Positioning·Retail·2020

#ThoughtFulGestures

"In a year of distance, the currency of jewellery was the gesture."

01 · The Question

How does a jewellery brand stay meaningful during a year when nobody is going anywhere to wear it?

02 · The Observation

Luxury categories froze during the pandemic. Most brands went dark, or worse — went discount.

03 · The Insight

In a year of distance, the currency of jewellery was never the stone. It was the gesture the stone made possible.

04 · The Idea

#ThoughtFulGestures — a campaign inviting people to communicate mindfully with the people they were separated from. The jewellery became the punctuation, not the point.

05 · The Execution

Simple prompts on social to send a gesture, a message, an acknowledgement. The best gestures were rewarded with exclusive offers. Awareness led. Sales followed.

06 · The Outcome

Category-leading share of voice through the pandemic period, at a fraction of pre-pandemic spend, with sustained brand-love metrics after normalcy returned.