[The Insight] 소비자 접점 많은 사업 중심 이벤트 스포츠 경기서 엑스포 유치 캠페인
GS스포츠의 여자배구팀인 GS칼텍스 서울 Kixx 배구단 소속 선수가 서브를 준비하는 옆에 GS그룹의 부산세계박람회 유치 기원 플래카드가 걸려 있다. GS그룹 제공
GS리테일은 부산세계박람회 유치를 기원하는 고객 참여 행사 및 성공 기원 이벤트를 진행한다. 전국 편의점에 송출되는 GSTV와 GS샵 홈쇼핑 방송, GS샵 모바일 앱과 SNS 등 모든 미디어 매체를 활용하는 방식이다. 특히 전국 1만6000여 개의 GS25 편의점에서는 온·오프라인 베스트 상품에 대한 특별 기획전을 진행한다.
GS칼텍스는 부산 지역을 중심으로 주유소 및 충전소에 부산세계박람회 유치를 응원하는 플랜카드를 게시하고, 홍보 브로셔를 배포하는 등 고객을 대상으로 적극적인 홍보 활동을 펼친다.
GS그룹은 지난해 부산세계박람회 유치 지원을 위해 각 계열사 고위 경영진으로 구성된 ‘2030 부산세계박람회 유치 지원 태스크포스(TF)’를 구성했다. 우무현 GS건설 사장이 TF장을 맡았고, GS건설, GS칼텍스, GS리테일, GS글로벌, GS스포츠 등 주요 계열사의 역량을 집중시킬 계획이다.
GS campaigns launched to support Expo bid
at sports events
at sports events
Holds events for consumer-centered businesses
PR materials on the World Expo 2030 Busan are placed in various locations of the Jangchung Arena, the home stadium of the GS Caltex Seoul KIXX volleyball team. GS Group has been promoting the World Expo 2030 Busan during the games of its KIXX volleyball team and FC Seoul football club since last year. Photo by GS Group
GS Retail will hold customer-participating and other events to support the bid for the World Expo 2030 Busan. It will utilize all media channels, including GSTV broadcasted at convenience stores across the country, GS Shop Home Shopping broadcast, GS Shop mobile app, and social media. In particular, a special promotion will be launched for online and offline best-selling products at over 16,000 GS25 convenience stores across the nation.
GS Caltex will actively engage in promotional activities targeting customers by setting up placards and placing promotional brochures rooting for the Busan expo at gas stations and electric car charging stations in the city.
GS Sports has been engaging in PR activities at sporting events since last year. GS Sports’ professional football team FC Seoul held the Super Cheering Day event during a match against the Suwon Samsung Bluewings in September last year. A PR booth for the World Expo 2030 Busan was set up in the North Plaza of the Seoul World Cup Stadium where the match was held to operate a cheering message board and hand out brochures related to the expo. The players of FC Seoul have been wearing emblem patches promoting the expo on their uniforms since last year.
Last year, GS Group established a task force team to support the bid for the World Expo 2030 Busan consisting of the high-level executives of its affiliates. The task force team will concentrate the capabilities of the group’s major affiliates – GS E&C, GS Caltex, GS Retail, GS Global, and GS Sports – under the leadership of GS E&C President Woo Moo-hyun.
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Choi Ji-won jwchoi@donga.com