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Coke Repositioning | Mother Energy Drink | BM&C | Group-04
Executive Summary
 Interestingly, there are very few if any, examples of brands that have failed and then have
been successfully resurrected. Mother is the exception. Despite being launched with
massive spend and fanfare, Mother was initially rejected. Rebuilding the brand was an
enormous challenge, especially with a sixth of the original launch budget.
 This Case-Study based Presentation demonstrates how innovative thinking and ballsy
advertising took a brand from the brink of deletion to a major player in the energy category;
the no. 1. energy can with 30% volume market share, the fastest selling energy brand with
over 900% ROI. That’s a mother of a return!
 Mother- first launched in 2006 (Aus), as a 100% natural energy drink (a category first and a
clear point of difference to the established competition) and was supported by a hefty
multi-media launch campaign. The early signs were looking good with the brand quickly
gaining high brand awareness (85%).
 This success proved to be fleeting as Mother failed to gain traction and by the end of its first
12 months was in rapid decline. Despite 85% prompted awareness, the rate of repeat
purchase was less than 50%. Worryingly this meant Mother’s market share was in decline
despite double digit category growth. At the heart of the problem was the fact that 8 out of
10 consumers rejected the taste and typical of this audience, they then went on to tell their
mates exactly how bad it was.
The Tough Mother !
“New
Mother,
Tastes
Nothing Like
the Old One”.
ENERGY WAS
GOING SOFT
The brand had 85%
awareness and
80% rejection rate
due to taste.
Attempts with
three earlier
brands (Sprite
Recharge, Lift Plus
and Burn) all failed
Energy drinks
comprised 22
percent of all drink
sales; grew at 47
percent per year
Coca-Cola’s
credibility was at
risk.
STUBBORN,
ETERNALLY
OPTIMISTIC,
INSPIRED OR ALL
OF THE ABOVE?
Getting Back the Mother of All Energy Drinks !
 Despite facing what most would consider unrecoverable setbacks, the brand team
pulled together and pitched for a final rescue attempt with a limited DME (direct
marketing expenditure) knowing that it would be the last chance.
 Due to the growing significance and strategic importance of the energy market,
success in the category was a portfolio priority. This meant the role of Mother was to
not only tap into the category and grow with it, Mother had to steal share from the
established competitors – Red Bull and V.
 They planned to successfully re-launch Mother as a credible top three energy brand,
by focusing on 18-24 year old males as they represented the heartland of the energy
category, reaching 10% volume market share in year 1 with the aim of increasing that
to 20% volume market share in year 2. (in a category dominated by two established
players & plethora of minor players such as Rockstar, Demon & Samedi.
 The successful re-launch of Mother is a proof that even in the face of failure,
consumers are willing to re-engage in a dialogue with a brand that acknowledges its
errors and seeks to engage consumers instead of withdrawing the product from
market.
From an ‘inept’ set to the ‘evoked’ set : Tactics to be Employed
Win with
Product
• Remove the
taste barrier
perception
• Convince people
to buy for the
new taste
Win with
Consumer
• Drive
Desirability &
Re-appraisal
• Targeted, Cost
effective brand
building activity
Win with
Customers
• Generate
credibility, buzz
and awareness
• Excite the
system & trade
Reviewing the Re-launch of ‘Mother’
“Humorous over the top expressions of a
man’s irrepressible desire to take action
and their subsequent need for more
energy demonstrate Mother’s over the
top energy hit and unashamedly male
personality”
Reviewing the Re-launch of ‘Mother’
• Old Mother Energy Drink tasted bad so they came up
with honest Ad
• To cut through cynicism and rejection it was
important to be honest
Honest tone of
voice
• Humour was used to differentiate Mother from its
competitors.
• They used humour to accept that old Mother tasted
bad.
Humour
• Ad received few controversies, but still it was a
success.
• a simple suite of Point-of-Sale that targeted the
moment of truth at the fridge.
Creative
Ads / TVC
Reviewing the Re-launch of ‘Mother’
Brilliant PR
Leaking the
story early
Viral Stunt
Generating the
Media Influence
The ‘Mother’ of a Success !
