Digital marketing industry case study library

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This men’s luxury brand saw a 100% increase in monthly sales when it began using sophisticated Facebook targeting.

04/01/2017  |  Full story...

How does a small luxury car rental business stand out from the crowd in a crowded market? This case study looks at how PT Wahana Indonesia Transport used Google AdWords to increase sales by 50% and expand its business.

12/03/2015  |  Full story...

A precision remarketing campaign from digital agency Periscopix has resulted in 1,300% ROI for Watchfinder, the premium, pre-owned watch retailer. Average order value on the site has increased by 13% as a result of the campaign.

Brand: Watchfinder | Sector: Luxury, retail | Country: UK | Objective: brand awareness, consideration and purchase | Agency/ Partner: Periscopix | Format: Remarketing, Display advertising, behavioral targeting, web design

19/03/2014  |  Full story...

In 2013, the Porsche 911 celebrated its 50th anniversary- marking the occasion with a birthday song on YouTube and Piano game that attracted millions of views and plays. This China digital marketing case study shows how the viral video for the luxury car brand achieved 2,840,316 views throughout the Chinese and overseas channels during two month.

Brand: Porche | Sector: Luxury, Automotive | Country: China | Objective: brand awareness, consideration and purchase | Agency/ Partner: Fred & Farid Shanghai | Format: Viral, Social Media, Weibo, YouTube, video

17/03/2014  |  Full story...

Back in 2013, luxury online fashion retailer, Avenue 32, launched a multi-channel strategy, supporting young designers that are unable to invest in their own online presence to showcase their collections and expand their audience. This case study looks at how the firm managed to double mobile traffic with the average transaction value increasing by 270 per cent.

Brand: Avenue | Sector: Reatail, Clothing, ecommerce | Country: Global | Agency/Partner: Usablenet / Objective: brand awareness, consideration and purchase | Format: Mobile marketing

06/02/2014  |  Full story...

Hermès launched a new Facebook video campaign to promote its winter catalogue. This case study highlights how the luxury clothing retailer used an engaging story told through social media to boost sales.

Brand: Axe/ Lynx/Unilever | Sector: FMCG, Healthcare | Country: Global | Agency/Partner: BBH London / Objective: brand awareness, consideration and purchase | Format: Video, YouTube, Viral

17/01/2014  |  Full story...

Following its successful ‘Art of the Trench' campaign, luxury fashion brand Burberry has teamed up with Google to let people capture their kisses by direct contact with their touch screen device, adding a personalised message and send on to friends across the globe. The YouTube video below has already notched up half a million views three months after the campaign went live.

Brand: Burberry | Sector: Clothing, Luxury | Country: Global | Agency/Partner: Grow, oogle | Objective: brand awareness, consideration and purchase | Format: Social, Mobile

25/09/2013  |  Full story...

Dom Pérignon is using Instagram to reinvent itself and appeal to younger consumers, as the luxury champagne brand expands into social media. Dom Pérignon has been showcasing the collaboration and limited-edition collaboration through its social media pages. On Facebook, daily posts convey the collaboration and promote the limited edition bottle and gift box.

Brand: Dom Pérignon | Sector: FMCG, Luxury | Country: Global | Objective: brand awareness, consideration and purchase | Format: Instagram, Facebook, Social

25/09/2013  |  Full story...

In September 2013, Italian automaker Lamborghini introduced a live-streaming racing community to target aspirational consumers and racing enthusiasts. The new service went live at the Sept. 21-22 the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo race at the Nürburgring racecourse in Germany. The brand provided dedicated fans with moment-to-moment video and multimedia pertaining to the weekend’s races. Rather than inventing new content, finding ways to bring traditional events to social media can help Lamborghini bridge the gap between young and old consumers.

Brand: Lamborghini | Sector: Automotive, Luxury | Country: Global Objective: brand awareness, consideration and purchase | Format: Social, Video

25/09/2013  |  Full story...

To promote its latest Clinique product range, M2M worked with InSkin Media to run an innovative rich media ad on key sites. This high-impact campaign stayed true to the brand's values of high-quality creativity and innovation. To promote Clinique's new Dramatically Different Moisturising Lotion+, ISM created a clean, animated PageSkin, for desktop and tablet, targeted to a range of premium female sites. The bespoke microsite hosted the product video, and directed users to buy the lotion and engage with the brand on social sites.

View the campaign creative here

Brand: Clinique | Sector: FMCG, Health and Beauty | Country: US | Agency/Partner: InSkin Media | Objective: brand awareness, consideration and purchase | Format: Mobile, Display advertising

17/09/2013

Ray-Ban Belgium and DDB Brussels have launched a new campaign that makes creative use of public transportation to communicate Ray-Ban’s wide range of polarized color lenses: from sky blue to hot pink. In all major Belgian cities, trams were redesigned into "Ray-Ban Test-Drive Trams" that let consumers discover the city through different Ray-Ban color lenses.

Brand: Rayban Belgium | Sector: Clothing, Luxury | Country: Belgium | Agency/Partner: DDB Brussels | Objective: brand awareness, consideration and purchase | Format: Outdoor, Instagram, Social Media, Video

10/09/2013  |  Full story...

In 2013, Swarovski Optik launched a social media campaign capturing the vacation experiences of travellers, positioning its new CL Pocket binoculars as an accessory for enhancing holiday sights. This campaign was developed by international creative agency Perfect Fools and met the desire to show and comment on holiday and travel experiences via TripAdvisor and Facebook, in a glamorous digital space.

