Red Fish Media featured in The New York Times
Red Fish Media’s Custom QR Codes were featured in the New York Times Business Day section, along with clients Ralph Lauren, Perry Ellis and Rachel Zoe. The article provides an overview of the different ways retailers and fashion brands are incorporating Custom QR Codes in their marketing mix and why they’ve chosen to utilize these pieces of digital art.
Excerpts from the article:
“brands like Ralph Lauren and Rachel Zoe are making the printed codes a little better looking by adding icons and color to them."
“They don’t have to be ugly and generic anymore — they can be cool,” said Matt McKenna, president and founder of Red Fish Media, which has created customized QR codes for a number of brands. “I can’t allow my customers to put a black-and-white bar code that looks like digital noise on something that someone’s spending millions of dollars on to look beautiful.”
"During New York Fashion Week, a Rachel Zoe QR code had a little platform shoe inserted into it, while a Ralph Lauren QR code that was used in store windows recently showed the company’s iconic horse-riding polo player."
"When scanned, the Rachel Zoe code took viewers to exclusive behind-the-scenes pictures, while the Ralph Lauren code sent them to a mobile site where they could win clothes and United States Open tickets."
"Perry Ellis began using standard QR codes about two years ago for its brands C&C California and Original Penguin, both of which go after a younger crowd, said Michelle Magallon, vice president for digital commerce at Perry Ellis International. Shoppers could scan the codes in order to receive the brands’ text messages about sales or new items."
"In the summer, when the brands began running custom QR codes, she said, the codes started to serve another purpose: "now the codes themselves were ads.”
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