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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.
Case study

2011 Other Consumer Goods – The first pillow with a ‘best-before’ date

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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
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