Big brands at the big tournament: How Walmart, The Home Depot and Mondelēz are planning their World Cup summer

About this episode

Senior brand executives discuss their activation plans for the upcoming World Cup.

With the World Cup just a few weeks away, tournament and team sponsors are rolling out activation plans across the United States, Canada and Mexico. A trio of senior brand executives sat down with David Cushnan, on the sidelines of Sports Business Journal and Leaders’ Business of Soccer event in Atlanta last week, to run through their activation plans, hopes and targets for the upcoming tournament, and consider what happens afterwards. Allison Kolber is VP Integrated Marketing at The Home Depot, which is an official tournament supporter amongst several soccer sponsorships, and is engaging David Beckham to help promote its World Cup sweepstakes. Lauren Flanigan, Head of Global Brands, Refreshment Categories at Mondelēz International, looking after brands like Halls and Trident, discusses how she's planning to engage Gen Z consumers during the World Cup. And Kim Tunick, Head of Brand Experiences and Partnerships at Walmart - a more recent entrant to soccer sponsorship, with deals signed last year to partner Major League Soccer and LaLiga - explains how the retail giant will celebrate the tournament in its stores throughout the country.

People in this episode

Host: David Cushnan

Guests: Allison Kolber, Lauren Flanigan, Kim Tunick

Topics covered

• World Cup
• brand activation
• sponsorship
• marketing strategies
• consumer engagement

Keywords

• World Cup
• sponsorship
• The Home Depot
• Mondelēz
• Walmart
• marketing
• Gen Z

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Home Depot, Mondelēz International, Walmart, Major League Soccer, LaLiga

Places: United States, Canada, Mexico

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