AB InBev

Retail Category: Eating & Drinking Establishments
Display Type: Countertop - Permanent
Client: Anheuser-Busch Inc.
Producer: Everbrite Inc., Greenfield, Wis.
Size of Run: 500
Comments: An illuminated, injection-molded bottle rotates slowly on this backbar glorifier to educate consumers on the natural brewing ingredients used in Budweiser beer.

Competition, floor space and time are tight in the complicated but lucrative c-store arena.

Consumers are spending more time and money in foodservice establishments than ever before, a trend that has created new opportunities to reach them with targeted P-O-P programs.

Client: Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis
Producer: Everbrite, Greenfield, Wis.
Comments: This vacuum-formed replica of the Bud One Blimp draws attention via blinking red and green LEDs and a battery-powered motor that provides hovering motion.

Client: Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis
Producer: Grimm Industries, Fairview, Pa.
Comments: Designed to reinforce Busch's relationship with NASCAR, this sign is an exact replica of a Chevy auto hood, except that it is made of co-extruded styrene to keep manufacturing and distribution costs low. The NASCAR and Busch logos appeal to their targeted retail environment of sports bars and arenas.

Product: 180 energy drink
P-O-P companies: Iowa Rotocast Plastics Inc. (singles cooler bin), Decorah, Iowa; Shaw-Marconi Creative (co-creative), St. Louis
Introduction: January 2000
Duration: Permanent
Display set-up: A-B's wholesale distribution network
Since a lot of product in the energy drink category is sold in single-serve cans that are cold, this cooler bin serves as an eye-catching unit for secondary placement.

Beer, wine and spirits marketers grapple with changing attitudes toward P-O-P and challenging state merchandising requirements.

Client: Anheuser-Busch Inc.,St. Louis
Products Promoted: Michelob family of beers
Objective: The fireplace display was designed to increase sales/marketshare for Michelob throughout the holiday season. It is flexible and customizable to promote various products.
Distribution: Supermarkets, liquor stores
Construction/Materials: Corrugated
P-O-P Company: Phoenix Display/International Paper,Thorofare, N.J.