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Waitrose Sends Snow to London Westfields for Festive DOOH Activation

12/12/2017
Out of Home
London, UK
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Topical campaign in collaboration with Ocean Outdoor breaks a day ahead of UK-wide snow storms

Waitrose has launched a digital out of home activation to support its Christmas campaign at London’s two Westfield Centres.

In a UK media first, Waitrose is using Ocean Outdoor’s large format displays locations at Eat Street in Westfield London and the Four Dials, Westfield Stratford, to make it snow every 30 minutes as it plays its festive TV advert ‘Snowed In’.

The DOOH campaign, originated by Manning Gottlieb OMD and executed by Talon, runs across two consecutive weekends in the run up to December 25th. As part of the execution, artificial snowflakes fall from nearby roofs at both locations as the Christmas advert plays out with full audio.

Alia Ahmad, marketing manager, Waitrose: "We are always looking for exciting ways to bring our brand to life and even more so at Christmas. We think this campaign will look and sound really magical as our ad plays and hopefully get people in the Christmas spirit.”

This year’s Christmas advert from Waitrose is inspired by real life events at a remote pub in the Yorkshire Dales, where local villagers gather for a drink on Christmas morning. When a snowstorm hits the area, we witness how a generous act of Christmas spirit brings the community together in the most unexpected of Christmas Day meals.

Shot in black and white, the simplicity and theme of the advert aims to reconnect people with the emotions of Christmas. The 90-second black and white TV commercial was created by adam&eveDDB.

Jay Young, creative solutions director from Talon, said: “Digital out of home is the perfect way for Waitrose to deliver their Christmas ad to a light-TV audience in very close proximity to two of its London flagship stores. The activity will provide shoppers with a little moment of magic in an otherwise frantic environment whilst also helping Waitrose to cut through the retail noise.”

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