 After just 10 weeks of the campaign, 2008 year-end targets were met, requiring the sales
expectations to be re-forecast. With final year sales over five times the original forecast,
and Mother being the number one energy drink in grocery, Delivered 2.5M unit cases
(ucs) in 8 months! (vs. 650k Yr 1 target)
US
Group-04
Kashyap Shah
Anubhuti Gupta
Vrinda Jain
Akash Dhar
Abhishek Rawal
Apoorva Namjoshi

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Relaunch of Mother Energy Drink

  • 1. Coke Repositioning | Mother Energy Drink | BM&C | Group-04
  • 2. Executive Summary  Interestingly, there are very few if any, examples of brands that have failed and then have been successfully resurrected. Mother is the exception. Despite being launched with massive spend and fanfare, Mother was initially rejected. Rebuilding the brand was an enormous challenge, especially with a sixth of the original launch budget.  This Case-Study based Presentation demonstrates how innovative thinking and ballsy advertising took a brand from the brink of deletion to a major player in the energy category; the no. 1. energy can with 30% volume market share, the fastest selling energy brand with over 900% ROI. That’s a mother of a return!  Mother- first launched in 2006 (Aus), as a 100% natural energy drink (a category first and a clear point of difference to the established competition) and was supported by a hefty multi-media launch campaign. The early signs were looking good with the brand quickly gaining high brand awareness (85%).  This success proved to be fleeting as Mother failed to gain traction and by the end of its first 12 months was in rapid decline. Despite 85% prompted awareness, the rate of repeat purchase was less than 50%. Worryingly this meant Mother’s market share was in decline despite double digit category growth. At the heart of the problem was the fact that 8 out of 10 consumers rejected the taste and typical of this audience, they then went on to tell their mates exactly how bad it was.
  • 3. The Tough Mother ! “New Mother, Tastes Nothing Like the Old One”. ENERGY WAS GOING SOFT The brand had 85% awareness and 80% rejection rate due to taste. Attempts with three earlier brands (Sprite Recharge, Lift Plus and Burn) all failed Energy drinks comprised 22 percent of all drink sales; grew at 47 percent per year Coca-Cola’s credibility was at risk. STUBBORN, ETERNALLY OPTIMISTIC, INSPIRED OR ALL OF THE ABOVE?
  • 4. Getting Back the Mother of All Energy Drinks !  Despite facing what most would consider unrecoverable setbacks, the brand team pulled together and pitched for a final rescue attempt with a limited DME (direct marketing expenditure) knowing that it would be the last chance.  Due to the growing significance and strategic importance of the energy market, success in the category was a portfolio priority. This meant the role of Mother was to not only tap into the category and grow with it, Mother had to steal share from the established competitors – Red Bull and V.  They planned to successfully re-launch Mother as a credible top three energy brand, by focusing on 18-24 year old males as they represented the heartland of the energy category, reaching 10% volume market share in year 1 with the aim of increasing that to 20% volume market share in year 2. (in a category dominated by two established players & plethora of minor players such as Rockstar, Demon & Samedi.  The successful re-launch of Mother is a proof that even in the face of failure, consumers are willing to re-engage in a dialogue with a brand that acknowledges its errors and seeks to engage consumers instead of withdrawing the product from market.
  • 5. From an ‘inept’ set to the ‘evoked’ set : Tactics to be Employed Win with Product • Remove the taste barrier perception • Convince people to buy for the new taste Win with Consumer • Drive Desirability & Re-appraisal • Targeted, Cost effective brand building activity Win with Customers • Generate credibility, buzz and awareness • Excite the system & trade
  • 6. Reviewing the Re-launch of ‘Mother’ “Humorous over the top expressions of a man’s irrepressible desire to take action and their subsequent need for more energy demonstrate Mother’s over the top energy hit and unashamedly male personality”
  • 7. Reviewing the Re-launch of ‘Mother’ • Old Mother Energy Drink tasted bad so they came up with honest Ad • To cut through cynicism and rejection it was important to be honest Honest tone of voice • Humour was used to differentiate Mother from its competitors. • They used humour to accept that old Mother tasted bad. Humour • Ad received few controversies, but still it was a success. • a simple suite of Point-of-Sale that targeted the moment of truth at the fridge. Creative Ads / TVC
  • 8. Reviewing the Re-launch of ‘Mother’ Brilliant PR Leaking the story early Viral Stunt Generating the Media Influence
  • 9. The ‘Mother’ of a Success !  After just 10 weeks of the campaign, 2008 year-end targets were met, requiring the sales expectations to be re-forecast. With final year sales over five times the original forecast, and Mother being the number one energy drink in grocery, Delivered 2.5M unit cases (ucs) in 8 months! (vs. 650k Yr 1 target)
  • 10. US Group-04 Kashyap Shah Anubhuti Gupta Vrinda Jain Akash Dhar Abhishek Rawal Apoorva Namjoshi