Persil UK has been encouraging families in London to get outdoors and active to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the launch of the brand’s ‘Dirt is Good’ marketing platform with ‘Get Out Here’, a Digital Out Of Home (DOOH) activation delivering content triggered by the weather in real-time.

Running on Ocean’s full motion Eat Street screen at Westfield London, the campaign uses live weather data to trigger video content allowing the display to show current temperatures, weather conditions and the walking distance to Holland Park, their nearest source of outdoor fun.

Families can connect to the screen’s Wi-Fi to access a map and directions to the park, which is a short walk from the shopping centre.

Get Out Here reflects Persil’s commitment to get families outdoors and embrace dirt. The brand cites consumer research which reveals that dogs are five times more likely to be taken out to the park than children – and that only one in three kids has ever climbed a tree.

Created by MullenLowe London, Get Out Here was one of the commercial winners of Ocean Outdoor’s eighth annual digital creative competition, which aims to reward great creative concepts that push the boundaries of digital out of home (DOOH) advertising.

Video footage on the screen will also include a dynamic count of fun activities families can enjoy in the 22.5 hectare park, including the number of birds to count, muddy puddles to jump in and snowmen to build.

The idea is that families will break out of the urban jungle to experience the freedom of the real outdoors like kids used to, playing on Persil’s 10th anniversary of “Dirt is Good.” The campaign broke on March 1st 2018 and runs for two weeks.

Jennifer King, Senior Brand Manager for Persil UK, says: “Families love getting outdoors but we know that life can get in the way. This is an innovative way to nudge us all to embrace the outdoors and make more happy memories.”

Alex Okada, Global Executive Creative Director for Dirt is Good, adds: “Sometimes we are so immersed in our busy lives, distracted by the always on digital world that we don’t stop to think how close and accessible nature is to us. The idea is to use technology and data in order to remind and inspire people to enjoy the outdoors. Not having enough time outdoors is not a only problem for kids, but also a problem for all of us.”

Ocean Outdoor head of marketing Helen Haines comments: “Get Out Here is a really simple idea that actually works in all sorts of environments and out of home locations. It’s a fun execution and a wonderful way to encourage more families to go play and get messy. That’s why it was chosen as an Ocean competition winner.”

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LG Electronics has appointed promotions agency tpf to create ‘The Perfect LG TV Experience’, an experiential activation designed to inspire consumers to upgrade their TV and invest in one of LG’s premium sets.

This is the first project that tpf has delivered for LG, after the agency won a five-way pitch for the business.

‘The Perfect LG Experience’ was at Westfield, Stratford between October 26^th to 29^th. It will be at Bluewater from November 2^nd to 5^th and The Bullring in Birmingham from November 9^th to 12^th.

The activation has been designed to position LG at the forefront of TV innovation with continued development of first class OLED technology as well as premium LED/LCD models in the SUPER UHD range.

The activity brings this to life, enabling members of the public to enjoy the ultimate viewing experience across three zones – Sports, Home Entertainment and Gaming – with each highlighting the key features and benefits of LG’s SUPER UHD and OLED TVs.

Consumers will also be able visit The Perfect Black Room located at the centre of the stand to watch high quality 4K UHD content in perfect blackness on one of LG’s OLED TVs.

tpf has also helped secure partners for each of the zones: Sky Sports for Sports, Netflix for Home Entertainment and Activision for Gaming. Each of the partners will feature some of their finest 4K UHD content on LG’s high-quality TVs.

Consumers will be able to win instant prizes at each of the zones, from Netflix passes to Destiny 2 games and Sky Q packages for a year, as well as some of LG’s premium TVs. tpf has created a simple instant win mechanic which asks consumers to answer a short survey asking about their TV viewing preferences. Consumers will also be able to claim an exclusive discount from John Lewis for SUPER UHD and OLED TVs.

tpf designed the stand in line with LG’s style, combining premium finishes on the build with an inviting look. The Sports zone, in partnership with Sky Sports, highlights the features of LG’s new SUPER UHD TV, demonstrating the ease of viewing sport content from any angle. The Home Entertainment zone has been furnished to feel homely and welcoming, with a comfy sofa located right in front of an OLED TV, consumers are invited to relax and enjoy some high quality Netflix content, as it they were right at home. The Gaming zone is designed for gamers to play the hugely popular new Destiny 2 on an LG OLED TV.

Carolyn Anderson, Marketing Director, LG, says: “Our new OLED and SUPER UHD products offer viewers the ultimate way to enjoy great TV and films at home, and tpf’s approach to this experiential activation really brings that to life. Members of the public will be able to take some time out from shopping to relax and discover a whole new way of enjoying TV.”

