Runners taking part in the Sunderland 10k can have a unique reminder of the day – thanks to state-of-the-art camera technology. On Sunday 7 May the city’s Bridges shopping centre is installing a bullet time rig for the day – one of only two in the UK – which captures 360 degree imagery in a […]
Land Securities has announced that GraVity is to open its flagship trampoline park at Bluewater. The GraVity site will occupy a 25,000 sq ft custom created leisure space within the lower hall of Bluewater’s redeveloped Plaza area. Work on the Plaza has already begun on-site, and GraVity is due to launch in time for Christmas […]
Grosvenor Europe (Grosvenor) has announced that Porsche has opened its Porsche Life installation on Liverpool ONE’s Peter’s Lane. The 3,000 sq ft pop-up will be open until June 4 2017. The interactive store has been designed to immerse visitors in the Porsche brand. Gesture control screens reveal the world of Porsche and the store also […]
Robinsons Fruit Shoot has launched a new campaign in a contemporary approach aimed at driving relevance amongst parents. The fully integrated, global campaign; It’s My Thing, celebrates real children doing what they’re passionate about, championing their self-expression and individuality and inspiring parents to support kids in finding their ‘thing’. The campaign creative of It’s My Thing is borne […]
To support the launch of Rihanna’s new fragrance, Riri Kiss, experiential agency iMP were commissioned to design, build and tour The Kiss-O-Meter. iMP designed the unique experiential concept, created the software and built the Kiss-O-Meter, which embarked on a nationwide experiential tour. The Kiss-O-Meter featured a touchscreen which engaged with shoppers and asked them one […]
intu has partnered with Flymo and McCulloch to deliver a brand-engagement campaign at three UK shopping and leisure destinations. The garden power tool brands are launching pop-up gardens at intu Lakeside, intu Trafford Centre and intu Metrocentre during April and May to promote their newest gardening products to the centres’ high footfall of customers. The […]
intu has added augmented reality technology to its in-centre app as it launches a new family experience bringing Nick Jr. characters to life at its centres this Easter. Created in partnership with Nick Jr. as one of a series of activities taking place at intu centres, the game has been designed to capture the imagination […]
Outdoor apparel brand Gore-Tex is staging a 5D experience at The Atrium in Westfield London. The multi-dimensional brand experience, created and produced by MKTG, will allow visitors to test the range of resistances and efficiencies of the revolutionary Gore-Tex fabric in some incredible environments. The Gore-Tex Brand 5D Experience will fully kit out visitors with […]
Nestlé Breakfast Cereals are mixing up breakfast time once again. The pop-‐ up cereal experience, Aisle of Wonder will be back in action over Easter with a new twist on last years activation. The experience will be at Westfield Stratford until 23rd April – visitors can start the day with a complementary pick and mix […]
Lucozade Zero and fashion retailer Missguided has announced a collaboration, which will be brought to life through on-pack promotion and experiential marketing. TRO is activating a multi-faceted campaign entitled ‘Zero to Pay’, which will offer consumers a multitude of perks, giveaways and discounts – all of which can be unlocked through an on-pack promotion on […]
Shaftesbury has announced over 14,000 sq ft of new restaurant lettings and openings in Chinatown, London. The latest additions highlight the area’s diverse dining offer, which showcases East Asian culture that blends modernism with Far Eastern traditions. Natural fast food chain, Leon, have opened shop on Shaftesbury Avenue with a difference. The new venue offers […]
Hermes Investment Management has reported a significant increase in sales and footfall in 2016 across its three leading outlet malls. Clarks Village in Somerset, Freeport Braintree in Essex, and Junction 32 in West Yorkshire, collectively saw sales increase by 6.7 per cent and footfall by 5.8 per cent over the year. In December alone, 1.1 […]
Shaftesbury has announced the 2017 calendar of events taking place in Seven Dials. The location will host four free one-day events over the course of the year. Each individual event will be accompanied by an extended in-store and online campaign. Launching on March 8, Seven Dials will celebrate International Women’s Day with a ticketed ‘in […]
