Heineken Says Olympic Sponsorship Too Crowded to Be Valuable
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An employee engraves a gift for an athlete during a celebration at Holland Heineken NV House in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016. Staffed by 300 paid employees plus volunteers in collaboration with the Netherlands Olympic Committee, Holland House has two floors, several dining areas, a pool and nightclub. Some 75,000 visitors are expected to stop by before the end of the games. Photographer: Dado Galdieri/Bloomberg
Heineken NV, the world’s third-largest brewer, has some sponsorship advice for the International Olympic Committee: Less is more.
Too many brands can attach themselves to IOC’s famous Olympic rings, says the Amsterdam-based beer company. The landscape is too cluttered, making it hard for the biggest sponsors to stand out from smaller ones.