Gail Middleton, Director, tpf, adds: “LG is one of the world’s leading technology brands so we’re delighted to work with them on this project. The Perfect LG TV Experience perfectly showcases the amazing clarity, sharpness and accuracy of LG’s product range. We were very keen to work with LG, so winning a competitive pitch against other agencies makes this an extra special project for tpf.”

tpf is an independent award-winning agency specialising in promotions, publicity and digital marketing in TV, sport and entertainment.

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Fanta is running an experiential Virtual Reality campaign called ‘Fanta: The 13th Floor’ to scare audiences just in time for Halloween, with consumers entering a physical lift that transforms into an immersive Halloween experience.

Fanta’s campaign – which was devised and produced by MediaCom’s content division MediaCom Beyond Advertising – uses the latest technology to deliver a 360° virtual reality experience.

Each ‘ride’ lasts for four minutes, where the user arrives at different floors of a building on the way to a Halloween party. Each floor then presents a different scenario: on one floor something comes forth from the shadows in an otherwise unassuming corridor, on another a shadowy figure transports from the realm of flickering TV screens to the confines of the lift.

4D elements add to the excitement, with a lifelike rumble emitting from the lift floor as the elevator stops at the various levels whilst a whoosh of air greets the user as the virtual doors open. It is the first time the drinks company has used an experiential activation of this magnitude to drive engagement.

Thorpe Park and Westfield shopping centre in Stratford will host three lifts each, aimed at 16-19 year olds to generate buzz and excitement for the orange soft drink Fanta during the Halloween period. The innovative campaign will run at Thorpe Park until November 1st and Westfield shopping centre until October 28th.

To drive further scale to the activation, the 360° video can also be viewed on www.fanta.co.uk13thfloor.

Mediacom will be promoting this through online video and paid social channels.

Rosalind Brown, Marketing Manager, Coca-Cola Great Britain, says: “Halloween is the one time of year when we can all unleash our inner dark-side and embrace everything which is fun about the freakish and frightening. Our limited-edition Fanta cans and bottles, along with our exclusive Snapchat partnership, definitely help add a bit of drama and intrigue to the fright-night season. However for those brave enough, we have brought the fun of Halloween to life with our Virtual Reality experience which is now live at Thorpe Park and Westfield Stratford. For those who dare to enter it’s a shocking, fun filled ride to the 13th Floor!”

Mike Gibbons, Art Director at MediaCom Beyond Advertising, adds: “We love being able to draw from the different skillsets from within MBA, here utilising both the Original Content and Experiential teams, to create engaging campaigns. I recommend you track down some VR goggles, a pair of headphones and appreciate this immersive experience in all its glory.”

The media agency worked with video production company Kode Media and boutique VR Production agency TrojanVR, a joint venture that saw the two companies develop, shoot and deliver the 360° elements of the experiential campaign in an extremely short time frame.

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Westfield London, more used to crowds of shoppers thronging its halls, was turned into a racetrack for a content marketing drive featuring DS Automobiles’ new electric car.

A film released by DS Automobiles shows Formula E racing driver Sam Bird taking the brand’s concept car for a secret after-hours spin inside Westfield London, marking the UK debut of the high-performance DS E-TENSE vehicle.

The behind-closed-doors footage shows Bird, a DS Virgin Racing driver and the third-highest all-time Formula E points scorer, behind the wheel of the all-electric vehicle. As the camera pans away it becomes clear he is driving indoors, past many of the high-street and high-end stores that call the major retail destination in White City home.

Westfield Brand Ventures, a division of the shopping centre operators which offers tailored propositions to brands to deliver consumer engagement throughout the retail journey, worked with DS Automobiles on arranging special permission for Bird to drive the DS E-TENSE indoors after closing time.

The footage was recorded at night inside Westfield London, soon to become Europe’s largest shopping centre when a £600 million Phase 2 expansion opens in March 2018.

Paul Buttigieg, Westfield’s Director of Operations, says: “We like to go the extra mile for our partners to help them create innovative content to drive awareness and sales. Giving a leading racing driver the green light to take a spin inside one of our centres was a real first but having built such a positive relationship with DS Automobiles over the past few years we wanted to help them create a standout moment to mark the UK debut of the DS E-TENSE, and the soon-to-be-launched DS 7 CROSSBACK.”

DS Automobiles has partnered with Westfield London since 2015, opening its flagship DS Urban Store in 2016. The digitally-enabled boutique concept invites visitors to explore the lifestyle of the Parisian-born brand at one of London’s premium shopping destinations.

