Scared ain't gonna do you no good. Planning and the Wrangler Rodeo campaign

The main issue that has faced mass-market American jeans brands has been 'If Levi's own originality, America, and to a certain extent good advertising, what is left for us?' In spring 1997, Wrangler met this challenge with the launch of the Rodeo campaign.
Author: Richard Huntington

Scared ain't Gonna Do You No Good

PLANNING AND THE WRANGLER RODEO CAMPAIGN

INTRODUCTION

Today, Levi's dominance of the European jeans market seems like a divine right bestowed during the earth's creation, an inviolate position others can only dream of. Things used to be different.

Once upon a time, at the end of the 70's and beginning of the 80's, leadership was the preserve of one of the other brands in the classic American jeans triumvirate – Wrangler. Then Levi's just happened to create the most celebrated and consistent jeans advertising campaign of the past 15...

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