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Behind American Eagle's social holiday strategy

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November 2, 2022
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Craig Brommers, chief marketing officer at American Eagle, talks about how the brand is engaging holiday shoppers via social, including shoppable Snapchat experiences, investment in Roblox, experimentation on BeReal and a TikTok hashtag challenge. "We use hashtag challenges selectively," Brommers says, adding, "when we do it, it tends to be around really big moments of storytelling for our brand or really big moments in retail."
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Chandelier touts "More Gifts, More Savings" at Kohl's
15-second version of the "More Gifts, More Savings" spot. (Kohls/Instagram)
Chandelier's 30-second "More Gifts, More Savings" spot for Kohl's touts the retailer's Cash coupon program to show how holiday shoppers can "Give more. Get more." The holiday campaign, with media managed by Horizon, is running across linear and connected TV, print, direct mail with a strong social component on TikTok, along with augmented reality games on Facebook and Instagram, and an interactive Pinterest experience.
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72andSunny created a holiday campaign for Etsy that features a "To the Travelers" spot running in 30- and 60-second versions across digital video and national linear and connected TV, which shows travelers reuniting with loved ones to give them unique holiday gifts. The campaign, with US media handled by Ocean Media, also features social content running across TikTok and other platforms "to amplify our sellers in ways they could not accomplish on their own," says Etsy's Ryan Scott.
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The Lego Agency created Lego's largest holiday campaign to date, anchored by an almost three-minute spot that shows creative ideas from real children brought to life as they build a gift-delivering vehicle driven by Katy Perry. The full video is running across the social channels of Perry and the brand, with 60- and 30-second versions on TV, and the campaign, running globally in 35 markets, also features the singer in #BuildToGive social content.
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Roblox way exceeded my expectations for engagement.
Craig Brommers, chief marketing officer at American Eagle, as quoted by Marketing Dive
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