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Article • Euromonitor Strategy Briefings, July 2018

A regional overview of coffee in Asia Pacific, including an analysis of leading companies and brands, country snapshots and forecast projections for the category.

What's working in hot drinks

Article • WARC Category Intelligence, March 2018

Global strategies, campaign updates and trends in the hot drinks category.

Nescafé Dolce Gusto: Coffee Corners

Case Study • Alvaro Bretel, WARC Awards, Shortlisted, Effective Content Strategy, 2019

Nescafé Dolce Gusto used an inspirational, personalised multi-channel campaign to grow sales, improve penetration and increase its cultural relevance in the Middle East.

Nescafé: University Pride

Case Study • Naila Fattouh, WARC Awards, Shortlisted, Effective Content Strategy, 2019

Coffee brand Nescafé used TV, digital, outdoor and on-pack design to promote its single-serve Nescafé 3-in-1, following currency devaluation in Egypt.

Nescafé: Kickstart 2017

Case Study • Sumegha Rao, Jean Paul de Ponti, Heru Santoso, Krisnina Hanum, WARC Prize for Asian Strategy, Entrant, 2018

Coffee brand Nescafé used an innovative campaign in Indonesia to strengthen brand appeal and increase trial among youth in a cluttered category.

Nescafé: Creating a coffee-loving generation in a tea-drinking country

Case Study • Jitender Dabas, Ankit Vohra, WARC Prize for Asian Strategy, Entrant, 2018

Coffee brand Nescafé used a combination of radio and digital to increase consumption and grow sales of coffee among young Indians.

Nescafé Sees The Car In Your Fortune

Case Study • MMA Smarties, Gold, Turkey, 2018

Nescafé, a coffee brand, partnered with a fortune-telling app to engage coffee drinkers in Turkey and in doing so achieved revenue growth of 26%.

Waking the sleep shoppers: A proper effective campaign for Yorkshire Tea

Case Study • Loz Horner, Institute of Practitioners in Advertising, Silver, IPA Effectiveness Awards, 2018

Yorkshire Tea, a brand of black tea, increased its sales in a sharply declining category by engaging UK consumers with its brand values in a humorous way.

Chakra Tea: Chai-Fi

Case Study • Vishal Sagar, Gurpreet Kour, Case Studies on WARC, 2018

Tea brand Chakra Tea differentiated itself from local and international competition with an innovation aimed at Indian workers.

Unilever (Drink and beverages, non-alcoholic)

Article • Euromonitor Profiles, October 2018

This Company Profile from Euromonitor provides key details and analysis of Unilever, the owner of brands such as Lipton, Brooke Bond and PG Tips.

Horlicks: How Horlicks Proved That Content Hits Home Only When Localized

Case Study • MMA Smarties, Bronze, India, 2018

Horlicks, a malted milk hot drink, drove brand association using mobile audio stories containing information around exam preparation.

Horlicks: When Kids Took A Dare For Chilled Horlicks

Case Study • MMA Smarties, Finalist, India, 2018

Horlicks, a malted milk hot drink, launched a social experiment in Indian shopping malls that tested the lengths kids would go to for a chilled Horlicks shake to increase brand equity.

Nestlé SA (Drink and beverages, non-alcoholic)

Article • Euromonitor Profiles, September 2018

Provides key details and analysis of Nestlé's hot drinks brands, including Nespresso and Nescafé.

Mondelez targets emerging women's health drinks space in India

News • 18 September 2018

Mondelez India’s Bournvita has brought out a new variant targeting women and addressing health concerns more common among women as it seeks to increase its foothold in a more specialised emerging market.

Tata Tea: Alarm Bajne Se Pehle Jaago Re – Awaken before the alarm goes off

Case Study • Sushma R Rao, WARC Prize for Asian Strategy, Shortlisted, 2018

Beverage company Tata Tea ran a social activism campaign focused on gender sensitivity and sports education to increase exposure and engagement.

Coca-Cola fills gap in portfolio

News • 03 September 2018

GLOBAL: Coca-Cola’s acquisition of Costa Coffee marks a significant move by the soft drinks giant into the hot drinks sector and opens up new distribution options and faster overseas expansion for the out-of-home coffee brand.

Nestlé SA (Soft drinks)

Article • Euromonitor Profiles, August 2018

This Company Profile from Euromonitor provides key details and analysis of Nestlé SA, one of the world’s largest consumer goods companies.

Making Yorkshire Tea Proper Successful

Case Study • Marketing Society UK, Excellence Awards, Highly Commended, 2018

Yorkshire Tea, a British tea brand, increased market share in the UK by launching a campaign that featured celebrities as its factory workers.

PG Tips: Morning Moods

Case Study • Jack Trew, WARC Awards, Entrant, Effective Social Strategy, 2018

PG tips, the tea brand, used social media GIFs to increase awareness of its black tea varieties in the UK.

The world's best drinks campaigns and companies 2018

Rankings • Rankings Articles, May 2018

Looks into which drinks campaigns, along with the agencies that have worked on drinks campaigns, have performed best over the past year.

Lipton: Don't Just Think; Do

Case Study • SABRE Awards, Gold, Superior Achievement In Brand-Building, Africa, 2018

Lipton, a tea brand, launched its Doing Good campaign in Nigeria to leverage Ramadan and connect with both Christian and Muslim consumers across Nigeria with a message of love.

Hot drinks global industry overview

Article • Euromonitor Strategy Briefings, April 2018

This report provides an overview of the global hot drinks industry, examining the performance of hot drinks comparatively, leading companies, growth brands, and trends shaping the development of the market.

How to drive grocery sales online

Article • Andrew Watts, Admap, May 2018, pp. 35-37

Reveals the results of long-term research that used behavioural science and sales messages to create sales triggers, testing them across the product categories of chocolate, tea and cheese, in three digital environments.

Hindustan Unilever regains top spot in Indian tea

News • 10 April 2018

MUMBAI: After eight years of value share leadership, Tata Tea has ceded the top spot to Hindustan Unilever, despite Tata’s continued hold on the market by volume.

Brooke Bond Red Label: '6 Pack Band' (India)

Rankings • WARC Media 100, 2018

Contains the creative for the '6 Pack Band' campaign for Brooke Bond Red Label by the agency Mindshare in India.