Hard-nosed sales messages are a hallmark of retail advertising. But the best brands try to tell a story as well and Rebel Sport has invested significantly in its brand advertising in recent years. Judging by its impressive results, that brand/retail strategy is working well and it has continued with the launch of a new brand platform, which aims to show that no-one gets sport like Rebel Sport by revealing intriguing facts about individual sports.
Concocted by Ogilvy & Mather and directed by Exit Film’s Greg Wood, the beautifully shot first spot takes viewers into the mind of New Zealand national sprinter, Abiola Beckley, and tries to show that sprinting is more like flying.
This new brand platform will be backed up by a strong retail platform featuring the track ‘Feeling Good’ by The Sheepdogs.
While there’s plenty of teeth-gnashing over the state of bricks and mortar retail, things are looking pretty good for Briscoe Group, which owns Briscoes, Rebel Sport and Living and Giving.
Unaudited total sales for the thirteen week period ended 28 July 2013 were $108.8 million, an increase of 6.45 percent on the $102.2 million reported for the second quarter of last year. Sports goods sales were up five percent over the same time last year.
As chief executive Rod Duke told the Herald: “I think there’s been some significant market share gain in the categories we operate in. We were pretty pleased with (the result) in a market that is not as buoyant as our numbers would indicate.”
Credits
Agency: Ogilvy & Mather New Zealand
Client: Rebel Sport
Title: Flight
Production Company: Exit Films
Executive Creative Director: Angus Hennah
Creative Director: Rupert Hancock
Creatives: Rupert Hancock, Henry Wall, Mitchell Sutton
Group Account Director: Sandra Daniel
Group Marketing Manager: Tanya Laurence
Agency Producer: Amanda Kabel
Director: Greg Wood
Producer: Declan Cahill
DOP: James Cowley
Editor: Sam Brunette
Sound Design: John Cooper – Franklin Road