IKEA UK & Ireland has consolidated its CRM and digital agency account into Omnicom. The appointment was made following a competitive pitch. Proximity London will lead the account, with support from content marketing specialist, Redwood and AMV BBDO’s social arm, XLab. By appointing a group that can bring together one single client-facing team of specialists, […]
Swedish retailer Ikea has made a name for itself on the reactive marketing front – when news broke that Game of Thrones cast members were wearing its faux fur carpets, it paid tribute to the show. It has now undercut the sale of a 500-year-old antiquity with a compelling print ad. With the help of […]
On November 14, MarComm News attended Creativebrief’s BITE Live event in London. The main theme of the day was going from insight to action and transforming the richness of ideas into real business value. BITE Live invited some of the world’s leading brands and their agency partners to reveal how they have turned cultural and […]
IKEA continues its exploration of the French daily life and invites you to the heart and soul of the home. By showing its ability to adapt to our needs thanks to its solutions, IKEA highlights a more and more modular living room, that bends to our desires and to our life. The promise is illustrated […]
Ikea announced the release of a pilot virtual reality app, the Ikea VR Experience, on Valve’s world leading game platform Steam. The test app, featuring a virtual kitchen experience, is the first foray from Ikea into VR technology. The launch of the app is intended to solicit consumer feedback as Ikea continues to explore the possible implications of the technology […]
Created by Swedish advertising agency Åkestam Holst, this fun IKEA ad has Santa Claus going undercover to buy his basic necessities at the furniture giant. In the video, Santa Claus goes about his work undetected save for a few observant children who know who he is—then again, sitting at an open fire in the store […]
IKEA has come up with yet another creative way to advertise its products by introducing “living billboards” at the Gare St Lazare station in Paris, France. Actors were hired to go about their bathroom routines in billboads which were elevated several feet above the ground, attracting a lot of attention as it appealed to the […]
Conceived by SMFB, Oslo, this campaign helped IKEA customers sell their old furniture as easily and quickly. Called “The Second Hand Campaignâ€, the agency asked customers if they would like to sell their IKEA furniture. 50 customers were chosen, with their old products gracing broadcast, print, and outdoor ads, which are accompanied with a phone […]
Ikea has unveiled a new integrated brand campaign for the UK and Ireland encouraging adults and children to spend time together. The campaign, which explores the insight that children want to spend more time with their parents, whether it’s being at home doing something like baking or just relaxing, is set to launch on Monday […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EK5yeWxtYQ Created by the Auge Headquarter, in Milan, Italy, this video ad shows how IKEA’s furniture can be adjusted to accommodate a young boy. This cheerful video shows the boy doing all he can to become taller so that he can reach a box on a shelf—he succeeds, only because his grandfather has adjusted its […]