In a world where everyone was self-isolating at home, the Deliveroo/Lush partnership was an innovative solution to getting people to experience the product at home rather than in physical stores.
This work served the PR function of two companies at the same time - it generated positive word of mouth and brand affinity for both Lush and Deliveroo at the same time.
Background
During the ongoing Covid-19 epidemic, brick and mortar stores were being shuttered as hundreds of millions of people spent their time self-isolating at home. Lush is a luxury soap brand that relies on these stores to stock and sell their products. While Lush has an online store, soap is an inherently tactile consumer good that relies heavily on users to be able to see or smell the product before purchase.
Our brief was to maintain brand visibility and build affinity for the Lush brand during the lockdown period.
Describe the creative idea (20% of vote)
To date, the ongoing Covid-19 epidemic has claimed over two million lives and caused incalculable economic devastation. Research shows that much of the transmission of the virus is due to improper hand hygiene - by simply washing one's hands vigorously for 30 seconds one can completely remove all germs and curb the rates of infection. But 97% of people wash their hands for 7 seconds or less.
Our idea was to create a bespoke soap that is specifically designed to completely dissolve after 30 seconds of vigorous washing. Once the soap is dissolved you can be sure that you've washed your hands for a sufficient amount of time.
Describe the PR strategy (30% of vote)
Our brief was to put our product in the hands of people who were self-isolating at home. To achieve this, we partnered up with the largest private delivery fleet in the UAE and had them include samples of our 30 Second Soap with all their food deliveries across the Emirate. From their perspective as a food delivery company they also wanted to be associated with cleanliness and hygiene, so both companies' business interests were served simultaneously.
Describe the PR execution (20% of vote)
The story of 30-second Soap was picked up by numerous online platforms and shared hundreds of times across social media platforms across the region and the world.
List the results (30% of vote)
8,700 soaps were ordered, with 1,600 individual soaps delivered per day during the campaign window. Traffic to the Lush website experienced a significant spike with 3,670,00 unique visitors from all over the world during July 2020.
The story of 30-Second Soap was picked up by numerous online media publications and shared hundreds of times across social media channels. For the duration of our campaign, 30-second soap became the number one googled soap in the UAE.
Please tell us how disruption in your market place inspired the work
During lockdown, hundreds of thousands of potential customers were marooned at home with no means of sampling our product. Based on market circumstances we innovated not only a good reason to try our soap grounded within the reality we were facing, but also a ready means to distribute it to thousands of homes across the UAE and world.