Case studies

2014 winner: Depaul Box Co., Leading-edge thinking/On A Shoestring

Depaul UK is a charity that helps young homeless people get off the street, before it’s too late. Youth homelessness is a growing issue in the UK and demand for Depaul UK’s services outstrips supply.
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2013 winner: Unilever (AXE), Global Marketing - case study

For the last fifteen years, AXE, known as Lynx in the UK has become famous the world over for giving guys the edge with girls. This promise of seduction has been underpinned by great fragrances and a compelling brand idea – The AXE Effect.
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2014 highly commended: Jaguar Land Rover, Brand Revitalisation/Global Marketing - case study

With fading sales, Jaguar needed the F-TYPE convertible to revitalise the brand;
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2014 winner: Newsworks, Business-to-business - case study

In 2012 national newspapers were losing advertising revenue and advertising share. The industry climate was one of unmitigated gloom. Stories about the ageing profile and decline of print readership dominated coverage.
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2014 winner: Expedia, E-Commerce - case study

This is the story of how Expedia’s Travel Yourself Interesting campaign brought value back into a commoditised e-commerce market.
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2014 winner: John Lewis, Marketing Communications - case study

This paper tells the story of the 2013 John Lewis Christmas Campaign. It was the most ambitious marketing communications undertaken by the retailer to date.
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2014 winner: easyJet, Grand Prix and Long Term Marketing Excellence - case study

From 2010 onwards, easyJet boldly repositioned from a pure low cost proposition, to a customer-centric, affinity-driving brand.
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2014 winner: BT Sport, Brand Extension/Brand Revitalisation - case study

The BT Sport campaign explored a paradox of how a very expensive asset was made more valuable to a business because it was given away to the customer base for free. It’s a story set within the world of telco’s and it starts in 2012.
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2014 winner: Sainsbury's, Content & Highly Commended Social Media

It’s the story of the real winners and losers of Christmas - the story of how shoppers voted with their feet in those last few weeks when the fight for Christmas was really on.
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2015 Winner: The LEGO Movie, Best Leading Edge Thinking - case study

For the UK theatrical launch of Warner Bros.’ The LEGO Movie, the challenge was the movie having no existing cinema heritage, known characters or previous franchise knowledge to help it gain traction pre-release.
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