Specialist retailers including Game and Halfords have launched their festive ads, but are they Christmas crackers or turkeys?
Boots
Boots has unveiled a Christmas advert which is a big departure from previous campaigns such as ‘Here come the girls’. It features a nurse who has worked over Christmas returning home in the early hours of Boxing Day.
A Christmas cracker!
“Aside from casting a nurse (nice touch), the role for Boots is sort of missing from this. But I love the confidence, and it’s Christmas, so I’ll shut up and instead say thanks for the heart warmer Boots.” Jonathan Trimble, chief executive of 18 Feet & Rising
Game
Game’s ad is based on insight that ‘it’s not Christmas, it’s Game season’ with an ad that pays homage to classic gaming genres.
A Christmas cracker!
“Out of nowhere everyone has games consoles on offer at Christmas; be sure to buy yours from the people who take this stuff seriously. This spot shoves the alternatives quickly and firmly in their place.” Jonathan Trimble, chief executive of 18 Feet & Rising
Halfords
Halfords is taking on festive fads with its ad and asks the question ‘does anything beat a bike?’ with a spot shot in a sepia-style to envoke nostalgia of receiving a bike at Christmas.
A Christmas cracker!
“Good focus and restraint exercised by the retailer here which will pay off not just in being the place you buy your bike this Christmas but as a destination still worthy of a slot the high street.” Jonathan Trimble, chief executive of 18 Feet & Rising
The Range
The Range is showing a more inspirational side to its product in its first national TV campaign that positions itself as a ‘working man’s John Lewis’ and still features some of its trademark humour.
A Christmas cracker!
“Doesn’t move advertising on, but this is a straight ahead and unpretentious approach that allies tightly to a retailer that’s moving with the times. Deserves to steal a chunk of traffic from some of the larger outlets busy glossing over the realities of what they offer.” Jonathan Trimble, chief executive of 18 Feet & Rising
Robert Dyas
Robert Dyas has picked Christmas for its first brand-building TV ad campaign and creative conveys the message the retailer sells everything a customer needs to make Christmas easy.
Robert Dyas Christmas advert
“A rational attempt to show the excitement of preparing for Christmas.”
Damon Collins, founder of ad agency Joint
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