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How Kitchen Warehouse Mumnipulated Mother’s Day

Agency
Special Australia
Client
Kitchen Warehouse
Awards
Gold
Media-Led Ideas
Silver
Retail
Silver
Small Budget
Silver
Return On Investment - Commercial Under $5 Million
Finalist
Short Term Effects
Case Study
Summary
To ace Mother’s Day 2025 during a cost-of-living crisis, Kitchen Warehouse avoided generic retail promotions and gendered tropes. Discovering that mums often dislike their gifts, KW launched 'Mum'nipulate the algorithm' - an opt-in campaign letting women anonymously select gifts, which KW then served as hyper-targeted ads to their families. Using precise, user-driven targeting, KW bypassed cultural backlash and eliminated wasted ad spend. On a $495,911 budget, the creative disruption secured a +12.48% YoY revenue growth, crushing the +1.2% category average.
Case study

Effie Case Study 1601-A01 How Kitchen Warehouse Mumnipulated Mother’s Day

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Credits
Simon Lamplough Chief Customer Officer Kitchen Warehouse
Emma Foreman Marketing Manager Kitchen Warehouse
Jo-Anne Pabst Stylist & Creative Kitchen Warehouse
Kellie Mitchel Head of E-Commerce Kitchen Warehouse
Moi Villanueva UX & Design Manager Kitchen Warehouse
Celia Garforth Author/ Chief Strategy Officer Special
Lindsey Evans Chief Executive Officer & Partner Special
Cade Heyde Chief Executive Officer & Partner Special
Julian Schreiber Chief Creative Officer & Partner Special
Tom Martin Chief Creative Officer & Partner Special
Simon Gibson Executive Creative Director Special
Alastair Flack Senior Art Director Special
Mark Starmach Senior Copywriter Special
Laurent Marcus Innovation and Creative Technology Director Special
Maggie Webster Designer Special
Margot Fitzpatrick Executive Producer Special
Sharon Gray Digital Director Special
Ada Tuna Producer Special
Danielle Senecky Stills Producer Special
Jen Bailey Finished Artist Special
Tori Lopez Managing Director Special
Chris Braks Team Lead Special
Elliot Aitken Business Director Special
Danni Dimitri Managing Partner & Head of Strategy Hatched Media
Adam Steward Head of Performance & eCommerce Hatched Media
Laura Comber Business Director Hatched Media
Diana Wong Biddable Director Hatched Media
Berlian Ayudya Strategy Director Hatched Media
Catherine Edghill General Manager Hatched Media

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