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The world of hummus is growing as fast as any in the snack food category. Major brands are investing millions in the chick pea snack, combined with their own crackers and pretzel brands that fans are accustomed to, and dropping in various flavors to make hummus as appealing and healthier than your standard nachos or …
Analytics continues to become more pervasive in sport, whether it is through improved wireless service in arena being able to adequately service thousands of handheld devices equally to improve a fan experience, crowdsourcing ability which enables teams to know the trends and tendencies instantaneously of who is sitting in a certain section, video game insertion …
It hasn’t been the best of falls for either the fans of the New York Giants or the Washington redskins, but that doesn’t mean the last of wins has stopped the continued off-field hype of the teams stars. From Robert Griffin III promotions all over Maryland and Virginia to Eli Manning’s ever-present face at Dunkin …
Unless you are a restaurant owner, special events vendors, advertising partner or hotel manager, you may have been wondering what, other than lots of traffic and crowded cold weather events, the 2014 Super bowl means to your community. Well this week some of that came to shape when the National Football League and NY/NJ Super …
Oreos and soccer go together, and so does Trident and futbol. At least they will in the future in one of the most intriguing, all-encompassing branding exercises announced this week. Mondelez International and Soccer United Marketing announced a wide ranging partnership that can be a game changer for both as they evolve together, a marriage …
A few weeks ago we were visiting the University of Maryland, College Park and we noticed something unusual…a pretty clean slate of real estate that is readily available but never used. It is not the space above urinals or under the top half of bunk beds…it is literally the ground we walk on. We live, …
There is no event more New York than the New York City Marathon. There is also no event in New York that annually draws a global participant base than the Marathon as well. So it should come as no surprise that the new title sponsor of the Marathon will be an Indian technology company, whose …
Watching the amazingly eloquent tributes done for Mariano Rivera these past few weeks has New Jersey Devils fans, and for that matter most of hockey at least pondering for a second, what will the sport do for Martin Brodeur when he makes his exit. While the Yankees future hall of famer is certainly beyond reproach …
Nicknames on uniforms, fans names on the court, athletes partnering with global brands that are emerging into the US marketplace, steady, healthy brand growth outside the regions of where franchises currently are, small market success, establishing an expansion marketplace without actually having to move a team, and, having a team turn to its fans for …
What do Tony Hawk, the San Francisco 49ers, the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and the State of New Jersey have in common? Philanthropy. While the quartet have probably never come up in casual conversation before, they did this past week when The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation bestowed the Stave Patterson Award on its three winners …