As part of their ongoing Riverside redevelopment, The Oracle tasked NexusEngage with driving footfall to their restaurants in a fun and innovative way whilst also taking advantage of an empty retail unit. Following Play to Win’s previous success at West Quay, NexusEngage brought the activation to Reading’s largest shopping centre. The empty retail unit has […]
To celebrate the start of Cadbury Creme Egg Hunting Season, Cadbury is bringing back Cadbury Creme Egg Café with a twist. The travelling Cadbury Creme Egg Hunting Lodge, as seen on the new Cadbury Creme Egg advert, will tour the UK from 27th January stopping off in London, Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds and Edinburgh. The lodge […]
Former Eastenders star Rita Simons helped launch the Cash or Kind pop-up shop in Westfield, Stratford. The shop allows members of the public to exchange their unwanted gift cards for cash or donate the value to The Children’s Trust. The swap-shop was set up by gift card marketplace, Zeek, in response to new research showing […]
ITV, now home to The Voice UK, is kicking-off an interactive DOOH campaign to promote the show’s new coaching line-up ahead of the rebooted show’s debut on ITV. The week-long campaign domination features coaches Gavin Rossdale, Jennifer Hudson, Sir Tom Jones and will.i.am who surprise shoppers passing by large-format, Ultra HD screens in shopping centres […]
Shopping centre landlord intu is taking leisure experiences in shopping centres to the next level with a virtual reality multi player family game. Christmas shoppers at intu Victoria Centre in Nottingham can step from a winter log cabin in the shopping centre to a virtual reality winter wonderland where they can decorate a Christmas tree […]
Smart LED, a subdivision of audio visual supplier Smart AV, has delivered a full digital signage installation for the opening of Missguided’s new flagship store. Missguided, founded by Nitin Passi in 2009 as an online women’s fashion retailer, launched its first physical store in Westfield Stratford in late Novemeber. Smart LED installed two giant 3.9mm […]
East Kilbride Shopping Centre and its newly redeveloped Hub leisure facilities have been receiving expert venue treatment from tourism web design and digital marketing expert Senshi Digital which has been revamping its online image. The contract, which is the latest in a run of prestigious business wins for the Glasgow-based brand and marketing specialist, is alerting […]
Grosvenor Europe has announced The Lego Santa Express has pulled into Liverpool One, the first time the installation has been seen outside of London. The Lego Santa Express, which can be found on Liverpool One’s Paradise Street, is a one-of-a-kind custom built train made from over 500,000 Lego bricks. It features three carriages: the engine […]
The animated star of Kung-Fu Panda officially opened Liverpool’s seasonal DreamWorks Lights. Po the Panda was on hand to cut the ribbon and welcome people to the city’s flagship Christmas event at St George’s Hall. Hundreds of ticketholders were waiting outside the hall to be amongst the first to experience the unforgettable lantern show, which […]
Harvey Nichols has launched a new Christmas pop-up shop and festive bar next to the Skate in Style presented by Coach at Westfield London to celebrate the festive season. The pop-up shop hosts a stylish and luxurious food and drink offering from Harvey Nichols, making the space the destination for shopping fine wines and gifts […]
Shaftesbury celebrated a successful Seven Dials’ official Christmas display and experiential fashion and food shopping event, which took place on Thursday 17 November from 5-9pm. The switch-on at 6pm transformed Seven Dials into an enchanted wonderland to be enjoyed throughout December. Glistening geometric forest animals such as a stag, bear and wolf came to life, accompanied by an exclusive Seven Dials Christmas poem linking the lights to a magical trail […]
Land Securities has announced that Smith & Sinclair, the creators of the world’s first edible cocktails and flavour specialists are launching their first standalone pop up store ‘The Flavour Room, Bluewater’ in November 2016. Located in Bluewater’s popular Arcade area, adjacent to Rituals and Il Gusto, the 465 sq ft pop-up store, called The Flavour […]
Showcasing its cutting-edge motion technology, the latest innovation of Hasbro Gaming’s Bop It! game will tour shopping centres across the UK in the run up to Christmas, giving consumers the chance to try out its 10 new ‘moves’ and share the fun through social media. Bop It! delivers a series of commands that players must […]
The new Lego Ideas set, Beatles Yellow Submarine, was launched exclusively at Liverpool One’s Lego store on October 29. The official global launch date for this product was November 1st, but Liverpool One visitors got to experience and purchase the product early, marked by a special event at the Liverpool One Lego Store. The Lego […]
