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West Elm Airs First TV Campaign


The holidays are here — at least retailers are telling us they are — and furniture retailers are hoping to convince consumers to get their homes in peak hosting form. West Elm is debuting its first-ever TV campaign this week, competing with rival Crate & Barrel which just appointed actress Reese Witherspoon its first brand ambassador in a campaign that began Monday.

Williams-Sonoma-owned West Elm is running a 30-second national TV spot that encourages consumers to get “House Proud” by boasting about the grown-up and sustainable furniture and decor they’ve purchased for their homes. The brand, which worked with Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Humanaut on the new work, will also air five 15-second web cuts and market the campaign on social media through #mywestelm.

“We look for new ways to evolve and test marketing concepts that reach new customers and raise brand awareness,” says Catherine Schwartz, senior VP of marketing at West Elm. Last year, the brand’s holiday campaign focused on digital and catalogs. She noted that this year’s effort builds on the 2016 push. The current campaign will run through Nov. 20.

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Roz Chast Is New Yorkier Than You

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Wonder Woman’s Surprising Back Story Has a Film of Its Own

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Weinstein Company May Have Known About Payoffs Since 2015

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How Did NBC Miss Out on a Harvey Weinstein Exposé?

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Trump Threatens NBC Over Nuclear Weapons Report

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Critic’s Notebook: Harvey Weinstein Is Gone. But Hollywood Still Has a Problem.

Women helped build the movie industry, but it has long been a male-dominated enterprise that systematically treats women — as a class — as inferior.

Kim Wall, Slain Journalist, Is Remembered in Her Own Words

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Publicis creates data-led Spine platform

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