With the kids just finishing school for the long awaited summer holidays, we already have Back to School on our minds! Our annual Back to School Power Pitching Event took place on the 30th of June and proud sponsors of the event, Marks & Spencer showcased some of their hottest back to school products in their own virtual breakout room.
Here are all 7 of the leading brands who were in attendance:
Each brand pitched their offerings in virtual breakout rooms to 30 of our fabulous media friends, from the likes of ITV This Morning, Evening Standard, Metro, HELLO!, OK! and The Telegraph. Journalists loved the great range of products on show, with IndyBest and ES Best saying they would consider featuring all the products pitched at the event.
Baked by Steph partnered with us on this event, sending our media friends in attendance a delicious box of beautifully decorated, school themed cookies. The goodies received an amazing response from the journalists, with 17 posting about them on their Instagram, totalling a combined reach of over 104k. There were also rave reviews left by some of our brilliant contacts, including this testimonial by Hannah James from Bauer:
“Absolutely delicious. I love the personalisation and the school themed biscuits. Beautifully thought out and well executed.”
The event was a great success and the atmosphere was electric and enthusiastic. We loved the song requests we received from the journalists and PRs during the short breaks, including ‘School’s Out’ by Alice Cooper, a bit of Spice Girls and some Take That. They definitely brightened up our Thursday morning!
Here is a little taster of some of the feedback we received from journalists to sum up the event:
“Fun, fast and extremely well organised!” Megan Conway, HELLO!
“A really useful hour to start the day.” Lara Sargent, Metro
“Highly engaging pitching event. Loved meeting the masterminds behind each event!” Emily Farquhar, Bauer
“My first Power Pitching event and it was really good. Really inspiring and I came away with plenty of ideas for Back to School content.” Leanne Bayley, HELLO!
“Fabulous, as always. I've already called in some product samples on the back of the event, for back-to-school articles I'm writing, and it's so handy to chat to all the relevant PRs in one hit.” Katie Gregory, IndyBest/ES Best
After a busy month of multiple Power Pitching Events, we are now looking forward to The Big Christmas Press Show on September 14th-15th at The Business Design Centre. To our media friends, CLICK HERE to secure your place at the biggest kick off event to retail’s Golden Quarter!
If you are a brand interested in showcasing at the Show, then please contact erin@cijgroup.co for more information.