2012 Winners & Shortlists

THE ‘HEADLINE NEWS’ CUP SLEEVE

Grand Prix
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BrandAL NISR PUBLISHING
Product/ServiceGULF NEWS
EntrantY&R DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
CategoryConsumer Products & Services
Entrant Company:Y&R DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
DM/Advertising Agency:Y&R DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

The Brief

To help Gulf News, the UAE’s leading newspaper, reach even more readers and convert them into subscribers. People often receive breaking news from various news organisations on their phone. Our strategy was to be the first one that our audience interact with, so they would have Gulf News on their mind for the rest of the day.

Creative Execution

Fresh news goes well with fresh coffee. So we adapted the coffee cup sleeve of Tim Hortons, a global coffee chain, into an advertising medium and we created THE ‘HEADLINE NEWS’ CUP SLEEVE.

Describe the creative solution to the brief/objective.

Every cup. Every hour. Every day. When Tim Hortons customers received a cup of coffee, they also received the headline of the hour, printed using a special printer that pulled out tweets from the Twitter account of Gulf News. It allowed us to be the first throughout the day to deliver breaking news to potential subscribers and make a meaningful connection with them.

Results

• More than 2,400 new Gulf News Twitter followers within the first two weeks of the campaign launch. • The traffic on the Gulf News website grew by 37%. • Subscription’s up by 1.5% so far. • We’re rolling out this project in Tim Hortons outlets across the UAE and in 14 new outlets soon to be opened.

Credits

Name Company Role
Shahir Zag Y&R Dubai Chief Creative Officer/Creative Director
Joseph Bihag Y&R Dubai Creative Director/Art Director
William Mathovani Y&R Dubai Copywriter
Amin Soltani Y&R Dubai Head Of Production
Leng Panganiban Y&R Dubai Producer
Pixel Plus Media Technical Developer
Mojtaba Komeili Photographer
Zaakesh Mulla Y&R Dubai Business Director
Kandarp Baxi Y&R Dubai Account Director
Subash Mishra Y&R Dubai Post Production Supervisor
Duleep George Gulf News Executive Director
Naheed Patel Gulf News Promotion Manager
Nilesh Ved Tim Hortons Chairman