The Poppy Appeal 2016 launched on the last weekend of October at Bluewater as The Royal British Legion encouraged people to ‘rethink Remembrance’ during this year’s campaign. The poppy and the work of the Legion are often associated with the First and Second World Wars and elderly veterans, however the charity is calling on the […]
Thousands of trick or treaters received a bumper haul from shops and restaurants across the UK this weekend. Debenhams at intu Trafford Centre, Cath Kidston at intu Metrocentre and Hamleys at intu Lakeside were among hundreds of high street names taking part in big trick or treat events at intu shopping centres on Saturday and […]
Charlotte Tilbury, with the work of NexusEngage, has created Westfield’s first ever interactive retail installation to drive excitement and awareness of its new flagship store before it opens in Westfield’s, White City later this month. The campaign, which is running for eight weeks has been designed to drive huge customer excitement ahead of the store […]
Land Securities has announced a strategic partnership with The Copyrights Group to bring Paddington Bear to Bluewater. In a first for the industry, Paddington is appearing as a special guest at Bluewater’s new traditional-style Santa’s grotto, which features three distinct and magical experiences, including a toy workshop, within a unique 40 minute journey. Paddington will […]
Land Securities’ House of the Dead launched officially on October 14. The experience runs until November 1 and is situated on Bluewater’s upper Rose Gallery. Created by Richard Cottier and Sally Duguid, the ‘House of the Dead’ experience is one of the UK’s most successful horror attractions. The team was inspired to bring the popularity […]
Visiting six locations throughout the UK, The Future of Play Tour features a series of experiential PlayStation4 events offering gamers the opportunity to experience the immersive world of PlayStation VR. Kicking off on the 22nd September, The Future of Play Tour headed to EGX, the UK’s biggest gaming event, which took place at Birmingham’s NEC, […]
Hermes Investment Management, the £26 billion manager focused on delivering superior, sustainable, risk adjusted returns to its clients – responsibly, celebrated the success of AW16 Live In Style, a dedicated fashion and beauty event, in centre:mk’s Middleton Hall which took place at the beginning of October. AW16 Live is one of the region’s biggest live […]
Westfield has announced its programme of activities for the festive season. In the lead up to Christmas, Westfield aims to build on the excitement and the anticipation with activities around shopping and eating, ice-skating and present buying. The Christmas season at Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City will kick off with a line up of […]
Blackjack Promotions has delivered a complete package for the launch activity of Michael Kors’ new perfume, Wonderlust, in Manchester’s Trafford Centre, with the activation culminating at Birmingham’s Bull Ring on October 4th Working from an initial brief and a 30’ TV ad, Blackjack developed the creative, designed the stand, created a social sharing mechanism, recruited […]
The Lego Duplo Play Planet landed at the Winter Garden at Bluewater over the weekend and invited families along to a free live event, helping to harness the power of imagination through storytelling. Guests discovered the Lego Duplo Play Planet, where little hands could build big adventures jumping from island to island discovering the many different […]
A European-first pop-up KitKat store is opening at The Street, Westfield Stratford City, London on Wednesday 5th October. Launching for a period of five weeks until Tuesday 8th November, the KitKat Chocolatory gives consumers the opportunity to create their own ultra-premium KitKat bar and bespoke packaging at the touch of a tablet screen. Guests can […]
Land Rover brought a driving experience to Liverpool ONE’s Chavasse Park to demonstrate the driving capabilities of the Land Rover Evoque. Visitors to the experience were able to put the car through its paces on an outdoor course complete with specially designed ramps to simulate uneven terrain and a large 45° downhill descent. Commenting on […]
Qatar Airways is offering visitors to Manchester’s Arndale Shopping Centre the chance to ‘travel around the world’ this weekend, to destinations including Australia, India and Doha. Qatar Airways will be surprising shoppers in Manchester this weekend with a multi-sensory experiential activation at Arndale Shopping Centre. Delivered by BEcause Experiential Marketing, the live activation will […]
