KFC IKEA

TitleKFC IKEA
BrandKFC
Product/ServiceKFC
Category G05. Cultural Insight
Entrant PS21 Madrid, SPAIN
Idea Creation PS21 Madrid, SPAIN
Credits
Name Company Position
Víctor Blanco PS21 Executive Creative Director
Patricia Medeiros PS21 Head of art
Sergio Hernández PS21 Account Director
Alejandro Pere PS21 Creative Director
Alfonso Moreno PS21 Copywriter
Gonzalo Cordero PS21 Art Director
Gema Díaz PS21 Copywriter
Blanca Otero PS21 Account Executive
Gonzalo Rodríguez PS21 Art Director
Pilar Llorente PS21 Account Executive
Stefano Marchesini PS21 Social Media Manager
Guillermo Fernández PS21 Community Manager

Why is this work relevant for Media?

We repurposed a single local directional billboard into a notorious opening campaign.

Background

KFC newest restaurant in Majorca was located in a newly developed area with unknown street names and nomenclature. The only reference point was the nearby IKEA. We needed a directional billboard to drive traffic into our restaurant.

Describe the creative idea / insights (30% of vote)

We planted a billboard and disguised our brand into an IKEA billboard by borrowing the Swedish brand visual cues in order to make the signage simpler, notorious, and more memorable.

Describe the strategy (20% of vote)

We relied on the local insight that small business located neaby an IKEA use it as a reference point when describing their address Eg: (1473 Oak ST, 500 mts next to IKEA)

Describe the execution (20% of vote)

We redesigned our logo and borrowed IKEA's yellow and blue isotype along with a copy "YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND US" and planted a directional billboard on Majorca's main highway.

List the results (30% of vote)

+23% in sales after launch Sales records two weeks in a row 1.6 Millon Media impressions 78K Interactions 200% increase KFC searches in Majorca

Please tell us about the cultural insight that inspired the work

In Spainish villages it is very common to define address based on references points, rather than address (the church, the gas sation or a school are por precise that 'Main Street') Base on that cultural behavior to planted our billboard.