Tesco Names BBH London Creative Lead

TescoTesco, the UK’s largest retailer, named BBH London its new lead creative agency, Adweek reports. The chain spends almost $170 million annually on measured media.

BBH London takes over for W+K London, who had held the account since 2012, when they took over for Frank Lowe‘s startup The Red Brick Road. The agency said in a statement, that as a result of its new relationship with Tesco it had resigned competitor Waitrose.

As The Guardian pointed out, 2014 was a horrible year for Tesco, which faced “falling sales, five profit warnings and an accounting scandal.” Still, that publication predicted that the business could see a strong rebound in 2015 under new CEO Dave Lewis.

“A unique opportunity has presented itself with Tesco, and we are looking forward to working with Dave Lewis and his team,” said BBH CEO Neil Munn.

Tesco Puts On an Insane Christmas Light Show, Proves Commitment to Holiday Spirit

The annual British Christmas ad wars are heating up, and Tesco wants people to know it’s armed with lots of the obligatory bright lights, and endearingly ridiculous ornaments.

A new TV commercial from the supermarket chain and Wieden + Kennedy London dramatizes everyman preparations for the holiday—pulling tangled string lights out of the dusty attic, scaling a ladder with a wobbly reindeer, and grinning slack-jawed as a two-story inflatable Santa reaches full stature.

It aims to build toward that wondrous moment when the electricity flips on—another in a string of familiar visual cues that are appropriate, if not particularly risky. And it has some pretty fierce competition in the the quiet charisma of this year’s penguin-as-childhood-best-friend ad from department store John Lewis.

But the real gem in Tesco’s campaign is the insane outdoor light show it put on at a store in Wigan, outside Manchester (with some of the resulting footage edited into the TV spot). See below for that.

Spurred by a local journalist’s Twitter gripe last year that the location’s sign didn’t have a Christmas hat, Tesco responded with a Christmas rock spectacular that includes a guitar-shredding Santa, turkey Rockettes and a brain-melting bass drop into a Elven electronica dance routine. In the grand finale, Saint Nick basically Hadoukens a neon green crown out of his guitar through the air, onto the “O” in Tesco.

In other words, be careful what you wish for at Christmas—you might get it, and then some.



Tesco: Não há nada melhor que o Natal

Ao que tudo indica, já é Natal, mesmo, no Reino Unido. Esta semana, algumas das principais redes lançaram suas campanhas para as festas de final de ano, como a Marks & Spencer, John Lewis e, agora, a Tesco. Enquanto as duas primeiras apostaram em grandes produções, a Tesco parece ter adotado o caminho inverso, em um comercial que recria os filmes caseiros dos natais de uma família ao longo dos anos. Simples e eficiente.

Com criação da Wieden + Kennedy e produção da Tomboy, a impressão que se tem é de estar assistindo aos filmes de sua própria família. O primeiro Natal do casal, a chegada dos filhos, que crescem e encontram seus pares para, eles mesmos terem seus filhos. E, assim como a família cresce e o tempo passa, a qualidade das imagens também melhora. Tudo ao som de um inconfundível Rod Stewart cantando Forever Young.

É claro que as festas familiares também têm aquelas dificuldades já retratadas em outras ocasiões, mas a mensagem da Tesco ao final não é sobre os melhores preços, mas sim que não há nada melhor que o Natal. E este comercial consegue dizer exatamente isso.

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