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WARC Media Awards, Gold, Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships, 2019
Tim Hortons, the restaurant chain, leveraged a favourite pastime - hockey - with The Away Game campaign to revive love for the brand in Canada.
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Benjamin Condit, Yi Liu, Jerry Perez, Sienna Zhang , WARC Media Awards, Silver, Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships, 2019
Fast-food brand KFC created a results-prediction algorithm, Colonel KI, and placed it in livestreams to deepen its connection to gamers and e-sports in China.
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Beryl Crofton-Atkins, WARC Media Awards, Silver, Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships, 2019
Carlsberg, the beer brand, launched Danish Pilsner to music fans in the UK through a number of brand activations at six major summer music festivals.
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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.
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Susie Milburn, WARC Media Awards, Grand Prix and Successful Sponsorship Special Award, Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships, 2019
Volkswagen-owned auto brand ŠKODA leveraged its cycling heritage and sponsorship of the Tour de France to provoke conversations about gender inequality in the sport.
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Anh Vu, WARC Media Awards, Bronze, Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships, 2019
Energy drink brand Sting partnered with motorcycle ride taxi service GrabBike and convenience store 7-Eleven to launch its Sting Cafe Espresso drink to professional bikers in Vietnam.
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Uyen Nguyen Diep, Soumya Ranjan Panda, WARC Media Awards, Silver, Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships, 2019
Global laundry brand OMO increased brand love by expanding its ‘getting dirty is good’ philosophy with an awareness campaign focused on the importance of water-based life-saving skills, to highlight the number of drowning incidents in Vietnam.
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Lisa Lu, Tony Chan, WARC Media Awards, Bronze, Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships, 2019
Zhonghua toothpaste went from being a heritage brand stuck in China's saturated, commoditised toothpaste category, to a formidable challenger in the cosmetics category.
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Maxine Thomas, Sean Bell, Heather Segal, WARC Media Awards, Bronze, Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships, 2019
Interac Corp, the payments company, connected with a small business audience in Canada by partnering with Gimlet Media to create the Earning Curve podcast.
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Benjamin Condit, Chaojie Miao, Jerry Perez, Sienna Zhang , WARC Media Awards, Bronze and Collaboration with an Influencer Special Award, Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships, 2019
Bottled coffee brand Nescafé Smoovlatte partnered virtual idol Luo Tianyi to grow sales and brand love among a youth audience in China.
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Chi Bao, WARC Media Awards, Silver, Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships, 2019
International chewing gum brand 5 Gum sought to boost its market share in China by partnering with Tencent Games – the country's most popular online gaming platform.
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Tahaab Rais, Anna Sadykova, WARC Media Awards, Silver and Effective Native Special Award, Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships, 2019
Food brand Puck's Blue Jar Cheese used a gamification strategy delivered through Snapchat to appeal to kids and mums and fight off other breakfast alternatives in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
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Annelise Donahue, WARC Media Awards, Silver, Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships, 2019
When the USA failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, auto brand Volkswagen switched tactics, implementing a multi-channel campaign to drive awareness, opinion and consideration among football-loving Americans.
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Sarah Shen, Lim Suk Yee, Nicholas Short, WARC Media Awards, Bronze, Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships, 2019
Makeup brand L'Oréal Paris used in-app integration, influencers and a partnership with a hotpot restaurant to boost sales of its Infallible Cushion compact face powder in China.
