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
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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 |