Mark Blundell, UK Marketing Director at DS Automobiles, adds: “The avant-garde spirit of design present in every DS car aligns perfectly with some of the world’s most luxurious names in fashion located in Westfield London. This remains the perfect location for our brand and Westfield continues to help us find new and creative ways to engage an extremely high footfall audience.”

First unveiled at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show, the DS E-TENSE concept car perfectly blends state-of-the-art technology and avant-garde design with unique styling. Fittingly, the model Bird can be seen driving in the film is an exclusive metallic ametrine green; the zero-emissions DS E-TENSE delivers propulsion that is clean, silent, efficient and powerful.

Westfield’s Brand Ventures works collaboratively with partners to maximise revenue and deliver an enhanced customer experience across its portfolio of physical and digital assets within Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City.

DS Automobiles is a luxury car marque which is part of Groupe PSA, which owns the Peugeot, Citroën, DS Automobiles, Opel and Vauxhall Motors brands. DS aims to revive the tradition of premium vehicles in the French automotive industry, perpetuating the values of innovation and distinction inherited from the first DS, launched in 1955. DS also supports year-round artistic and cultural activities based around fashion, design, art and gastronomy.

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German low-cost airline Eurowings, the State Tourist Board Baden-Württemberg, Europa-Park, and Stuttgart Airport have once again partnered to promote their destinations and brands in the UK via a Virtual Reality experiential activation at Westfield Stratford City.

Created by London based communications agency, collab-ed, the UK Summer campaign built on last year’s award-winning #nextstop campaign to once again encourage Londoners to discover the beautiful SouthWest of Germany via convenient Eurowings flights between London and Stuttgart Airport.

In 2016, Ed Euromaus, the mascot of Europa-Park, was welcomed by Londoners as they helped him find the #nextstop for his bus in a campaign also created by collab-ed. This year, Ed returned to take Londoners on a virtual reality journey to his home, Europa-Park, in Baden-Württemberg.

The 2017 campaign centred around a VR experiential activation in Westfield Stratford City where visitors could check-in to #FlyWithEd on board his special Eurowings plane to the Sunny Side of Germany; touching down in Stuttgart Airport to discover the Black Forest, before taking a rollercoaster ride through Europa-Park, Germany’s largest theme park.

Campaign seeding via social media continued the narrative from last years’ campaign whilst this year the reactions of visitors were videoed and shared across the campaign channels via the hashtag #FlyWithEd in order to drive social amplification.

Additional Out Of Home activity consisting of digital OOH throughout Westfield Stratford City and print OOH throughout Stratford International Station further promoted the VR experiential activation.

Visitors also had the opportunity to extend the experience via campaign gifting, with VR cardboards and a free digital download of the Coastiality app (App Store & Google Play) enabling the experience, and partner brands, to reach directly into the homes of an even wider audience.

“The response has been fantastic,” says Manuela Spröwitz, International Marketing Manager at Eurowings. “The 360° video is a great tool to inspire visitors to travel with Eurowings to Europa-Park and the region. We are really happy to increase the awareness of our flight offers with this innovative and exciting flying experience – on ground!”

“It’s been great to be able to build on last year’s success and really take this story to the next level”, says Nichola Kirkman, Creative Director of collab-ed. “This year’s campaign has been tremendously well received by Londoners and is yet another indicator to us that audiences are increasingly receptive to innovative marketing and being reached in more meaningful and powerful ways.”

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Mobile network provider Three has collaborated with Wieden+Kennedy London, Mindshare and Kinetic, the specialists in contextually connecting and activating audiences on the move, to deliver a virtual reality (VR) experience as part of its Go Roam campaign.

The VR experience is part of Three’s recent campaign launching even more destinations to its Feel At Home service, where you can use your phone abroad at no extra cost in 60 destinations worldwide.

Kinetic Active and Mindshare has created an experiential VR activation which sees shoppers taken on a five-stop world tour of Three’s Feel At Home destinations. From hang-gliding around Christ the Redeemer in Rio and chilling on a Miami beach, to sightseeing in Australia and watching a lantern festival in Hong Kong.

The activation ran on June 17-18 in London’s Westfield shopping centre and will be running again on June 23-24 in Birmingham’s Bullring shopping centre.

The VR experience utilises assets from Three’s recent TV advertising campaign for Go Roam which features a unique animal character that combines a giraffe with a flamingo. The CGI spot, contrasting the ‘nervy’ feelings of a wobbly baby giraffe with the strut of the ‘Giraffe-amingo’, demonstrates the power of Three’s roaming offering that gives customers the freedom to use their phones as they would here in the UK, in more destinations than any other UK mobile network.

