Europe | WARC

Audi e-tron: Bring the e-tron to the digital airwaves

Case Study • Case Studies on WARC, Winner, Automotive, 2019

Audi, the car manufacturer, promoted the launch of its latest e-tron model with a podcast for its German, Swiss and Austrian audience.

Brand safety

Research Paper • Ebiquity, November 2018

A study exploring the extent to which ad misplacement is still prevalent in the DACH market – Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

BIPA: Permanent Price Proof

Case Study • AME Awards, Bronze, 2018

BIPA, a drugstore retailer in Austria, broke a Guinness World record by launching a live stunt on TV to promote its discounted products.

Borotalco’s Stop the Stink Hotline

Case Study • SABRE Awards, Gold Sabre Award For Fashion And Beauty, EMEA, 2018

Borotalco, an antiperspirant brand, launched the Stop the Stink Hotline campaign in Austria to increase brand preference and awareness.

Improving the effectiveness of CSR claims

News • 06 April 2018

NEW YORK: Corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts that make specific claims, receive external coverage and win awards can have a greater impact on consumers, according to a study published in the Journal of Advertising Research (JAR).

Improving the Effectiveness and Credibility of Corporate Social-Responsibility Messaging: An Austrian Model Identifies Influential CSR Content and Communication Channels

Research Paper • Verena Gruber, Magdalena Kaliauer and Bodo B. Schlegelmilch, Journal of Advertising Research, Vol. 57, No. 4, 2017, pp. 397-409

Scholarly work over the past 15 years has demonstrated that corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives can have a positive impact on consumer behavior toward brands.

Hornbach: Man Cave

Case Study • European Association of Communications Agencies, Finalist, 2017

Hornbach, a German DIY retailer, launched its brand in the world of e-commerce by creating DIY tutorials to reach younger audiences across Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland.

Hornbach: Heldenkranz

Case Study • European Association of Communications Agencies, Finalist, 2017

Hornbach, a German DIY retailer, launched its ‘#Heldenkranz’ campaign to successfully reach ts target audience during the Euros 2016; despite the fact that the brand is unrelated to football.

Café Royal: In the service of good taste

Case Study • European Association of Communications Agencies, Silver, 2017

Café Royal, a Swiss coffee brand, launched its campaign across Europe in partnership with Robbie Williams to gain more market share from key competitors Nespresso and Mondelez.

Light for the World NGO Austria: Blind Spot

Case Study • Direct Marketing Association - US, Bronze, Best Use of Mobile, 2017

Austrian NGO Light for the World let people experience the symptoms of cataract while reading their daily newspaper in order to increase donations and cure preventable blindness in parts of Africa.

Hornbach: Man Cave

Case Study • AME Awards, Gold and Silver, 2017

This case study explores how HORNBACH, a German DIY store, launched a campaign centred around the idea that everyone needs a place to retreat, which ran in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Sweden, the Czech Republic and Slovenia.

Hornbach: You Are Alive. Do You Remember?

Case Study • AME Awards, Gold and Silver, 2017

This case study explores how HORNBACH, the German DIY store, ran a campaign in several markets across Europe to emphasise how satisfying gardening and backyard projects can be, despite how 'uncomfortable' they may look.

Plan.Net: WhatsGerman

Case Study • AME Awards, Gold and Silver, 2017

This case study explores how Plan.Net, a creative agency, launched a national campaign to help refugees arriving in Germany to learn German.

Oetztal Tourismus: Save Me - the ski pass that saves lives

Case Study • AME Awards, Gold, 2017

This case study explores how Oetztal Tourismus, a range of hiking hotels in Austria, launched a ski pass in the local area of Soelden, which would be the first of its kind to have a built-in chip to make skiers locatable.

Hornbach: #Heldenkranz / Crown of Glory

Case Study • AME Awards, Gold and Silver, 2017

This case study explores how HORNBACH, a German DIY store, launched a national campaign in Germany and Austria, to represent male bald patches as a crown of glory and symbol of masculinity.

Zalando: #whereveryouare

Case Study • European Association of Communications Agencies, Gold, Euro Effies, 2016

This case study explains how online retailer Zalando used micro-targeting to make people living in small towns and villages feel special - and increase sales.

Magnum: Pink and Black

Case Study • European Association of Communications Agencies, Bronze, Euro Effies, 2016

This case study explains how Magnum, the ice cream brand, launched a new product in Europe by associating moods and flavours.

Deutsche Telekom: Wi-Fi Dogs

Case Study • Cannes Creative Lions, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2016

This case study describes how Deutsche Telekom, a German telecoms company, changed customer behaviour and increased sales with the help of a humorous 'mockumentary'.

Samsung Electronics Austria: Power Sleep

Case Study • Cannes Creative Lions, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2016

This case study details a campaign by Samsung in Austria that attempted to create brand love through the 'Launching People' project that demonstrated its purpose: that tech can lead to great things in the hands of people.

BMW Night Vision System: Print - 'Animal Detecting Billboards' (Austria)

Rankings • WARC Creative 100, 2016

Contains the print creative 'Animal Detecting Billboards' for BMW Night Vision System by the agency Demner, Merlicek & Bergmann in Austria.

Falter Newspaper: Digital - 'Inferno' (Austria)

Rankings • WARC Creative 100, 2016

Contains the digital creative 'Inferno' for Falter Newspaper by the agency Jung von Matt in Austria.

Gillette Body

Case Study • European Association of Communications Agencies, Gold, Euro Effies, 2015

This case shows that Gillette, Europe's biggest shaving brand, made body shaving, and thus buying a specific body razor, feel socially acceptable.

Mini Hatch : Print - 'Mini Traffic Lights' (Austria)

Rankings • WARC Creative 100, 2015

Contains the print creative 'Mini Traffic Lights' for Mini Hatch by the agency Demner, Merlicek & Bergmann in Austria.

Hornbach Baumarkt: The Hornbach Hammer

Case Study • European Association of Communications Agencies, Gold, Euro Effies, 2014

This case study describes how Hornbach Baumarkt, the German Hammer manufacturer, launched a limited addition 'must have' product that created such high demand that all the hammers sold out in three days in Germany and Austria.

Samsung Washing Machines: Film - 'Vibration Free Washing' (Austria)

Rankings • WARC Creative 100, 2014

Contains the film creative 'Vibration Free Washing' for Samsung Washing Machines by the agency Traktor Wien in Austria.