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GE in the Sneaker Business?

Nov 10, 2014

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Marketing

Manuel Bornia

In this presentation, Manuel Bornia discusses a new marketing campaign devised by GE to promote their super-materials and celebrate the 45-year anniversary or the moon landing. GE utilized emerging social media platforms to promote the product.
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Page 1: GE in the Sneaker Business?

General  Electric,  Moon  Boots,  and  Snapchat.  

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GE  is  now  in  the  sneaker  business.  

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The  company  best  known  for  kitchen  appliances  and  light  bulbs  

has  launched  a  campaign  to  showcase  how  it’s  material  

engineering  helped  get  a  man  on  the  moon.  

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GE  developed  the  silicon  used  in  the  space  boots  worn  by  Neil  Armstrong  and  the  Apollo  11  crew  in  1969.  

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GE  also  worked  on  the  helmets  that  crew  members  wore.  

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To  honor  the  45  year  anniversary  of  the  moon  landing,  GE  has  partnered  with  designer  Android  Homme  and  online  retailer  JackThreads.com  to  sell  100  pairs  of  replica  moon  boots.  

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The  stylish  shoes  will  be  sold  exclusively  on  JackThreads  and  will  go  on  sale  on  June  20th  precisely  at  4:18pm  EST,  the  exact  moment  the  Apollo  11  module  landed  on  the  

surface  of  the  moon.  

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In  another  wink  to  the  historical  significance,  the  shoes  will  be  priced  at  $196.90  to  echo  the  year  of  the  

landing,  1969.  

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The  shoes,  called  the  Missions,  will  include  some  of  the  ‘super  

materials’  the  GE  developed  for  the  mission  45  years  ago  and  examples  of  that  they  are  working  on  today.  

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According  to  Linda  Boff,  execuUve  director  of  global  brand  markeUng  at  GE,  the  sneakers  will  include,  “super  materials  like  stabilized  carbon  fiber  and  hydrophobic  coaUng.”  It  is  their  

hope  that  by  including  these  materials  in  the  shoes,  consumers  will  be  able  to  relate  to  the  high-­‐

tech  materials  GE  is  developing  and  producing.  

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GE  also  made  news  merely  by  announcing  the  promoUon.  

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The  company,  which  employs  over  300,000  worldwide,  debuted  the  shoes  on  Snapchat,  the  of-­‐the-­‐

moment  social  app.  

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GE  considers  Snapchat  an  important  space  for  them  to  inhabit.  

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Snapchat  has  a  rapidly  growing  user  base,  enUced  by  the  erasable,  

impermanent  nature  of  its  media.  

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GE  can  be  found  on  the  network  @gereralelectric.  

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The  moon  shoe  campaign  will  run  on  Snapchat  for  one  day  only,  including  visuals  and  music  promoUng  the  sneaker.  

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GE  will  also  be  uUlizing  the  tradiUonal  social  media  outlets  to  promote  the  Snapchat  campaign,  namely  Facebook  and  Twi]er.  

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The  promoUonal  as  a  whole  is  very  modern  and  forward  thinking  —  

much  like  the  moon  landing  was  45  years  ago.  

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A  126-­‐year-­‐old  corporaUon  is  recreaUng  a  simultaneously  retro  and  technologically  astounding  

product  and  then  promoUng  it  on  an  ultra-­‐current  media  outlet.