Natalie Fowler, marketing communications manager at Three, says: “Our work with Kinetic has truly enhanced our Go Roam campaign. The team provided us with an inspired approach to demonstrating the value of our roaming offering, Kinetic Active’s VR brings Go Roam to a whole new audience in a highly engaging way. We’re excited for consumers to experience the fun and cannot wait to see their reactions.”

The VR experience was developed by Kinetic Active, Mindshare UK, Somewhere Else VR and Ambient. The creative for the ‘Giraffe-amingo’ TV spot was developed by W+K London.

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LSI Netherlands BV – owner of the Peperami brand – and agencies TLC Marketing and Sense were crowned the big winners at The IPM Awards 2017, taking home the trophies for Brand Owner of the Year, Agency of the Year and the coveted Grand Prix Award respectively.

This year’s winners, which were announced at the IPM’s black-tie Awards Gala on Wednesday June 7 at the London Hilton Park Lane, showcased and celebrated the very best in creativity and effectiveness in the promotional marketing industry.

The evening commenced with opening addresses from Lord Black of Brentwood, President of the IPM, and John Sylvester, the IPM’s chairman and Chairman of Sodexo Benefits & Reward Services UK, while the host for the event was Strictly Come Dancing star, Claudia Winkleman.

LSI was named as Brand Owner of the Year, after collecting two Gold and two Silver trophies for its campaign linking Peperami mascot, the Animal, with the Angry Birds movie.

TLC took the Agency of the Year accolade, having picked up four Gold awards and a Silver for a range of different campaigns.

The Grand Prix went to ‘real world’ agency Sense for its #H2O activation, part of the ‘Discomfort Future’ campaign on behalf of The Economist. This saw potential subscribers offered free coffee apparently made from recycled water from a portable toilet, to highlight the issue of water scarcity around the world. It won two Golds and was selected by the IPM awards judges as the best of the best.

The picture above shows Sense collecting their award from Lord Black (left) and the evening’s host, Claudia Winkleman (right).

Other agencies celebrating multiple trophies at the IPM Awards 2017 included The Circle Agency, ZEAL Creative, Toucan and Brand & Deliver. Behaviour change experts 23red managed to pick up Gold, Silver and Bronze in the Not for Profit, Charities and Public Sector category, the second time the agency has achieved this impressive feat.

John Sylvester, Chairman of the IPM, said: “The IPM Awards celebrate outstanding promotional marketing from the very best UK agencies and underscore our commitment to supporting best practice, creativity, effectiveness and innovation. Our Awards are open to everyone in the marketing industry and this year it was great to see both some familiar faces and some newcomers amongst the winners and the audience.”

This year, winners of Gold, Silver and Bronze IPM Awards all qualify for entry into the IMC European Awards, and the IPM will be contacting agencies shortly to explain how to take advantage of this. John Sylvester observes: “The UK produces world-class promotional marketing campaigns, and we want as many of our winners as possible to enter the IMCs so we can underline our leadership in this vitally important sector of the marketing and advertising industry.”

Sponsors for the IPM Awards 2017 included headline sponsor Sodexo, Westfield Shoppingtowns, Sykes, Emirat, Whistl, Granby Marketing Services, Promotional Handling, i-movo, POD Staffing, Peazie and Pictures Experience.

A full list of this year’s winner can be found on the IPM website.

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Zeek, a website and app that lets consumers buy and sell unwanted gift cards, is launching a one-day pop-up shop offering consumers the chance to swap their unwanted Christmas gift cards for the equivalent amount in cash – or donate the equivalent amount to charity.

The ‘Cash or Kind’ pop-up will be open on Tuesday 10th January at the Westfield Stratford shopping centre. Shoppers will be offered the chance to exchange unwanted vouchers for cash to buy something they really want or to donate their gift cards or vouchers to charity.

Zeek has pledged to match any charity donations.

The pop-up will accept most gift cards, paper and digital vouchers, so long as they have a minimum value of £5 and up to a maximum of £100.

The pop-up will be open from 9.00am-4.00pm and has been launched on the back of research from Zeek that shows that the average British consumer receives £44 worth of unwanted gifts over Christmas, with around £300m potentially wasted nationwide.

The pop-up shop was conceived by Zeek’s PR agency, Tin Man Communications.

The Zeek app and site provide a marketplace for selling and buying gift vouchers, allowing consumers to exchange unwanted cards for cash and also to buy gift cards at discounted rates (on average, 10% off). The app is available on App Store and Google Play.

To list a card or voucher, users just scan them using their smart phone camera and post them to the platform. Zeek claims 94% of vouchers sell within 24 hours – Amazon vouchers have sold within five seconds.

