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They quietly sold 50 million boxes before finally coming clean / Kraft Heinz "New and Not Improved"
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KRAFT HEINZ | New and Not Improved | 2017

They quietly sold 50 million boxes before finally coming clean / Kraft Heinz "New and Not Improved"

Kraft Heinz changed the recipe for its mac and cheese and kept selling it for three months without telling a single soul. 50 million boxes of it. Staying quiet about a change is about the one move you're never supposed to make in advertising, and that's exactly what they did.

Tracking "doing nothing" turned out to boost pajama sales / JOE BOXER "INACTIVITY TRACKER"
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JOE BOXER | INACTIVITY TRACKER | 2015

Tracking "doing nothing" turned out to boost pajama sales / JOE BOXER "INACTIVITY TRACKER"

The world's first tracker for recording "not moving" was born. At a time when Fitbits covered every wrist, Kmart's pajama brand did the exact opposite.

Turning the Spirit of Christmas on Its Head Made This Ad a Legend / Harvey Nichols "Sorry I Spent It On Myself"
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Harvey Nichols | Sorry I Spent It On Myself | 2013

Turning the Spirit of Christmas on Its Head Made This Ad a Legend / Harvey Nichols "Sorry I Spent It On Myself"

At Christmas 2013, the upscale department store Harvey Nichols came right out and said, "Sorry, I spent it on myself." It was an ad that threw the whole idea of Christmas being a season of sharing straight out the window.

The good guy gets shot and dies. And somehow that's "success" / DIESEL "LITTLE ROCK"
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DIESEL | LITTLE ROCK | 1997

The good guy gets shot and dies. And somehow that's "success" / DIESEL "LITTLE ROCK"

A western hero gets shot dead by the villain. And the ad uses that to talk about "success." This is the piece that won DIESEL and PARADISET DDB the Grand Prix at Cannes in 1997.

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