Damco, one of the world’s leading third party logistics providers, has appointed BOTTLE to handle its Toy Trade PR brief for 2012. BOTTLE has specifically been tasked with positioning Damco as the preferred provider of logistics within the toy industry.
BOTTLE kicked off the partnership with an experiential campaign during London Toy Fair. Toy manufacturers, distributors and retailers were sent mock airline tickets, inviting them to send one of their toys on an round-the-world trip of a lifetime, before being donated to the with the Evelina Children’s Hospital, part of Guys and St Thomas’ in London.
As part of the campaign, BOTTLE created an airport departure lounge at the London Hilton Olympia, where people could relax whilst dropping off their toys. This enabled Damco to recruit participants and offer their supply chain services to top names in the toy industry including Disney and Hasbro. London was closely followed by Nuremburg Toy Fair where a similar set up took place to register more toys for the trip, including a rocking horse by Princess Maja of Hohenzollern.
BOTTLE will chart the toy travelers’ movements via www.damcotoytrip.com and will continue to generate trade media coverage both within the UK and Germany throughout the campaign period.
Lianne Jones, Head of Marketing at Damco Europe said: “The toy trip campaign has allowed us to position Damco and its services within the toy industry. We’ve been able to reach out to a large potential customer base with a fun and innovative campaign that showcases our offering.”
Claire Cairns, Founder and CEO of BOTTLE commented: “BOTTLE is thrilled to be working alongside DAMCO and its brilliant that our work so far has generated such effective results. Damco adds to BOTTLE’s already strong positioning within the toy industry, which provides us with insight into how we can raise awareness of Damco to the relevant B2B and corporate audiences.”
About Bottle
BOTTLE is a multi-award winning communications consultancy focused on making PR accountable though excellence. In 2011, we were named Outstanding Public Relations Consultancy of the Year at the CIPR PRide Awards and were awarded the number one spot for client recommendations at the Recommended Agency Register Awards.
Our 30-strong team provides strategically led, creative programmes. Focused entirely on ‘who do you want to reach?’, and the changes in behaviours or attitudes required, we identify influencer networks – ‘the few that matter the most’ – to reach the wider audience.
Our award-winning campaigns embrace both ‘traditional’ and ‘digital PR’ disciplines for a diverse and enviable client base spanning consumer, business-to-business and government . BOTTLE is based in Oxfordshire.
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