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Airheads Soccer Tour Comes to a Close 

Airheads candy is wrapping up a summer promo that put candy samples in a bright green Hummer H3 that traveled the country with the U.S. Youth Soccer Tour....

Nestlé Tour Gives Away 500,000 Coupons 

Nestlé is crisscrossing the country giving away more than 500,000 coupons for people to sample its newest candy bar....

Wrigley Goes on Tour with the NBA 

Wrigley gums is on the road this summer promoting its new title as the official chews of choice for the National Basketball Association....

Sony Renews Dew Sports Tour Sponsorship 

Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. is bringing some sizzle to the upcoming AST Dew Action Sports Tour....

Baskin-Robbins, ConAgra, Others Tie in with ‘Surf’s Up’  

Penguins are making a come back on the big screen this week with Sony Pictures Animation’s film “Surf’s Up.” And Baskin-Robbins, McDonald’s and ConAgra, among others, are backing the film with full-scale marketing programs and promotions....

Mentos Geysers Sets Guinness Record 

That explosive mixture of Diet Coke and Mentos candies has hit new heights, setting a Guinness World Record for the “Most Mentos and Soda Fountains.”...

Women’s Health Magazine to Host NYC Event 

Women’s Health is bringing 13 brand partners to New York for a two-day event in July....

Cubs Field Samples, Honor Vets 

Chicago Cub fans will get some extra perks this week, courtesy of Kimberly-Clark and Unilever....

Disney Hypes Up 'Ratatouille' Cheese Tour  

Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios are generating excitement around the upcoming film “Ratatouille” with a multi-city tour that lets fans get up close to the characters and storyline. ...

Malibu Rum Hires Vital Marketing for Major Hispanic Push 

Malibu Rum has named Vital Marketing as its agency of record for the Hispanic market. The experiential marketing agency will be tasked with creating a multifaceted national promotions program for the beverage, made by Pernod Ricard USA. ...

Diet Pepsi Takes on Diet Coke; Hands Out 3 Million Samples 

Diet Pepsi has been given a new look, and is out with new TV spots that take direct aim at competitor Diet Coke...

Fox's ‘Waitress’ Film Serves up Mother’s Day Promo 

Fox Searchlight Pictures is teaming up with theaters nationwide to give mothers a sweet treat on their special day...

P&G Uses Wal-Mart Title to Sample Bounty 

There’s an extra piece of paper in the issue of All You magazine that hits Wal-Mart racks tomorrow....

Kraft Takes DiGiorno on the Road 

Kraft Foods hopes to give neighborhood pizzerias a run for their money when it rolls out DiGiorno Ultimate frozen pizza nationally in August. Until then, Kraft will prime consumers’ taste buds by delivering samples via a five-city mobile tour. ...

1800 Tequila Campaign Sees Double Digit Growth 

1800 Tequila has resigned SoHo Experiential to expand its two experiential brand programs. ...

Burt’s Bees Takes its Products on the Road 

Burt’s Bees has launched an educational tour and educational tourthat is moving across the U.S. ...

Silk Soymilk, Kashi Target Offices Via Sampling Effort 

Silk Soymilk and Kashi discovered a new spot to get people buzzing about its products—the office....

Coca-Cola Debuts Vault Red Blitz Amid Major Sampling 

Coca-Cola has debuted a new flavor in its hybrid energy drink Vault portfolio....

Mentos Hits the Road to Distribute Millions of Samples 

Mentos is popping the top on an eight-month tour for the chewy mints. ...

Starbucks, Dunkin’ Donuts Offer Free Trials 

Rival coffee chains Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts are launching two separate coffee giveaway days to incent both loyal patrons and new customers to come into their stores. ...

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Models Covered in “Mud” on Display at Fashion Week 

AHAVA, the cosmetics company, covered the bodies of three scantily clad models with its “Mud” body treatment earlier this week and set them loose during Fashion Week in New York...

