Marketing Trendz Volume 24 Winter 2020 Edition Sample

M ARKETING TRENDZ V O LU M E 2 4 W I N T E R E D I T I O N 2 0 2 0 TESTING THE ENDURING POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING intu Pocket Cashback App Providing humor, hilarity, and happiness, Selfridges’ first campaign of 2020 focuses on a simple concept and strong creative content execution to lift customers' spirits page 8 Described as a unique global destination for fashion, luxury, and retail theater, Selfridges combines the world’s biggest and leading beauty brands, from the UK High Street to international design houses, with some extraordinary spectacles, events, and ideas. It’s been doing it ever since Harry Gordon Selfridge, an American entrepreneur, launched the brand back in 1909. Its beacon, the flagship store on London’s Oxford Street, achieved record gross sales of US$2.41 billion in the year ending February 2019, resulting in a +6% year-on-year growth across all channels and operating profits of US$221 million. From the Body Studio and Designer Studio to the Beauty Workshop, Accessories Hall, and Shoe Galleries, that original location offers an extra- long list of innovative retail concepts and in-store services. To kick off the new year, Selfridges launched Happy New Decade, a creative campaign that offers characteristic positivity and humor, and plays with “new year, new you” tropes. As the company noted in its brief, its team will spend these first three months of 2020 focusing on making visitors to its physical and digital stores laugh, enjoy themselves, and hit the life reset button. Looking ahead, the team will also share its plans to make positive and meaningful changes over the next ten years for a brighter future. With a simple concept and strong creative execution, the main goal of the campaign is to offer consumers some levity, and at the same time show page 2 Pepsi Unveils First U.S.- based Tagline in 20 Years Melbourne Central Marks Sesame Street's 50th Year page 10 Johnnie Walker Chases New Generation of Sippers page 14 Fit:Match, the Tech Way to Do Fashion Retailing Right page 18 Webmasters page 22 Missed an issue? Visit Continued on page 4… www.MarketingTrendz.net FOR SHOPPI NG C E N T E R PROF E SSIONA L S