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John Lewis – Christmas
Stripe Communications

John Lewis – Christmas

JOHN LEWIS: THE BATTLE TO OWN CHRISTMAS

CLIENT : JOHN LEWIS

THE BRIEF

In the words of the media, Christmas 2014 was set to be a retail blood bath, with heavy discounting from competitors on the high street and online. John Lewis refused to play the game, sticking to its guns of offering great service rather than be driven by price. Working as an extension of the John Lewis press team we delivered all branch PR and handled Twitter for the brand. Our challenge was ensure John Lewis retained it’s position as Britain’s favourite omni-channel retailer.

THE STRATEGY

Starting with the launch of the iconic Monty the Penguin ad we started a PR narrative for the brand around thoughtfulness. Our entire consumer PR feature placements were driven by human insights. From a corporate point of view we were proactive with the release of statistics and trading news – driving the news agenda around key business areas and owning the bricks and clicks space. We worked hard to deliver personality in local branches with profiles and media tours.

THE RESULTS

The PR campaign played a critical role in John Lewis winning the battle for Christmas, helping deliver 58,177 mentions, 83.6 million impressions across 56,775 users for @JohnLewisRetail and #MontyThePenguin. Sales grew by 4.8% to £777 million.

THE MTV Europe Music Awards – Bringing the global to local
Stripe Communications

THE MTV Europe Music Awards – Bringing the global to local

MTV EMAs – BRINGING THE GLOBAL TO LOCAL

CLIENT : MTV

THE BRIEF

As communications partner for the 20th MTV EMAs and it’s first appearance in Glasgow, Stripe was tasked with maximising the event with local audiences and winning the hearts and minds of Glaswegians across the city.

THE STRATEGY

Stripe’s strategy focused on ensuring that Glaswegians were engaged and feeling part of the event – even if they couldn’t attend. A series of exciting and innovative events, extensive media relations and compelling social media content were used to amplify the reach and buzz of the award – including a search for super fans – affectionately known as screamers, social media treasure hunt with giant MTV logos and an exciting Lightshow from R&B star Labrinth.

THE RESULTS

To have been named as ‘undoubtedly the best agency MTV has worked with in 20 years of EMA’ was kudos enough however we also created a local MTV EMA Glasgow community online and offline that engaged with events and shared their experiences to amplify the buzz (single events achieved over 2.2 million impressions on twitter) and secured over 1.7billion OTS though positive and engaging media coverage helping to contribute to an economic impact for the city of over £10million