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Pants Bear: Learning life one adventure at a time

Case Study • WARC Cases, 2020

Children’s education and entertainment brand Pants Bear launched in Malaysia with a content strategy tailored around cultural moments and learning activities.

Volkswagen Malaysia: Buckle Up

Case Study • WARC Cases, 2020

Automobile brand Volkswagen brought attention to the issue of children’s car safety in Malaysia through a social-first content campaign.

How storytelling during the pandemic is paying off for tourism brands

Opinion • Johnny Ng, December 2020

SCMP’s Johnny Ng breaks down the power of story in breaking through a cluttered media landscape and how native advertising can help brands be more effective in engaging with consumers.

Strategic themes in services and payments

Article • Euromonitor, Research on WARC, December 2020

The combination of officially mandated shutdowns and radical cutbacks in consumer demand due to COVID-19 is reshaping physical space and the surge in demand for e-commerce is putting pressure on brick-and-mortar operators.

The power of bad: Turning bad news into transformative stories for business and brands

Research Paper • Grant Feller, Leanne Tomasevic, ESOMAR Conference papers, Insights Festival, 2020

Global strategic consultancy Truth Consulting took a journalistic approach and highlighted bad news in its storytelling to grab more attention and appeal to certain emotions.

Harnessing powerful storytelling: A new framework to measure the method behind the magic

Research Paper • Collin Leirvik, Renata Policicio, ESOMAR Conference papers, Insights Festival, 2020

US cable sports channel ESPN created a new storytelling framework to determine whether measuring its effectiveness could directly influence business growth.

The role of empathy and efficacy in public service announcements: Using narratives to induce bystander intervention in domestic violence

Research Paper • Eunjin (Anna) Kim and Sidharth Muralidharan, Journal of Advertising Research, Vol. 60, No. 4, 2020, pp. 452-466

This research explores the understudied relationship between two crucial variables—empathy elicited by narratives and the degree of efficacy possessed by bystanders—by using narratives in public service announcements.

Clear: Come Back Stronger

Case Study • Jasmine Lai, Adrian Adshade, WARC Media Awards, Entrant, Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships, 2020

Anti-dandruff brand Clear partnered with mental health professionals in Southeast Asia to inspire engagement and help young people cope with the strain of lockdown.

Always: Always On Bat-Mitzvah

Case Study • Gilad Kat, WARC Media Awards, Entrant, Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships, 2020

Feminine care brand Always created a virtual Bat Mitzvah to appeal to girls over 12, and their mums, in Israel.

State Farm: The Last Dance Deep Fake

Case Study • Sam Rosin, Amy Adelbush, WARC Media Awards, Entrant, Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships, 2020

State Farm, the insurer, ran a successful co-branded commercial to amplify its sponsorship of ESPN's The Last Dance in the US.

Reform Alliance: When It's Over

Case Study • Dean Challis, Samantha Deevy, Paulina Liang, Molly Klein, WARC Media Awards, Entrant, Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships, 2020

Prison reform non-profit Reform Alliance used icons such as Kim Kardashian and Madonna to front a social media campaign aimed at getting personal protective equipment into prisons in the US and secured a $10m donation from Twitter founder Jack Dorsey in the process.

L'Oréal Paris: Making age a non-issue

Case Study • Joy Molan, WARC Media Awards, Bronze, Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships, 2020

L'Oréal Paris, the global beauty brand, used a special edition of fashion monthly British Vogue to champion age positivity and reconnect with British consumers.

Beit Al Baraka: The Dignity Card

Case Study • Tahaab Rais, Carl Bou Abdallah, Emile Atallah, WARC Media Awards, Silver, Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships, 2020

Lebanese NGO Beit Al Baraka launched an innovative payment card to help underprivileged elderly in a way that would empower them and preserve their dignity.

British Heart Foundation: 24hrs in A&E Special

Case Study • David White, WARC Media Awards, Silver, Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships, 2020

Charity organisation, the British Heart Foundation, partnered with a popular TV show to drive donations and increase awareness in the UK.

Timberland: Concrete Green with Loyle Carner

Case Study • Hannah Savage, WARC Media Awards, Gold and Collaboration With An Influencer Award, Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships, 2020

Timberland, the footwear brand, partnered with musician Loyle Carner to increase sales in the UK.

