UK shoppers find DKNY’s Be Tempted difficult to resist

To raise awareness of its newly launched women’s fragrance Be Tempted across the UK, iconic fashion brand DKNY took its product to the people in the late summer, autumn and winter of 2016.

Each installation was manned by experienced brand ambassadors, specially recruited by Blackjack to match Be Tempted’s target audience of 20 to 30-year-olds. This meant potential customers could identify with the Blackjack team, helping them feel at ease and making the activity more welcoming and engaging.

Continuing the theme of DKNY’s Be Delicious collection, the new fragrance is seductive and sexy, reflected in the campaign’s visual featuring Australian supermodel-turned-actress Abbey Lee Kershaw holding a juicy, tempting red apple. Complementing this brand message, the pop-up stand featured a small alluring hole alongside the line ‘Be Tempted’ and the visual. Any shopper placing their wrist inside would be sprayed with the fragrance.

“The idea was that shoppers would find it difficult to resist putting their hands in the hole, and this indeed proved to be the case,” explains Simran Sidhu, Account manager at Blackjack, “perfectly reflecting the brand messaging of this brand new fragrance.”

As well as engaging with shoppers and encouraging them to sample Be Tempted, brand ambassadors also handed out leaflets about the fragrance which included a special offer. This consisted of extra Boots points for those shoppers who purchased the product from the retailer in store. The Blackjack team explained the details to shoppers and directed them to the nearest Boots, as well as other nearby retailers including Debenhams, House of Fraser, Superdrug, The Fragrance Shop and The Perfume Shop.

Filming and photography of activity on the pop-ups at each location was also shot and shared across DKNY’s social media channels to spread the word about the brand experiences and the offer.

Results: Over the four weekends of the experiential campaign, over 9,000 shoppers visited the Be Tempted pop-up, 73,900 of which sampled the fragrance, while 5,400 leaflets were distributed.