Sprite cricket stars
Memac Ogilvy & Mather/Universal Media
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Summary
For as long as anyone could remember in the UAE, 7UP had been hammering Sprite with nearly 80% market share, overwhelming marketing budgets and suffocating presence. We were trying to compete with them for the same audience on the same channels and we were getting crushed.
In 2011, we suggested that Sprite stop trying to go head-to-head with 7UP, and instead adopt a blue ocean strategy. As all good brands should, we started...