Brand: Swarovski | Sector: Luxury | Country: UK | Partner/agency: Perfect Fools | Objective: brand awareness, consideration and purchase | Format: Social, Trip Advisor, Facebook

10/09/2013  |  Full story...

Luxury Lingerie brand Tatu Couture hired agency Tonica to boost its profile and sales in the UK market. This case study looks at how the firm used targeted ads on Google, Facebook and their own properties to maximise reach while keeping costs down.

Brand: Tatu Couture | Sector: Luxury, Clothing | Country: UK | Partner/agency: Tonica | Objective: brand awareness, consideration and purchase | Format: search, social

09/08/2013  |  Full story...

Back in 2011, Lancôme, a globally recognized beauty brand, wanted to promote its latest perfume “Midnight Rose” to women, as well as drive attendance to the soft-launch event. This case study highlights how the luxury brand used mobile to target its key demographic, getting a 75% click through rate as a result.

Brand: Lancome | Sector: Luxury | Country: Global | Partner/agency: InMobi | Objective: brand awareness, consideration and purchase | Format: Mobile, Video, YouTube

09/08/2013  |  Full story...

In 2012, French leather goods and scarves maker Hermès ran digital campaign with a symphonic video inspired by the brand’s new silver jewellery collection.

Brand: Hermes | Sector: Luxury | Country: France | Partner/agency: United Visual Artists| Objective: brand awareness, consideration and purchase | Format: Video

09/08/2013  |  Full story...

How can a luxury brand make branded entertainment enhance the coolness of its brand across communication channels? This case study from Moxie, Swarosvki and Brisa Roché looks at how the ‘Kingdom of Jewels’ digital campaign helped launch a new collection.

Brand: Swarovski | Sector: Luxury | Country: Global | Partner/agency: Moxie | Objective: brand awareness, consideration and purchase | Format: Social media, Video

09/08/2013  |  Full story...

In early 2012, TAG Heuer implemented DLG’s Search Engine Optimization (SEO) recommendations to boost its traffic from both branded (“TAG Heuer watches”) and generic (“luxury watches”) keywords. This case study shows how the luxury watch maker received over 500,000 visitors from non-branded searches (and saved £213,000 in paid search fees in the process).

Brand: TAG Heuer | Sector: Luxury | Country: Global | Partner/agency: Digital Luxury Group | Objective: brand awareness, consideration and purchase | Format: SEO, search

31/07/2013  |  Full story...

Back in 2009, Burberry made the leap to social media with The Art of Trench’ an innovative micro-site that encouraged user-generated content. Users were encouraged to upload photos of themselves in their trench coats and can browse and comment on photos from all around the world. This case study looks at how the luxury capitalised on the new medium without eroding the exclusive, aspirational qualities that are core to the world of luxury.

Brand: Burberry | Sector: Luxury | Country: UK | Partner/agency: Razorfish | Objective: brand awareness, consideration and purchase | Format: Video, YouTube, Viral, Social media

31/07/2013  |  Full story...

Swiss watchmaker Rolex amplified its 30-year sponsorship of Wimbledon with a raft of digital content based around the world’s most famous tennis competition. This case study showed how Rolex used a ‘scorecard’ Facebook app, Twitter hashtags and video content to deeply embed its brand into the event experience.

Brand: Rolex | Sector: Luxury, Clothing| Country: UK | Objective: brand awareness, consideration and purchase | Format: Video, Social media

31/07/2013  |  Full story...

Back in February 2013, Mercedes-Benz used Tweet-powered cars to compete in the world’s first social media road race. This case study looks at how the luxury car maker made smart use of social platforms and video content to generate 25 million brand related Tweets and 2 million YouTube views.

Mercedes-Benz Tweet Race from thepixel on Vimeo.

Brand: Mercedes-Benz | Sector: Automotive | Country: US | Partner/agency: Razorfish | Objective: brand awareness, consideration and purchase | Format: Video, YouTube, Viral, Social media

31/07/2013  |  Full story...

Audemars Piguet used the BBC News App for iPad and half-page ads on the broadcaster's News and Business homepages to promote the launch of its new Royal Oak Collection to 'high net worth' males. The luxury watchmaker used a geo-targeted campaign in Europe, Middle East and Asia together with New York, California and Florida in the USA to promote the launch of its new Royal Oak Collection and raise overall awareness of the Audemars Piguet brand amongst high net worth males.

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Brand: Audemars Piguet| Sector: Consumer Goods | Objective: brand awareness | Format: Banners ads for iPad |

04/04/2013  |  Full story...

Salvatore Ferragamo used BBC online advertising to attract and engage at the launch of the new shoes range. The luxury brand for men reached out to its consumer with banner ads on BBC.com, at the weather and travel sections. They also used behavioural targeting aimed at socially-conscious audience interested in Science, Environment & Energy and Fashion & Luxury. The campaign resulted in 103% uplift in brand favourability from those who saw the ads on bbc.com compared with those who hadn’t seen any advertising. 86% of respondents who had seen the ads on bbc.com were familiar with the Ferragamo brand, an uplift of 62% from those who had not seen any advertising.

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Brand: Salvatore Ferragamo | Sector: Consumer Goods | Objective: brand awareness and favourability | Format: BBC Banner ads |

04/04/2013  |  Full story...

This interactive ad from Louis Vuitton makes smart use of the brand’s luxury image, targeting high-end shoppers ahead of the holiday season. But why was it developed in Flash, alienating affluent iPhone and iPad users? This case study looks at the pros and cons of the fashion brands latest foray into digital marketing.

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Brand: Louis Vuitton | Country: Sweden| Agency: Kokokaka | Sector: Clothing, Retail | Format: Web, Video

14/09/2012  |  Full story...