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How Canadian TV ads compare with the UK and US – and how they can improve

Article • Stephen Whiteside, Event Reports, thinktv: Canada's top-rated ads 2020, February 2021

A study by System1, the research firm, compared 100 television spots from Canadian advertisers with commercials from the UK and US.

The Division 2: Green Dawn

Case Study • WARC Cases, 2019

Ubisoft, the video game publisher, launched The Division 2 by creating original content within another one of its games.

Pantene: The Hairy Tale

Case Study • WARC Cases, 2018

Hair care brand Pantene made waves in Japan by using a baby to break the taboo of social standards.

Coca-Cola: City Pack

Case Study • WARC Cases, 2020

Coca-Cola, a beverage brand, integrated its brand values in local culture to boost brand preference in Taiwan and convert it into actual sales with its City Pack campaign.

Tourism New Zealand: Good Morning World

Case Study • WARC Cases, 2019

Tourism New Zealand, the New Zealand tourism board, launched a year-long, integrated global campaign Good Morning World.

Five ways to bank on brand memorability in India

Research Paper • Low Lai Chow, Event Reports, Spikes Asia X Campaign, February 2021

Breaking taboos and engaging a rap artist are just some of the ways India’s big brands created successful marketing campaigns.

The Five Fs of creative effectiveness, according to Kantar

Article • Low Lai Chow, Event Reports, Spikes Asia X Campaign, February 2021

Brands planning to lead with creative marketing should note two trends, says Kantar’s regional head of creative Irene Joshy.

Positive Provocation: The next stage of marketing

Article • Wavemaker, Research on WARC, February, 2021

Marketers should embrace diversity and inclusion, grow comfortable with imperfect measurement, and consider new types of partnerships to drive growth.

Globe Telecom: A Star Wars Experience for All

Case Study • Tangrams Strategy & Effectiveness Awards, Gold, 2021

Globe Telecom, a telco brand, improved brand perceptions in the Philippines with its inclusive, multi-sensory campaign A Star Wars Experience.

Strategy Toolkit module 4: Consumer behaviour

Article • WARC Strategy Toolkit, March 2021

This article discusses various approaches used by marketers to understand what consumers want.

NRMA Home Insurance: Every Home Is Worth Protecting

Case Study • Tangrams Strategy & Effectiveness Awards, Gold, 2021

NRMA, a home insurance brand, launched its platform Every Home is Worth Protecting in Australia, with a pledge to plant a tree for every insurance policy sold.

Ka: Car Hunt

Case Study • Tangrams Strategy & Effectiveness Awards, Shortlisted, 2021

Kapodo (Ka), a laundry capsule company, increased sales in Singapore by launching a social media competition to win a car.

Zespri Kiwifruit: Zespri brand relaunch campaign

Case Study • Tangrams Strategy & Effectiveness Awards, Bronze, 2021

Zespri, a kiwifruit exporter, launched a campaign in Japan to encourage consumers to enjoy living a healthy lifestyle easily by eating kiwifruit.

Telstra: You don’t need Australia’s best network campaign…until you do

Case Study • Tangrams Strategy & Effectiveness Awards, Silver, 2021

Telstra, a telco brand, focused on storytelling to convince Australia of its superiority in terms of network coverage.

Stayfree: It's Just A Period

Case Study • Tangrams Strategy & Effectiveness Awards, Silver, 2021

Stayfree, a brand of menstrual hygiene products owned by Johnson & Johnson, strove to ease the tension surrounding menstruation in Indian.

Hennessy: 2020 Tmall super brand day

Case Study • Tangrams Strategy & Effectiveness Awards, Shortlisted, 2021

Hennessy, a cognac distiller, increased consumption and sales on Tmall in China by launching social videos surrounding the midsummer night consumption occasion.

Nestlé: Super Relatable Super NAN

Case Study • Tangrams Strategy & Effectiveness Awards, Shortlisted, 2021

Infant milk formula brand Super NAN leveraged AI and big data through partnerships with leading digital platforms to raise awareness and drive sales in China.

Lay's: Going the Extra Smile

Case Study • SABRE Awards, IN2, North America, Best in Crowdsourcing & Co-creating, 2021

Lay's, a brand of potato chips, sought to give the USA something to smile about during the COVID-19 pandemic when smiles were hard to come by.

Hyatt Hotels Corporation: Hyatt x Zeno - Brand Purpose

Case Study • SABRE Awards, IN2, North America, Best in Brand Purpose, 2021

Hyatt Hotels Corporation, a hotel brand, leveraged Hyatt's purpose of care to demonstrate how the brand reimagined travel in the USA during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Agree to Disagree: Jif Settles the Jif vs. Gif Debate

Case Study • SABRE Awards, IN2, North America, Best Meme/Viral Campaign, 2021

Jif, a peanut butter brand, collaborated with GIPHY to enter the debate on the proper pronunciation of the word GIF with its #JIFvsGIF campaign.

Cheetos: Unleash the Cheetle – Introducing Cheetos Popcorn

Case Study • SABRE Awards, IN2, North America, Best New Product/Brand Launch, 2021

Cheetos, a brand of cheese puffs, launched its new product, Cheetos Popcorn, during the Super Bowl in the USA and positioned the Cheetos dust as a hack to excuse the consumer from chores.

Ford Motor Company: Bring Back Bronco Podcast

Case Study • SABRE Awards, IN2, North America, Best in Audio: Podcasts and Music, 2021

Ford, an automobile brand, created a podcast series entitled Bring Back Bronco to relaunch its SUV Bronco in the US.

Planters: #RIPeanut

Case Study • SABRE Awards, IN2, North America, Best in Broadcast Media, 2021

Planters, a food processing company, launched a Super Bowl campaign that killed off its brand mascot, Mr Peanut, and saw the rebirth of a new one, Baby Nut, to create brand buzz.

Lallemand Animal Nutrition: Bringing the Lallemand Brands Together - and to Life

Case Study • SABRE Awards, IN2, North America, Best in Identity Branding, 2021

Lallemand Animal Nutrition, a company that produces microbial strains for animal nutrition, created a unifying brand image, with a focus on performance.

International AIDS Society: Profiles in Resilience Poster Series

Case Study • SABRE Awards, IN2, North America, Best Use of Illustrations and Photography, 2021

The International AIDS Society, an association of HIV/AIDS professionals, launched its poster series campaign Profiles in Resilience in the run-up to the AIDS 2020 Conference to showcase the conference's them of resilience.

What we know about storytelling strategies

Article • WARC Best Practice, February 2021

Provides guidance and reading on storytelling strategies, or the fashioning of events into a meaningful, relatable story for customers to identify with and remember.
Strategy Toolkit: Theories of Consumer Behaviour

Article • Strategy Toolkit, Strategy Toolkit

This article discusses various approaches used by marketers to understand what consumers want.
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.
Changing channels in B2B: Shifting strategies in tech and telco markets

Article • WARC Exclusive, February 2021

An analysis of B2B marketing within the technology and telecoms sectors, in association with Spotify.
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.
How B2B brands can ‘Talk Human’

Article • Jill Coomber, WARC Best Practice, August 2020

Provides some practical tips for effective B2B messaging.