Target groups: Women

 

Increasing female independence and wealth has pushed women up the marketer's agenda, but advertising for financial brands often fails with patronising campaigns. This paper argues that brands often go ...

In August 2006, SPAR Hungary, part of the SPAR multi-national supermarket chain, prepared to launch its own-label bio-food range 'Natur Pur'. The brand aimed to be 'natural, healthy and pure', and to ...

This paper details the 2005-06 campaigns (Commuter Travel and Leisure Travel) for First Scotrail, the national Scottish railway franchise, to encourage consumers to travel by train. Commuter Travel ta ...

This paper discusses the 2006-07 campaign by Standard Life Investments to increase customers and turnover at the Churchill Square Shopping Centre in Brighton, which was facing a decline on both measur ...

This paper describes how by generating reappraisal Ryvita Minis, advertising created awareness, product consideration, trial and repeat purchases above benchmark levels. Minis achieved year three pay ...

In recent years, anti-cellulite products have become the market driver for the whole body care segment, with L'Oréal acting as the innovative European pacemaker, and Dove also taking an increasingly p ...

NIVEA's Q10 had proved to be a high successful anti-ageing product, but as its competitors diversified their portfolios, it became clear that the company required a new brand to boost its relative pos ...

The European deodorant market was becoming increasingly crowded, and Dove was seeking to differentiate its own brand by associating itself with positive skincare credentials, based on its unique offer ...

Herbal Essences positions its products in terms of being an experiential brand, rather than focusing on science and problem-solving, as was the case with much of the rest of the category. The launch o ...

Tide - a mid-priced detergent sold in Serbia and Romania - was losing market share both to cheaper brands and to its direct competitors, a situation that was compounded by low awareness levels among c ...

Deichmann - the biggest shoe retailer in Germany and Austria - introduced a new communications strategy in 2005/06 in an effort to further improve its quality credentials, and in an attempt to build s ...

Fairy had enjoyed a dominant position in the Iberian market, but was finding itself increasingly under threat from cheaper alternatives, and particularly private label brands. The challenge was to att ...

Pantene's 'Set Your Colour Alight' campaign sought to overcome several obstacles standing in the way of Pantene making its mark in the coloured hair sector. Among these was the fact that coloured hair ...

The household cleaning brand Monsieur Propre (know as Don Limpio in Spain) sought to boost its position in its core French and Spanish markets by challenging the advertising conventions of its categor ...

In the two years prior to the launch of Masterpiece Mascara in November 2005, Max Factor was in a serious decline. There was a lot riding on Masterpiece - which employed an innovative and patented 'ru ...

Nike was seeking to become the number one player in the women's sportswear category. To do this, it needed to inspire all women to feel like athletes - and it decided to use dance as the vehicle to co ...

Research can measure the effectiveness of women's empowerment initiatives in the Muslim world economies. It has a role to play in quantifying international program assumptions about Muslim women's des ...

This paper explores a major issue facing many brands and organisations; the need to innovate in order to renew relevance for the target audience. Brands need to constantly innovate to keep in step wit ...

To fuel growth in a mature market post 2000, we launched a new product wrapped in a concept that radiated significance for all couples: Three Diamonds for your Past, Present and Future. The PPF campai ...

Tyson Foods’ mission is to proudly power the world with their chicken, beef, and pork products. Tyson’s “Powered By” campaign leverages cultural cues, humor, and love of family, to demonstrate that Ty ...

Into a fiercely-competitive ice cream category known for aggressive price promotions, Mayfield Ice Cream launched four new flavors without the benefit of discounting – and into a freezer case flooded ...

As the housing market went from a boom to a transition market, Century 21 needed a campaign to break through the clutter, increase brand awareness measures over Re/Max, and boost the amount of traffic ...

Having lost over 50% of its franchise from 2002–05 and 29% of its share of shelf, Slim-Fast wrote-off approximately $1 billion. Tasked with proving the brand’s vitality to dieters, retailers and Unile ...

Despite acceptance of the importance of milk in youth, generally milk consumption among adults is generally half that of children. The main reason was the perceived image of milk as being fattening. T ...

Understanding the underlying needs of Asian women in using new products and services will provide a compass for the innovation journeys of companies. Exploring the innovations described by women in t ...

Changes in social norms have meant that women are increasingly affluent; responsible for almost 80% of all marketplace purchases. Nonetheless, the majority of women feel under-represented and negative ...

This article discusses how to innovate for the Chinese market so as to appeal to Chinese women aged 15-45. Simple improvements which help to make life better and simplify the work-family balance are w ...

Research has shown that as many as two-thirds of Canadians have concerns with their digestion, with women aged 30 and over one of the key segments of the population suffering with these problems. Dano ...

As the result of the end of an agreement with Kimberly-Clark, ScotTowels had to surrender its name, and thus also place its market-leading position in Quebec under threat. The brand was also coming un ...

Following the end of an agreement with Kimberly-Clark, the ScotTowels brand had to change its name to SpongeTowels. As well as a change in name, SpongeTowels also had to find a position that would imp ...