The first pillow with a ‘best-before’ date
Agency
Happy Soldiers
Client
Tontine
Awards
The Grand Effie
Gold
Other Consumer Goods
Gold
Most Original Thinking
Case Study
Summary
Making an invisible problem impossible to ignore.
Tonight, you‟ll lay your head on your favourite pillow that probably contains an entire ecosystem made up of your dead skin cells and the things that feed on them. If we‟ve spoiled your sleep, we apologise and suggest you buy a new Tontine pillow – date-stamped so you‟ll know it‟s fresh and you‟ll know when it‟s not so fresh anymore. This is the story of a world first in pillows – a creative solution to a business problem, amplified through advertising. Setting out to grow Tontine sales by 30% and getting an immediate 345% sales uplift. Sweet dreams indeed.
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Credits
| Author | Mark Sareff & Sophie Price | Happy Soldiers | |||||||
| Strategy Director | Mark Sareff | Happy Soldiers | |||||||
| Planning Partner | Sophie Price | Happy Soldiers | |||||||
| Creative Director | John Kan | Happy Soldiers | |||||||
| Creative | Ben Sampson | Happy Soldiers | |||||||
| Designer | Tim Haynes | Happy Soldiers | |||||||
| Managing Director | Lindsey Evans | Happy Soldiers | |||||||
| Business Director | Emma DiGiacomo | Happy Soldiers | |||||||
| TV Producer | Meredyth Judd | Freelance | |||||||
| Director & TV Production | Rey Carlson | Play Big | |||||||
| Media Implementation and Buying | Wayne Philbert | Mediacom | |||||||
| PR, POS & Activation | Zoe Carr | Zarr Marketing | |||||||
| Qualitative Research | David Tunnicliffe | Pollinate | |||||||
| Quantitative Research | Peter Matthew | Galaxy | |||||||
| Group General Manager | Holly Kramer | Pacific Brands | |||||||
| General Manager | Adam Heathcote | Tontine | |||||||
| Product Development and Marketing Manager | Lucinda Kew | Tontine | |||||||
| Brand Manager | Eliza Swinburne | Tontine |


