Stran & Company Adds Nancy Shaffer and Jamie Hoelscher to Key Management Roles

Stran & Company announced that Nancy Shaffer and Jamie Hoelscher have joined the management team in the roles of director of client services, and director of merchandising and vendor relations, respectively. Shaffer will be tasked with reorganizing Stran’s client services and sales support operations, while Hoelscher will provide strategic operational leadership…

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Coca-Cola’s Immersive New London Retail Store Features Designer Apparel, Exclusive Drinkware and Customizable Cans

Coca-Cola is using a posh storefront in London’s Covent Garden neighborhood to sell items like apparel, accessories and drinkware and interact with shoppers beyond just the refrigerator. Shoppers can create their own personalized Coke cans using a design screen within the store, meaning even if they don’t buy the high end apparel, they can leave with something memorable…

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HDS Announces Partnership With Pittsburgh Steelers

HDS recently announced that it has agreed to a multi-year strategic branding partnership with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The top 50 branding agency will provide the Steelers and their sponsors NFL-licensed co-branded promotional merchandise and apparel. As part of the partnership, HDS will work closely with the Steelers to provide event-specific merchandise and more…

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Mom Will Love This KFC Fried Chicken Bouquet Kit

This Mother’s Day, get Mom what she really wants. Sure, flowers are great, but KFC is inspiring others to go the extra mile by adding some fried chicken to a bouquet of roses. KFC’s Kentucky Fried Buckquet kit promotion includes a bouquet of 12 roses in a KFC-branded vase, along with eight skewers for fried chicken…

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Are Immersive Travel Experiences the Future of Branding?

It seems that the new way to put your brand in front of people is to literally house them, putting people in the middle of an advertisement. We’ve seen it with Taco Bell’s hotel, the Moe’s Miami hotel room and the Barbie RV, among others. Now, even more branded hotel experiences are popping up across the world…

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