Walkers Crisps - Staying loyal to Lineker

This silver-winning paper describes the long-term effects advertising for Walkers Crisps - in particular, the Lineker campaign produced by AMV BBDO which continues to pay great dividends.
Agency: Abbott Mead Vickers.BBDOAuthors: John McDonald, Bridget Angear and Peter Knowland

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Walkers Crisps

Staying Loyal to Lineker

Introduction

'With an immediate ROI of 1.70, building to 5.10 in the longterm, our loyalty to Gary Lineker has clearly paid off.'

This paper will prove that loyalty pays. We've remained loyal to the Gary Lineker campaign and enjoyed longterm success in both sales and advertising measures.

In 1995 Walkers Crisps introduced the 'No More Mr Nice Guy' campaign with a daunting set of objectives. It had to deliver wellbranded news that could drive sales in the shortterm...

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