Zeek was set up by co-founders Itay Erel, Daniel Zelkind and Ziv Isaiah in Israel. Since receiving initial funding from Uri Levine, one of the co-founders of map software company Waze (bought by Google for over $1bn), Blumberg Capital and QUALCOMM Ventures, it has successfully launched in the UK and now has over 100,000 users trading on the platform. Zeek has offices in Israel and London.

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Charlotte Tilbury, the luxury cosmetics retailer, has launched what is claimed to be Westfield’s first ever interactive retail installation, to drive excitement and awareness of its new flagship store before it opens in Westfield White City later this month.

The campaign, which was created for Charlotte Tilbury by NexusEngage, is running for eight weeks in the West London shopping mall, and had been designed to drive customer excitement and footfall and to capture consumer data.  Using the latest in retail technology, the two-phase campaign occupies a 127 square metre frontage of the new store location during the time the store fit is being carried out.

The installation offers a fully interactive experience allowing consumers to learn about and engage with the Charlotte Tilbury product range.  Nexus Engage created two ‘magic mirrors’ for Charlotte Tilbury, which speak to passers-by encouraging them to take part in the activities. Mirror one captures consumer data by allowing them to enter a prize draw to win products each day. Mirror two invites the consumer to take part in a quiz to determine ‘their look’ from Charlotte’s revolutionary 10 looks wardrobe. The mirror then takes a photo and prints it with a golden ticket and a unique code that gives them access to a £15 Tilbury Transformation for the corresponding look, bookable via the custom-built LookBook. The idea is to encourage consumers to come back once the store is open.

Emily Bromfield, Director of Marketing and Communications at Charlotte Tilbury, says: “Charlotte Tilbury has not only revolutionized the global beauty industry, she is also a digital revolutionary. That is why we wanted to bring too life a unique, fully-immersive 3D ‘holding page’, rather than a traditional store hoarding, for the unveiling of our new Westfield Beauty Boudoir. It not only functions as an awareness building billboard but it also enables us to start a conversation with our future Westfield customer by capturing their personal details and engage them in a quick and fun makeup lottery game.  As Charlotte always says, ‘You have to be IN it to WIN it!’:  Our brand is about empowering women to achieve their makeup destiny.  Nexus Engage created and implemented a bold and exciting campaign that has really helped us to achieve those objectives.”

Simon Ellson, CEO at NexusEngage, adds: “Using this space during a store fit is perfect for those looking to raise brand awareness and reach a targeted audience who may not be familiar with their products and services.”

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Samsung Electronics UK’s immersive Galaxy Studio space at Westfield London has attracted more than 330,000 visitors since opening on March 11^th 2016, the company has revealed.

The interactive experience, created for Samsung by advertising and experiential agency Cheil UK, saw Samsung take over The Atrium of the iconic shopping centre to give customers the chance to get hands on with Samsung’s latest innovative products, including its new Galaxy S7 phones, the Gear 360 camera, Gear VR headset and Samsung’s return to Windows computing, the TabPro S.

The installation is split across a number of immersive zones, including a Virtual Reality theatre compete with vibrating seats which allows people to experience skiing, ski-jumping or a VR rollercoaster.

On arrival at the studio, customers are handed a unique mission card which allows them to collect stamps in ‘the cube,’ an interactive zone where they can get hands-on with the S7 and S7 edge, Gear 360, Gear VR, Gear S2 and TabPro S. Once customers have collected all their stamps, they can trade their card in for entry to the VR Theatre; they are then automatically entered into a daily prize draw, with a chance of winning a Gear VR headset from Monday to Friday and an S7 on weekends.

Conor Pierce, Vice President of IT & Mobile, Samsung UK and Ireland, says: “There has been phenomenal interest and demand for the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge since we launched both devices and we are delighted to be at Westfield London, introducing our latest technologies to customers and showcasing the power of immersive experiences.”

Myf Ryan, Chief Marketing Officer, Westfield UK & Europe, adds: “Technology is at the forefront of today’s retail experience and as it evolves, so too does the environment we shop in and the experience the customer seeks. A recent report launched by Westfield, How We Shop Now: What’s Next, predicts that 51% of Londoners would like to use new technologies, such as virtual reality headsets, with 39% wanting enhanced assistance to transport them to a virtual setting to better understand a product. Samsung’s Galaxy Studio space takes the virtual reality trip to the next level, and the sheer volume of Westfield shoppers who have already taken part shows the appetite for this type of immersive experience in showcasing a new product. We are delighted to be able to host this thrilling experience at Westfield London and have no doubt they will involve hundreds of thousands of visitors throughout the run of the event.”

The Galaxy Studio is open until April 10th 2016 at The Atrium, Westfield White City.

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