Toiletries & cosmetics

Competitor strategies in beauty and personal care

Article • Euromonitor Profiles, February 2020

Analyses the beauty and personal care market, including a competitive environment overview, incubators and accelerators and future strategies.

Secret Deodorant (Procter & Gamble): Secret x USWNT – Equal Work, Equal Sweat, Equal Pay

Case Study • SABRE Awards, IN2, North America, Best in Brand Purpose, 2020

Secret Deodorant, a deodorant brand produced by P&G, pledged money to the US Women's soccer team to join them in their fight for equal pay to highlight its purpose to support strong, modern women.

AXE: Boca vs River, the Match of the Century

Case Study • Patricio Shilton, Ornella Carricarte, WARC Media Awards, Gold, Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships, 2019

Male personal care brand Axe turned to sponsorship to increase awareness and growth in Argentina.

Axe: Starladder 2018

Case Study • Filatov Dmitriy, WARC Media Awards, Entrant, Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships, 2019

Axe, the leading deodorant brand in Russia, created a branded online shop to increase sales via e-commerce.

AXE: Artificial intelligence and targeting real deoderant shoppers

Case Study • Barsegyan Lilita, Ksenia Zazulova, WARC Media Awards, Entrant, Effective Use of Tech, 2019

Male personal care brand Axe used AI in Russia to retarget its ads and communicate with the real deodorant shoppers.

Rexona: Silverpush Sports Sync

Case Study • Oscar Maalihan, Jeff Ng, Abhishek Gupta, WARC Media Awards, Entrant, Effective Use of Tech, 2019

Rexona Men, the deodorant brand, launched a cross-screen campaign to leverage its association with basketball and highlight the brand's functional benefits to male audiences in the Philippines.

Rexona Clincal: 2019 Business Impact

Case Study • Kate O'Loughlin, Dixie Garcia, Kathryn Furnari, WARC Media Awards, Entrant, Effective Channel Integration, 2019

Deodorant brand Rexona used precision targeting to reach heavy sweaters in Australia and smash sales targets.

Rexona: Movement for Movement

Case Study • Tangrams Strategy & Effectiveness Awards, Silver, 2019

Deodorant and antiperspirant brand Rexona used a multifaceted digital strategy to launch an app that solved mobility challenges for disabled people in Indonesia under its Movement for Movement campaign.

Natura Cosméticos SA (Toiletries & Cosmetics)

Article • Euromonitor Profiles, October 2019

This Company Profile from Euromonitor provides key details and analysis of Natura Cosméticos SA.

Rexona: World Cup 2018

Case Study • MMA Smarties, Gold, EMEA, 2019

Rexona, a deodorant brand, increased brand awareness among male consumers by developing a social media campaign in Spain that took advantage of a world football tournament event to showcase its product's effectiveness.

AXE: AXELERATE – Kostan AX/3

Case Study • MMA Smarties, Finalist, Indonesia, 2019

Male grooming brand Axe created a mobile-optimised YouTube video series to build confidence in young males, as part of an ongoing campaign to liberate men from stereotypical male images in Indonesia.

AXE: Integrated O2O campaign initiative

Case Study • MMA Smarties, Silver, Indonesia, 2019

Male grooming brand Axe joined with social media, transport and retail partners to create the brand's first integrated online to offline campaign to launch a new range to young men in Indonesia.

Unilever Male Grooming: Total Men – Be the Coolest Football Zombie

Case Study • Mochammad Iqbal, WARC Prize for Asian Strategy, Entrant, 2019

Unilever tapped into World Cup fever with a contextual content campaign aimed at male football fans to increase sales of its grooming products in Malaysia.

Influencers in the media mix: Lessons from the 2018 WARC Media Awards

Article • Delon Wang, WARC Webinars, August 2019

Delon Wang, head of client services at WARC, looks at how, and why, influencers are being invested in like never before, and presents some success stories from the 2018 WARC Media Awards.

AXE: Men Do Apologize TV Integration

Case Study • MIXX Awards, Gold, Branded Content, 2019

Axe, a deodorant brand produced by Unilever, fought against gender stereotyping in Turkey by launching a TV ad during a popular series that allowed viewers to decide what happened next.

AXE: Starladder 2018

Case Study • MIXX Awards, Bronze, Native Advertising, 2019

AXE, the personal hygiene brand, connected with e-sports fan by sponsoring e-sports league StarLadder and integrating a promo code into match live streams for fans in Russia.

AXE: What's your magic?

Case Study • MIXX Awards, Bronze, Social Media, 2019

Axe, the deodorant brand, gave its consumers in Poland the opportunity to show people their hobbies in action which led to over 13 millio views for the brand.

Why Axe went 'full immersion' in its research

News • 27 May 2019

Axe, the deodorant brand, abandoned all notions of objectivity in research by going “full immersion” when exploring what the concept of attraction means for its target audience of young men.

Unilever - Dove: 100 Colours

Case Study • SABRE Awards, Africa, Fashion & Beauty, Gold, 2019

Dove, a personal care brand, communicated its product offering by connecting with consumers' love of bold prints in South Africa.

How Nestlé, Coca-Cola and Axe moved beyond objectivity in research

Article • Brian Carruthers, Event Reports, MRS Impact, March 2019

The relationship between consumers and brands has altered as a result of the ever-changing media landscape – and relationship between consumers and researchers is following suit, with old-fashioned objectivity taking a back seat.

Influencers in the media mix: Lessons from the 2018 WARC Media Awards

Article • WARC Exclusive, May 2019

Analyses four winning case studies from the 2018 WARC Media Awards, detailing their different approaches to influencers in the media mix.

Dove Men+Care Champions Paternity Leave for All Dads This Father’s Day

Case Study • SABRE Awards, North America, Cause-Related Marketing, Gold, 2019

Dove Men+Care, a men’s skincare brand, celebrated dads on Father’s Day in the US by making contributions to crowdfunding pages looking to raise money for paternity leave.

The world's best FMCG campaigns and companies 2019

Rankings • Rankings Articles, May 2019

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

Rexona: Movement for Movement

Case Study • Sumeet Parab, Crisela Cervantes, Jesse Bouman, WARC Awards, Silver, Effective Use of Brand Purpose, 2019

Deodorant and antiperspirant brand Rexona used a multifaceted digital strategy to launch an app that solved mobility challenges for disabled people in Indonesia under its Movement for Movement campaign.

Engage ON: Small is the new big

Case Study • Saikat Bhattacharyya, WARC Awards, Entrant, Effective Innovation, 2019

Toiletries brand Engage used an innovative campaign in India to increase its category penetration and boost market share for its portfolio.