Launching on Monday, 19th September, Rockar has reinvented car buying by creating tailored click-to-buy websites for Jaguar and Land Rover that empower the customer. A global first for Jaguar Land Rover, the websites allow consumers to purchase their chosen vehicle through the click of a button and without a salesperson in sight. The digital platforms […]
Meadowhall will host the final appearance of the Herd of Sheffield during a Farewell Weekend on October 14th to October 16th for The Children’s Hospital Charity. The largest public art event the city has hosted, 58 elephants will be on display throughout Meadowhall over the weekend, with designs sponsored from local celebrities including the Arctic […]
Experiential agency Kreate has created an experience for the Trinidad and Tobago Tourist Board (UK) to build awareness of Thomas Cook’s flight from Manchester to Tobago launching on 13 November 2016. Kreate has re-created the Island of Tobago for a two-day experience at the Manchester Trafford Centre. True to Tobago, the island will embrace the tropical look and […]
From 20 September to 16 October, Gateshead’s intu Metrocentre will be home to 15 giant-sized bird boxes, individually decorated by a flock of famous faces, for the last stop on The Big Birdhouse Tour. The 16-month tour, created by intu, is a nationwide celebration of British wildlife to inspire everyone to give nature a […]
Bluewater played host to another Jobs Fayre on September 9, for the fifth year running. This year, almost 2,000 jobs were available to candidates. Held in conjunction with the pioneering on-site recruitment and training facility, The Learning Shop, the event was another step forward for employment rates in the Dartford region, which are now at the […]
To celebrate the launch of the new Lego Friends Amusement Park building sets, a new live Tour is coming to Bluewater, Kent. The Lego Friends Amusement Park Tour brings the new sets to life and offers young builders an immersive day out. Set in the world of Heartlake City – the Amusement Park sets offer […]
As the British Olympians arrived home, Liverpool ONE had its own special carnival over the Bank Holiday weekend. A Brazilian themed parade took to the streets, moving between the streets of the scheme, the parade finished next to the recently opened Victoria Secret’s store on South John Street with a red, white and blue confetti […]
Seven Dials held its third successful Spotlight festival on Saturday 13 August. Attracting over 10,000 visitors, the crowd was a mix of Londoners and international spectators who enjoyed the free one-day event. From 12-7pm the area was transformed into a traffic-free, entertainment hot spot with a series of live performances in addition to exclusive activities […]
The St David’s Partnership, owners of St David’s in Cardiff, has announced that Sinclair Mercedes-Benz has returned for a second time to the centre to launch a pop-up showroom. Open until the end of August 2016 the 2,687 sq ft pop-up store is located on lower Grand Arcade, adjacent to Superdry. Visitors can view two […]
Shopping centre owner, manager and developer intu has teamed up with Warner Bros. Consumer Products for a takeover of its 15 shopping centres nationwide by some of the world’s most iconic Super Heroes. The UK-first partnership creates a series of free family-friendly events and activities for intu’s 35 million customers as Warner Bros. Consumer Products, […]
Land Securities has launched two immersive and experiential initiatives at Bluewater. Working in partnership with British technology company, Dyson, and International train operator, Eurostar, two separate immersive brand experiences will engage Bluewater’s guests over the coming months. Dyson has created a pop-up at Bluewater for a six-month period until January 2017. Located on the lower […]
Hermes Investment Management has launched a series of interactive art installations for the summer at centre:mk as headline sponsors of the event, with the aim to bring art to the local community in an unexpected space. The art installations opened on Saturday 16 July and will run until Sunday 24 July, as part of IF: […]
Shoppers across the UK can discover what kind of snacker they are and win one of 10 £100 H&M vouchers when yogurt drink Optiwell’s Thank Goodness campaign hits four major shopping centres throughout July. The real world element of an integrated campaign, which includes online video content and a billboard campaign, will see Optiwell Brand […]
An Alcatraz-inspired escape room has been created at Westfield London to promote low-cost airline Norwegian’s new flight route from London Gatwick to Oakland International Airport, San Francisco. The project is the first by MKTG UK, a Dentsu Aegis Network’s experiential global brand, formed by the merger of experience agency psLIVE and Dentsu Aegis Network Sports […]
