Gandhi Bookstores Institutional Campaign: Read against all odds

A campaign for Gandhi Bookstores, a Mexican retailer. Gandhi, founded in 1971, has become a favourite of politicians and intellectuals by selling a great variety of books at a very affordable price.

Gandhi Bookstores Institutional Campaign: Read against all odds

Ogilvy & Mather

SUMMARY

2009. The year of the global economic crisis.

“Since 1929, we haven’t seen anything like this”, said newspapers around the world. But honestly, that wasn’t a statement that pictured the whole truth, especially if you were a bookstore in Mexico.

Let’s do some recapping.

  • 2006: A National Reading Survey is conducted in Mexico. The results: Mexico is a country of non-readers. 2.9 is the average number of books that a person reads in a year.

  • 2007: Book production in Mexico declines for the first time.

  • 2008: A new...

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