How EasyJet’s holiday revamp drove a 400% profit boost
Marketing Week ReportersNamed the UK’s fastest growing travel business in 2022, EasyJet Holidays decided to flip the package holiday clichés on their head to build fame at pace.
Case Studies
The strategies behind some of the marketing industry’s most successful advertising campaigns and initiatives.
How LinkedIn tackled social stigma to help ex-offenders thrive
Marketing Week ReportersEncouraging employers to look past a criminal record, LinkedIn’s mentoring programme offered eight young offenders the chance to launch their own streetwear brand.
How investing in digital helped one brand grow 600%
Marketing Week ReportersLiberty Hive’s digital recruitment platform has attracted brands including Channel 4 and Aldi, with 71% of companies returning to post jobs within six months.
How Specsavers shocked consumers out of their ‘spectacle stasis’
Marketing Week ReportersThe optical retailer relied on research to help drive a 22.9% increase in sign-ups to its contact lens service.
How a sustainability drive helped Scottish Water build customer trust
Marketing Week ReportersCarefully chosen partnerships and a media blitz helped the company’s water fountain project divert 3.5 million plastic bottles from landfill.
How Sage’s marketing rethink drove a 12% revenue boost
Marketing Week ReportersBy overhauling its approach from B2B demand generation to human-centric brand building Sage changed perceptions, drove sales and improved its ROI.
Why TikTok went into ‘professional mode’ to win B2B hearts
Marketing Week ReportersA LinkedIn takeover helped TikTok persuade marketers the social media app could become their new home for performance marketing.
How HSBC unified the banking sector to fight domestic abuse
Marketing Week ReportersThe bank galvanised the wider financial sector to raise awareness of the damage caused by economic abuse, driving consideration in the process.
How O2 overtook rivals with thanks to a festive purpose push
Marketing Week ReportersTaking the risk to pursue a purpose message over the festive period paid off for O2, which leapfrogged EE to grow total market consideration.
How Mars got 75 billion impressions from people talking about Bounty
Marketing Week ReportersThe potential cull of Bounty from the Celebrations tub sparked frenzied debate from the pages of the New York Times to Good Morning Britain.
How Tesco reached 42 million people on TikTok
Marketing Week ReportersSome 3,000 entries were submitted via TikTok to become the voice of Tesco’s checkout, helping the supermarket deliver a 7% uplift in Clubcard use.
How Aldi reached millions to achieve social media fame
Marketing Week ReportersFrom a spat with M&S over its Cuthbert cake to launching clothing on TikTok, Aldi notched up almost 2 billion impressions during its three-year social push.
How ITV drove a 129% streaming subscription uplift
Marketing Week ReportersWhile the wider sector faltered following a post-Covid viewership crunch, ITV dug deep to invest £165m in the launch of streaming service ITVX.
How a tie-up with Absolut helped Heinz turbocharge sales by 50%
Marketing Week ReportersA sellout collaboration with vodka brand Absolut saw pasta sauce overtake ketchup as Heinz’s top selling product.
Four brands on the benefits market research brought to their business
Josh StephensonThe latest instalment in our State of Market Research series looks at four times when market research has made a real difference to an organisation – and the lessons that can be learned from it.