The ever-aggressive Amazon recently entered into its first promotional movie tie-in with Minions, an animated film opening in mid-July 2015.

As reported by Sarah Perez for Tech Crunch: 

“Forget billboards or magazine ads. If an advertiser wants to put its brand in front of a big audience today, you may as well slap that ad on an Amazon shipping box. Or, at least, that’s the mindset behind the new partnership between Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment and Amazon. The retailer has begun to ship customer orders in bright yellow delivery boxes featuring cartoon characters from the upcoming Minions movie. The deal represents the first time Amazon has ever allowed a third party to completely brand its delivery boxes, the company tells us.”

“The pairing between the movie makers and Amazon makes sense for this latest installment in the Despicable Me franchise of films. The popular movies, which to date have grossed over $1.5 billion at the box office worldwide, have already turned the film’s characters into merchandise.”

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