Dove: Not Just One Brand of Real Beauty

Case Study • Imogen Bourke, Alana Zervos, WARC Media Awards, Shortlisted, Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships, 2020

Dove, the beauty care brand, localised its global brand platform to tackle unrealistic beauty standards for women in Hong Kong.

KFC New Zealand: Fresh Stories

Case Study • Chris Lloyd, Amanda Palenski, James Davidson, WARC Media Awards, Shortlisted, Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships, 2020

Global QSR brand KFC cooked up a multi-platform campaign to boost brand metrics around trust and freshness and expand its user base in New Zealand.

WHSmith: Pop Up Books

Case Study • Tahaab Rais, Josephine Younes, Nayaab Rais, WARC Media Awards, Bronze, Effective Use of Tech, 2020

Book retailer WHSmith drove sales and footfall through a gamification strategy in the United Arab Emirates.

Maserati: Redefining media strategy

Case Study • Dr. Viral Nagori, WARC Media Awards, Entrant, Effective Use of Tech, 2020

Luxury car-maker Maserati created a member-get-member social media campaign, with WeChat as its central platform, to drive engagement and sales in China.

Grab: Personalised Social Impact Reports

Case Study • Krshna Prashant, Sulin Lau, WARC Media Awards, Silver, Best Use of Data, 2020

Mobile technology brand Grab used customer data in a new way to reframe and personalise its social impact activity in Southeast Asia.

TAL: From 'life insurance' to 'insurance for life'

Case Study • APG (AUS), Creative Strategy Awards, Bronze, 2020

TAL, a life insurance company, increased consideration for the brand in Australia by focusing on the living benefits of life insurance with its Scars campaign.

Tourism Australia: Working Holiday Maker

Case Study • APG (AUS), Creative Strategy Awards, Bronze, 2020

Tourism Australia, the Australian tourist board, positioned gap years in Australia as an opportunity for young people to stand out from their peers with its campaign Australia Inc.

NZ Transport Agency: Belted Survivors

Case Study • APG (AUS), Creative Strategy Awards, Gold, 2020

NZ Transport Agency, a state agency, encouraged young men in New Zealand to wear their seatbelts by creating a series of powerful portraits of crash survivors who were saved by their seatbelt.

NZ Transport Agency: The Unsaid

Case Study • APG (AUS), Creative Strategy Awards, Silver, 2020

The New Zealand Transport Agency, an entity promoting safe and functional transport by land, encouraged New Zealanders to condemn drug-driving with its emotion-driven campaign The Unsaid.

What’s the right tone in hard times?

Article • Graham Page, WARC Exclusive, November, 2020

What 50,000 ads and 8 years of emotion research tells us about how to advertise in a recession.

Strategy Toolkit: Theories of Consumer Behaviour

Article • Strategy Toolkit, Strategy Toolkit

This article discusses various approaches used by marketers to understand what consumers want.
What we know about storytelling strategies

Article • WARC Best Practice, February 2020

Provides guidance and reading on storytelling strategies, or the fashioning of events into a meaningful, relatable story for customers to identify with and remember.
How to make effective food advertising in the COVID-19 era: insights from Ipsos

Article • Stephen Whiteside, Event Reports, Ipsos 2020 Food Industry Summit, August 2020

Research firm Ipsos analyzed the advertising creative that delivered the greatest impact during the COVID-19 pandemic to offer guidance for food brands.
What’s the right tone in hard times?

Article • Graham Page, WARC Exclusive, November, 2020

What 50,000 ads and 8 years of emotion research tells us about how to advertise in a recession.
MENA Strategy Report: Lessons from the 2019 WARC Prize for MENA Strategy

Article • WARC Exclusive, September 2019

Examining trends in marketing strategy in the Middle East and North Africa, with lessons drawn from an analysis of the entries to the 2018 WARC Prize for MENA Strategy.
Five ways Generation Z will change brand storytelling

Article • Mia von Sadovszky and Jess Watts, WARC Webinars, July 2019

Mia von Sadovszky, SVP, group strategic planning director and Jess Watts, associate strategic planning director at RPA take viewers through an actionable discussion of the best ways to reach Gen Z consumers.