Cannes Lions
J. WALTER THOMPSON NEW YORK, New York / WALMART / 2017
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Description
- A Walmart shopping bag that turned into actual wrapping paper.
- Holiday designs were printed on the inside of hundreds of custom-sized Walmart bags.
- Perforated lines allowed customer to cleanly tear open the bag, invert it and use it to perfectly wrap his or her gift.
- The handles served as ribbon.
- Toronto area Walmart customers saved time and money and the environment was saved a little too.
Execution
- To minimize paper waste and to provide a perfect wrap, we created a custom-sized bag to fit the most common Walmart box.
- We chose a paper stock that was durable enough to hold items, yet pliable enough to serve as wrapping paper.
- Holiday designs were printed on the inside of limited edition
bags and handed out to hundreds of Toronto shoppers.
- Simple instructions in multiple languages guided shoppers to perforated lines that enabled them to tear and invert bags without using scissors.
- Shopping bag handles detached to serve as ribbon.
- All that was required was tape to complete the wrapping process
Outcome
With no paid media and only $10,000 invested, we received nearly 100,000 earned impressions and got people talking and thinking positively about Walmart in a fresh and unique way that helped break through the marketing clutter of the holiday season.
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