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Effies (Australia), Australian Effies, Gold, 2020
Canadian Club, a whisky brand, directly challenged beer’s status as the self-appointed king of the Australian summer by allowing Australians to question drinking beer in summer.
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WARC Category Intelligence, September 2020
Global strategies, campaign updates and trends in the alcoholic drinks category.
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19 August 2019
As changing drinking habits meet a desire to cut calories, hard seltzer, a genre of alcoholic sparkling water made by fermenting sugar, is growing at a precipitous rate across the US, unleashing a raft of fan art and causing suppliers headaches.
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Design Effectiveness Awards, Silver, 2019
Smirnoff, an alcoholic drinks brand, launched a limited-edition Red White and Berry bottle that used the colours of the American flag to promote among US consumers during Labour Day and 4th July.
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Design Effectiveness Awards, Silver, 2019
World of Zing, a food and drink start-up, increased brand awareness across the UK by launching a redesign of its packaging that used live prints of the products as inspiration.
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Euromonitor Advertiser Profiles, December 2018
This Company Profile from Euromonitor provides key details and analysis of Gruppo Campari.
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08 March 2018
TOKYO: Coca-Cola has said it is planning to experiment with the company’s first alcoholic drink, in a move described as “unique” in its history, as Coke seeks to engage with Japan’s growing market for alcopops, “Chu-hi&r
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Aliya Hasan, WARC Media Awards, Silver, Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships, and Collaboration with an Influencer Special Award, 2017
Vodka Cruiser, a pre-mixed/ready-to-drink brand used Facebook Live to create an interactive branded 'TV show' to reconnect to young women in Australia.
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Euromonitor Strategy Briefings, September 2017
This report looks at competitive strategies across various alcoholic drinks and discusses how brewers need different ways to grow while wine companies need to grow organically.
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Aliya Hasan, Effies (Australia), Bronze, Australian Effie Awards, 2017
This case study shows how Vodka Cruiser, a Ready to Drink brand, went from being a brand that Australian millennials thought was uncool to one that they'd like to be seen with through a chat show streamed weekly on Facebook Live.
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Lauren Brumley, Zac Martin and Calvin Lyon, WARC Prize for Social Strategy, Entrant, 2016
The case study explains how Vodka Cruiser, a brightly coloured vodka-based alcoholic drink, made in Australia by Independent Liquor, a subsidiary of Asahi Breweries, used promoted posts on its Facebook page to engage with fans, carry out live polls, give supporters a chance to have their say and share it with friends.
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Joseph Clift, Rankings Articles, April 2016
This short report summarises the results for the drinks category from the 2016 Warc 100, which ranks the world's best advertising campaigns based on performance in effectiveness and strategy competitions.
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MAA Worldwide GLOBES, Gold, 2015
This case study shows how Mike's Hard Lemonade Co., a North American beverage manufacturer, reinvigorated its brand with a big digital campaign based around gaining Facebook likes.
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MAA Worldwide GLOBES, Silver, 2015
This case study shows how Mike's Hard Lemonade Co., a North American beverage manufacturer, increased its relevance among the male millennial target in the North American market.
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WARC Cases, 2016
This case study details how Palm Breeze, a flavoured malt beverage, succeeded in generating awareness and market penetration in the United States by targeting millennial women and becoming their friend as well as a trusted companion in their getaway time with girlfriends.
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Tara Austin, APG (UK), Bronze, Creative Strategy Awards 2015
This case study shows how Pimm's managed to change its established reputation as a British summer drink by encouraging people to drink it with curry.
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Geoffrey Precourt, Event Reports, 4A's Strategy Festival, October 2015
This event report demonstrates how new strategic thinking from an agency planner led to the development of a brand extension for Pimm's, the gin-based drink owned by Diageo.
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Jay Chiat Awards, Bronze, 2015
This case study explains how Pimm's, a seasonal summer-time alcoholic drink, trialled a new personality for the brand in the UK: Pukka Pimm's, to be drunk while eating curry.
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Effies (Australia), Grand Effie, Australian Effie Awards, 2015
This case study details a campaign by Beam-Suntory, the alcoholic drinks company, which increased sales of 'ready to drink' (RTD) products in Australia over a four year period.
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WARC Cases, 2015
This case study explains how Mike's Hard Lemonade, an American alcopop brand, created a campaign to connect with a millennial audience through 'mikehacking' a play on the trend of lifehacking.
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Dragons of Asia, Gold Award & Best in Hong Kong, 2014
This case study describes how Pernod Ricard Hong Kong's whisky brand Chivas returned to its classy film roots to effectively engage its target audience and achieve reappraisal.
Article
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Admap, May 2014, pp. 48-49
This Adstats article examines global adspend in the alcoholic drinks market.
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Andrea Sophocleous, Event Reports, Australian Broadcasting Digital Media Summit, February 2014
This event report discusses how Diageo and Suzuki are developing their advertising strategies in Australia, with a particular focus on television.
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Jose Mendoza, Paul Baines and Lynette Ryals, WARC Best Practice, July/August 2013, pp. 44-45
This best practice paper outlines five tactics that marketers of alcoholic drinks can employ to differentiate themselves in market and achieve a premium price positioning.
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Cannes Creative Lions, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2013
This global campaign for Havana Club repositioned the Cuban rum as a "hot" brand in order to increase sales volumes and market share against the market leader, Bacardi.