Lu Biscuits Partners with Fashion Designer at Fashion Week 

Kraft Foods Lu biscuits has teamed up with fashion designer Erin Fetherston to create limited edition packaging for the French cookie brand...

Fiberwig Hands out 100,000 Mascara Samples 

Fiberwig, the Japanese paint on eyelash brand, is on the move promoting its mascara in the U.S. through a street campaign...

McDonald’s Pushes Specialty Coffee in Ohio with Promos 

McDonald’s is backing the recent launch of specialty coffee in Central Ohio with a host of promotions to spread the word about the new menu items...

Milky Way Distributes 285,000 Samples on ‘Road Trip’ Tour 

Mars Snackfood U.S. recently wrapped up a two-month tour where it handed out 285,000 Milky Way bars in an effort to boost sales of the chocolate candy....

Burger King Launches Soccer Program Targeting Hispanics 

Burger King Corp. is kicking off a series of soccer events this weekend targeting Hispanics to build its brand and give customers another reason to visit its restaurants...

Ciao Bella Kicks off Multi-State Sampling Tour  

Ciao Bella is hitting the road with a summer sampling tour to give people a taste of its sorbet and gelato flavors....

Fuze Hits the Hamptons with New Plastic Bottles 

Fuze and out-of-home agency Titan Worldwide have wrapped five taxis from the Hamptons-based Hometwon Taxi Service to resemble the shrink-wrap packaging that Fuze’s former glass bottles have long carried...

Burger King Readies Apple Fries Sampling, New Kids Meal Push 

Burger King is preparing a multi-city sampling effort to promote its new BK Fresh Apple Fries product....

Wise Snacks Hits the Streets with Baseball-Themed Sampling Effort 

Wise Snack Foods is hitting the streets of New York City and Boston with brand ambassadors to talk up its products through a sampling campaign....

7-Eleven Backs Slurpee with Largest Slate of Promos 

7-Eleven is out in full force with a host of summertime promotions tied to its Slurpee brand, which include everything from coupons, giveaways and new flavors....

Capri Sun Looks for ‘Pouch Respect’ on Sampling Tour 

Kraft Foods’ Capri Sun is capitalizing on the popularity of its “Respect the Pouch” ad campaign with a summer sampling tour of a dozen cities in 10 states and a new Web site that lets kids build pouch avatars and send Burp-O-Gram messages...

Cold Stone Creamery Celebrates 20 Years with Giveaway 

Cold Stone Creamery is toasting its 20th anniversary this week with an ice cream cake giveaway for Michigan residents....

WNBA Jerseys to Carry McDonald’s Logo in Season Openers 

Women’s National Basketball Association players will wear McDonald’s golden arches on their jerseys for each team’s season opener as part of a marketing alliance between the women’s pro basketball league and the fast food giant this season....

Dunkin’ Donuts Offers Second Iced Coffee Giveaway 

Dunkin’ Donuts is hosting an iced coffee giveaway today while pitching a new flavor in its line-up....

Kashi Pushes Granola with Free Samples  

Kashi Co. is offering tips and free samples at its Web site in a campaign tied to its ongoing effort to encourage an active lifestyle....

McDonald’s to Sample 8 Million New Chicken Dishes 

McDonald’s is supporting its newest menu items, the Southern Style Chicken Biscuit and Chicken Sandwich, with a national sampling effort....

Jolt Soda Relaunches Brand with Sampling Program  

Jolt Soda is hitting the streets of southern California with a guerrilla marketing and sampling campaign...

Kraft Promotes Bagel-fuls with Sampling, Tour 

Kraft is kicking off a sampling campaign today to promote its newest breakfast product, Bagel-fuls....

Nestlé Uses Prank to Promote Branded Comedy Network 

Nestle Foods said it has shaken off the associations of clumsiness of its Butterfinger brand and re-name itself simply “The Finger.” The re-launch was supported by a distribution of 200,000 free “Finger” bars at 7-Eleven stores in 10 major markets....

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