ‘official vehicle’ commercials called ‘Adventure’ and ‘Mountain Is Family’ showcasing the auto outfits’ latest fleet of Toyota Racing Development (TRD) trucks and SUVs.   The campaign, which was developed in harness with agency H&L,… Continue reading Olympian Jonny Moseley Tackles Legendary Mount Palisades Tahoe For Resort & Toyota

‘NFL Explained For Actual Football Fans’ Digital Cards Help Soccer Supporters Understand Super Bowl LVII

The first week of February saw a pair of agency creatives roll out of a new deck of digital cards hosted on a bespoke microsite which aim to explain the rules of the NFL in a way that ‘actual football (soccer) fans will understand’.   ‘The NFL Explained for Actual Football Fans’ initiative was developed… Continue reading ‘NFL Explained For Actual Football Fans’ Digital Cards Help Soccer Supporters Understand Super Bowl LVII

Mtn Dew Pitch Black’s Return Promoted Via ‘WWE Royal Rumble – Pitch Black Match’ Integration

Mtn Dew leverages its World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) tie-up by embedding a limited edition Pitch Black beverage flavour into the flagship Royal Rumble event in late January.   PepsiCo’s marketers have linked up with WWE’s brand partner team to ‘bring the limited-time beverage out of hiding and into the darkness’ at The Royal Rumble on… Continue reading Mtn Dew Pitch Black’s Return Promoted Via ‘WWE Royal Rumble – Pitch Black Match’ Integration

McDonald’s Teams Up With Ted Lasso, TikTok, K-pop & Twitch For World Cup Unity ‘Wanna Go To McDonald’s’

Mid November saw McDonald’s launch a 75-market, integrated, social-first campaign leveraging the 2022 FIFA Men’s World Cup called ‘Wanna go to McDonald’s?’ which, according to the brand, plays on the simple truth that there are two things that can unite people from around the world – a love of soccer and of McDonald’s.   Launched… Continue reading McDonald’s Teams Up With Ted Lasso, TikTok, K-pop & Twitch For World Cup Unity ‘Wanna Go To McDonald’s’

Lucozade Sport Launches ‘The Very Unofficial England-ish Football Supporter’s Jumper’

For the first time ever, the 2022 FIFA World Cup is taking place in the Winter and so Lucozade Sport leveraged spiking soccer excitement by mixing football and the festive season with ‘The Very Unofficial England-ish Football Supporters Jumper’.   Working with agency Adam&EveDDB, Lucozade marked the first ever Winter World Cup with a merchandising… Continue reading Lucozade Sport Launches ‘The Very Unofficial England-ish Football Supporter’s Jumper’

Lexington Leverages The Breeders Cup By Turning Sneakers To ‘Horse Kicks’ Equine Footwear

Custom Sneakers for horses have arrived in the home of racing in the USA – Lexington, Kentucky – in the form of a slightly tongue-in-cheek October/November ‘Horse Kicks‘ campaign from agency Cornett, regional visitor/tourist organisation VisitLEX and sneaker design outfit Infinite Kustomz.   The world’s first custom sneaker range for horses, ‘Horse Kicks’, is a custom… Continue reading Lexington Leverages The Breeders Cup By Turning Sneakers To ‘Horse Kicks’ Equine Footwear

Patriots Partner Gillette Runs NFL’s First Live Broadcast Mixed-Reality Commercial For GilletteLabs with Exfoliating Bar

During the 24 October NFL game between the Chicago Bears and the New England Patriots, a Gillette marketing stunt saw the Gillette Stadium temporary rebranded the GilletteLabs Stadium for the league’s first live broadcast mixed-reality commercial promoting the P&G brand’s GilletteLabs line of heatable razors (which range from $150 to $170) and feature exfoliating bar… Continue reading Patriots Partner Gillette Runs NFL’s First Live Broadcast Mixed-Reality Commercial For GilletteLabs with Exfoliating Bar