CASE STUDY: By trading traditional names for local Gen Z slang, Coca-Cola turned its 14-year-old 'Share a Coke' campaign into a digital success that recruited nearly half a million new users across ASEAN and the South Pacific.
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How Coca-Cola reimagined 'Share a Coke' to recruit 496,000 Gen Z users via hyper-localised personalisation
Coca-Cola hands Chinese New Year storytelling to Gen Z this year
Developed with WPP Open X, Coca-Cola’s Year of the Horse campaign casts Gen Z as cultural connectors, blending family traditions with contemporary formats.
Coca-Cola and WPP renew global marketing partnership
Less than two months after Publicis outmanoeuvred WPP for the North American media business, WPP has renewed its multi-billion-dollar global partnership with Coca-Cola.
A tale of two holding companies: WPP and Publicis
WPP’s loss of the Coca-Cola North America media biz to Publicis is a wake-up call for the former to beef up its media capabilities.
Coca-Cola media business contract lies between Publicis and WPP
Incumbent WPP first won the business in 2021, and formed a bespoke unit called WPP Open X dedicated to the beverage brand client.
Year in review: Biggest brand fails of 2024
From Apple’s cultural misstep to Bumble’s billboard backlash and Jaguar’s controversial rebrand, here’s Campaign’s take on the brands that tripped up in 2024, offering lessons in creativity, cultural awareness, and the ever-tricky art of reading the room.
It's time we stopped treating Gen AI like our dirty little secret
All this heated discourse about AI in creativity misses a simple truth: This revolution isn't waiting for universal approval. It's already here—time to trade the resistance for renaissance.
Will the Coca-Cola ad deter brands from using AI in film?
Social media users have criticised the brand's use of AI in its 'Holidays are coming' ad.
Coca-Cola brand director: ‘Brands can’t be complacent and must keep renewing’
Oana Vlad spoke alongside the creative directors of the Kansas City Chiefs and JKR at the D&AD Festival.
Gen AI has created an 'iPhone moment': Coca-Cola's ASEAN marketing chief
Ahead of Campaign360, Coca-Cola's Matthias Blume explains how the brand continues to grow efficiently while maintaining creative excellence, platform relevance, and meaningful consumer engagement.
The Coca-Cola Company announces 5-year AI partnership with Microsoft
As part of the strategic partnership, the brands will experiment with Microsoft AI technology to develop and implement generative AI use cases.
Coca-Cola hires Meta's Katherina Jawaharlal to lead global corporate, brand PR
She previously built and ran Meta’s partnership communications team.
Grey assembles global leadership team for Coca-Cola account
The five-person team will span disciplines from creative to CX and tap into global talent for parent WPP’s largest client.
Coca-Cola, Danone, and Nestlé in greenwashing row
Coca-Cola, Danone, and Nestlé have been accused of greenwashing by consumer groups that have made a legal complaint to the European Commission calling for a crackdown on ‘misleading’ claims over the recyclability of plastic bottles.
Coca-Cola developed NFTs, but that doesn’t mean they’re coming back
Web3 has a reputation problem that no technological upgrade can overcome, but some brands are still trying.
A bubbly surprise, Coca-Cola ignites senses with OOHA campaign
Coca-Cola and WPP 'Lighten Up!' to make everyday moments extraordinary in the latest rollout.