Cabela's Celebrates Pheasant Season with an Inflatable Wildlife Replica
Cabela's Inflatable Wildlife Replica Tops Santa for Bringing in Sales
It happens every October. Hunters converge on Mitchell, South Dakota for an event one local retailer says is bigger than Black Friday: the opening of pheasant season.
For Cabela's, one of the world's most well-known outdoor recreation brands, the Pheasant Classic equates to a tan and blaze Christmas.
Positioned just outside their store on Interstate 90, the giant inflatable replica overlooks passersby as they zip to and fro. This 40-foot-tall, lifelike bird shows all its vibrant colors and captures attention, due to its size and visual interest.
This tradition brings friends and family members back to the area year after year. Cabela's hopes to grab its share of the revenue pumped into the local economy during the event.
"We used this inflatable [wildlife replica] to raise awareness of the pheasant opener Pheasant Classic event," explains Retail Marketing Events Manager, Matthew Kettler. "It was a big success! Customers were stopping to take their pictures with the inflatable pheasant and it helped draw in interstate traffic."
We knew it would be a hit. Giant inflatable replicas are a natural fit with retail promotions (and mobile marketing, and stage productions, and …).
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“This has created tremendous buzz around town and we have received a great deal of compliments on the Big Tire. Exposure is my goal, and the inflatable does that better than anyone, including me, can do at these events. The Big Tire never takes a break, gets tired or has to take a call. It just keeps shining bright and the kids love it.”
- Ed Chaney, Ed Chaney Tire Center Inc.
“[The inflatable arch] created a wonderful backdrop to brand our events, capture our sponsors in the photos used by the participants, and made it easy to travel down the coast of California without taking up too much space on our trucks.”
- Amy Daugherty, California Coast Classic
“Not only have they been extremely impactful, attracting hundreds of potential consumers to our sampling teams, but the ease in which we can install them has been a great help...”
- B. Gerety, Veryfine Products, Inc.
“We knew Landmark was the only company that would be able to understand our vision and work to make it come to life.”
- Lelia King, Charlotte Center City Partners
"Our giant peach is brand new to us and will help us gain name recognition in our community at health fairs, county fairs, farm markets, school events and almost any event we take it to."
- Greg Stone, Peach Tree Healthcare
"We received our inflatable and gave it a test run Saturday afternoon. To be short; Excellent Work. Thanks again for all your efforts."
- Curtis Gadula, Brock University