Over 100 shops, bars and restaurants participated in Seven Dials #StyleSaturday event on 11 June. A variety of experiential activities were on offer throughout the day. Over 90,000 people visited Seven Dials to celebrate everything that’s stylish including fashion, food, music and shopping with footfall up 48% on the previous week. The area was traffic free and filled […]
Asset Space’s partner company, Contain, in conjunction with the commercial team at Cabot Circus, has developed its first bespoke outdoor retail solution combining brand experience with cutting-edge mall retail design. Tasked with partnering a premier brand with one of the top UK shopping centres, Contain provided the design, conception, creation and delivery of an external retail platform […]
Virtual reality has been used for the first time to increase the general public’s understanding of autism, with shoppers at intu Trafford Centre in Manchester donning headsets to experience a shopping centre visit from the perspective of an autistic child. Recreating the sights and sounds of a shopping centre as experienced by someone on the […]
The MCE British Superbike Championship arrived in Kent for the next round of the series at Brands Hatch on May 20/21/22 at Bluewater. At an exclusive launch event last Thursday guests were able to get up close with the racing Superbikes at Bluewater ahead of them hitting the Kent circuit a day later. The 200bhp […]
Thai beer brand Chang Beer is hosting a ‘refreshingly Thai’ experience at Westfield Stratford shopping centre on Thursday 19th May, during which shoppers can receive a ‘Massage in a bottle’. Londoners will be invited to receive a free massage, which will appear to be inside a 2-metre-high Chang Beer bottle built to replicate the brand new […]
Sweets popped up around shoppers at Westfield London on Saturday 23rd April, when acclaimed artists from 3D Joe & Max invited visitors to complete their first piece of 3D street art using more than 7,000 pieces of Haribo Tangfastics.The 3D street art, which was commissioned by Haribo, showcased sweets bursting from a party popper. Measuring […]
Visitors to Westfield Stratford can start the day with their own pick and mix combination of cereals courtesy of Nestlé Cereals. Nestlé Cereal’s Aisle of Wonder allows consumers to sample the cereals for free with a range of toppings, milk and yoghurt and purchase their own personalised cereal creations. ‘The Aisle of Wonder is a fun, engaging experience that demonstrates […]
Three launched an experiential tour of eight major cities across the UK on March 12, to promote its new ‘Blackspot Banisher’ campaign. Created by Brand & Deliver, the tour will began at Birmingham’s Bullring before heading on to high-footfall shopping centre locations in Liverpool, Reading, Cardiff, Bristol, Leeds and Newcastle, finishing in Manchester at the […]
On Monday March 21st Florasaurus – a giant diplodocus made from plants – toured the streets of London to help reengage children with where their food comes from. The stunt from Flora demonstrates how many of the world’s biggest and most magnificent creatures were powered by plants. As research suggests British children don’t eat enough […]
Mattel Play! Liverpool, which is the first family attraction of its kind in Europe, has opened its doors. Children’s TV presenters Jen and Olivia from Channel Five’s Milkshake! were on hand to cut the ribbon at the £1.5m family entertainment centre at Albert Dock. The attraction invites children to explore and enjoy three themed zones […]
intu is set to launch its first national campaign to celebrate spring / summer fashion. Following on from the success of intu’s first national Christmas TV ad, ‘come and play’, this latest campaign will see intu curate styles from retailers across its centres, bringing up to the minute high street fashion to its customers in […]
A leading provider of apprenticeship and careers advice is set to hit the road during half term, as it undertakes a shopping centre tour in a bid to raise awareness of the opportunities afforded by apprenticeships. With the Government targeting the creation of 3,000,000 apprenticeships by 2020 and with National Apprenticeship Week on the horizon […]
This half term, intu is celebrating the release of Kung Fu Panda 3 with Far-Eastern inspired activities for all the family Building on the excitement in the run-up to the release of Kung Fu Panda 3, intu centres across the country, which include intu Metrocentre, intu Trafford Centre and intu Lakeside, will be offering a […]