SHAVE OR CRAVE

TitleSHAVE OR CRAVE
BrandP&G INDIA
Product / ServiceGILLETTE FUSION GAMER
CategoryA05. Best Use or Integration of Experiential Events
EntrantBBDO INDIA Mumbai, INDIA
Entrant Company BBDO INDIA Mumbai, INDIA
Contributing Company BBDO INDIA Mumbai, INDIA

Credits

Name Company Position
Sumit Sawardekar Editor
Kirk Jacob Dreamcatchers
Piyush Raghani/Surashmi Basu Old School Film
Nishant Singh/Achint Interface
Rekha Rao/Amanda Mendonza/Shreysi Chandra Weber Shandwick
Kiran Dodiya/Shyam Gursahani/Madonna Dsouza Encompass
Rajeev Mohite Bbdo India Editor
Sherwan Ahsan/Mehak Batra Bbdo Proximity Retouch Artist
Hitesh Shah/Shankar Yelugu/Sameet Koyande/Venkatesh Pagidimarry/Rajeev Mohite Bbdo India Account Executive
Keegan D'mello/Rima Wadhwa Bbdo India Account Director
Josy Paul/Rajdeepak Das/Sandeep Sawant/Gunjan Poddar/Naini Shah/Namrata Patnaik/ Bbdo India Art Director
Josy Paul/Rajdeepak Das/Sandeep Sawant/Namrata Patnaik/Arzan Antia/Gunjan Poddar Bbdo India Copywriter
Josy Paul/Rajdeepak Das/Sandeep Sawant Bbdo India Creative Director
Rajdeepak Das Bbdo India Executive Creative Director
Josy Paul Bbdo India Chairman/Chief Creative Officer

The Campaign

Over the past three years, Gillette had worked its way through to achieve market leadership in India. Our challenge was to further accelerate growth on an existing high base. Getting more men to shave in order to achieve this goal; seemed extremely difficult and expensive. So, we needed a creative solution that got men to shave more often! Thus our target audience was drawn from existing customers. Women were our source of inspiration. A Nielsen report revealed that 87% women prefer to go out with clean-shaven men in the evening. Thus was born a women's movement against 'Evening Stubble'.

Results

The Fusion Gamer's 5 blade technology reduces pressure on your skin, making shaving effortless, even twice a day. Our creative solution leveraged this differentiating feature, thus making it relevant to our product. Women openly embraced 'Evening Stubble' and used it as a weapon in order to express their feelings. This proves that the idea was fresh and deeply rooted to a strong insight. Lastly, Gillette's brand purpose is about helping men make a difference in their world. Our campaign clearly demonstrates how an 'evening shave' can create an everlasting impression on women and make a difference in world our men.

We coined a term called 'Evening Stubble'. 'Evening stubble' got women got all fired up. They began to put pressure on men. They threatened to make men crave if they did not shave. Some went so far as to say that they would sleep in separate rooms. In response, Gillette launched the Fusion Gamer – a razor that makes shaving so comfortable, that men would enjoy shaving even twice a day. The razor was launched in a moving train in the evening by a group of home-bound men. Celebrities also got on board the train. This created explosive news.

The campaign received free media coverage worth over USD 4.1 million - the highest-ever in Gillette India history. Over 3.5 billion free editorial media impressions. Over 500 million digital impressions. For the first time, Gillette India trended on twitter with #shaveorcrave becoming India's No.1 trend for over three days. We witnessed India's biggest blogging outburst by women, with over 500 blogs and a reach of over 34 million. Gillette India share grew by 1.2 points, reaching its highest ever share. Sales went up by 16% in spite of an existing high base.