Consumer Marketing

Starbucks Adds Books to Its Menu

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

Starbucks is giving consumers a new taste for their palates in its stores— The popular coffee chain will market a new book this fall, For One More Day by Mitch Albom. The new product category is the latest effort by Starbucks to reach consumers via ...

L.A. Sparks’ Fans Flock to Loyalty Program

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

The Women’s National Basketball Association’s (WNBA) Los Angeles Sparks team isn’t just serving up points on the basketball court anymore. It is engaging fans in a new loyalty program that lets game attendees earn points to redeem rewards.

Visa Puts Employee in the Prize Pool

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

Visa USA is offering small-business owners a hand in its first-ever national promotion aimed at small businesses. The sweepstakes, Hired for You, has an unusual grand prize: The winner gets an employee for a year, and $50,000 in Staples gift cards to ...

Old Navy Blows Out Its ‘Best Week Ever’

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

Could this week be Old Navy’s “Best Week Ever” for back-to-school sales? A multi-pronged tie-in with VH1’s hit show Best Week Ever drives traffic to Old Navy stores with an in-store instant-win game that awards prizes each hour. The top prizes: A walk-on role on VH1’s show; Chrysler Crossfires (four winners nationally) and tickets on…

Alltel Spin Off Launches with Green Tour

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

A month after Alltel Corp. spun off its landline business merging it with Valor Communications Group Inc. and forming the new entity, Windstream Communications, the new company has launched a Green Truck Tour in a 33-market grassroots effort to introduce its services to consumers.

Beaches Get ‘Wicked’ with Premiums, Buzz

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

Something wicked is brewing on New York and New Jersey beaches. In an effort to generate buzz around the Broadway hit Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz, brand ambassadors are hitting the sand to dole out Wicked-branded premiums. ...

Brands Flock to USA Basketball with Sponsorships

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

Chevrolet, Coca-Cola Co., McDonald's Corp., PepsiCo's Gatorade and Molten Worldwide Distributing have teamed up with USA Basketball the governing body for men's and women's basketball in the U.S., to sponsor exhibition games, special events and ...