Prior to Christmas last year, Topshop was one of the first retailers to partner with Pinterest to create a campaign that centred around customers creating and submitting inspirational boards for the Holiday season. Whether that were decorations, a dream dress, their ultimate festive tree, or even a few Topshop products. Entitled
Lidl’s Easter ‘Lidl Surprises’ campaign pivots on the premise of people being more astonished by Easter bargains than life-changing news. For instance, over an indulgent-looking lunch, a woman tells her other half that she’s thinking of leaving him for someone else. Rather than being shocked by
In the UK, Ann Summers ran a cheeky Valentine’s Day marketing campaign that projected messages onto rival retailers’ stores, rallying consumers against generic romantic gifts. Last weekend the retailer targeted stores including Liberty in London with slogans such as ‘A bunch of roses belongs in the eighties’ and
Christmas is a very romantic time of year – and not just for people who have had one too many at their office parties! To remind us all, Ted Baker has fixed ‘Merry Kissmas’ digital mistletoe to the tops of its London, New York and Tokyo
On a very simple level we all need to understand why people use YouTube, what they view and why they share. Fundamentally, it’s not what a piece of film says about a brand that makes people share it. It’s what it says about the consumer as
Christmas is no longer just a time for giving. It’s also a time for adverts, Sales, and increasingly, innovation. Rebecca Thomson charts some of the best ideas to emerge in the past two months Retailers have well and truly leapt on the innovation bandwagon this year.
Bargain Booze launched its comic Christmas TV ad campaign last night which is focused on popular festive party food, scotch eggs. The off-licence chain’s ad depicts ‘the Ambassador’ who is obsessed with scotch eggs in a parody of the famous Ferrero Rocher adverts. It will run for
Luxury department store Barneys in New York has collaborated with visual artist Joanie Lemercier and music icon Shawn ‘Jay Z’ Carter to create interactive multimedia Christmas window displays. Barneys has worked with technology supplier Christie to deliver its displays, entitled ‘A New York Holiday’. The Madison Avenue
1. Marks and Spencer - Mad Hatters Tea Party 2. John Lewis - The Bear And The Hare 3. Debenhams - Wishes Made Fabulous 4. Sainsbury's - Christmas In A Day 5. Argos - Aliens 6. Littlewoods - Spread The Cost 7. Matalan - Christmas Shopping That Suits You 8. Tesco -
Mark your calendars, the holiday season is officially under way. In an unprecedented move, Kmart has aired its first holiday ad. The ad was even spotted on the East Coast, where Sept. 9 marked the first day of school for many children. Almost immediately consumers took
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