Burger King’s “Whopper Detour” wins the Grand Effie  at the virtual 2020 Effie US Summit & Awards Gala
Burger King named most Effective Marketer & Brand, IPG is most effective holding company, Wieden + Kennedy earns title of most effective independent agency in US

 

NEW YORK, October 1, 2020 — Burger King’s “Whopper Detour” won the Grand Effie at the virtual Ideas That Work: 2020 Effie US Summit & Awards Gala this evening.
 
The campaign, created by FCB/New York and FCB/RED, won the top prize for marketing effectiveness for a 2018 effort that relied on geofencing to redirect customers to McDonald’s to get a Whopper for one cent using the chain’s redesigned mobile app. When drivers approached McDonald’s locations, they received a mobile notification with the one-cent Whopper promotion. When they placed the order, the app then directed them away from McDonald’s towards the nearest Burger King. The effort led to Burger King hitting #1 in the iOS/Android app stores, generating $15m incremental value and an astounding 37:1 ROI.  Alison Brod Marketing & Communications, MullenLowe U.S., O Positive, and Mackcut contributed to the work.
 
Burger King’s “Whopper Detour” becomes the first Grand Effie winner from the Commerce & Shopper category, a competition that recognizes the most effective integrated campaigns designed to engage shoppers and guide the purchase process. “Whopper Detour” also won Effies in the Marketing Innovation Solutions, E-Commerce and Omni-Channel Shopper Solution categories.
 
The Grand Effie was chosen from the nine highest-scoring Gold Effie Award winners, including “DNA Discounts,” by Aeromexico, Ogilvy Mexico and Ogilvy Colombia; “New Coke-Stranger Things,” by The Coca-Cola Company/Coca-Cola and Wieden+Kennedy; “Scent By Glade,” by SC Johnson/Glade and Ogilvy; “Lysol Laundry,” by Reckitt Benckiser/Lysol and McCann New York; “Changing the Game,” by Microsoft and McCann New York; “Back-to-School Essentials,” by Sandy Hook Promise and BBDO New York; “Gracie,” by Street Grace & BBDO Atlanta; and “Stop Traffick,” by Street Grace and BBDO Atlanta.
 
Grand Jury co-chair Raja Rajamannar, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer at Mastercard, said: “The decision was very clear. This campaign stood out at many levels. It literally checked off every single box that we were looking for, which forms the criteria for evaluating the best campaign. The idea was great. The execution was great. And the results were terrific.”
 
Added co-chair Andrea Diquez, CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi NY, “I agree. It proved that creativity can build business. It was such a brave idea and it was so well executed; incredibly creative. It was just a winner from the beginning.”
 
Effie Worldwide also announced the results of the 2020 US Effie rankings, which reflect the total points from finalist and winning entries from the awards competition.
 
The highest ranking from the 2020 Effie Awards US competition are:
 
Die effektivsten Vermarkter: 1) Burger King  2) Street Grace  3) Mars Inc
Effektivste Marken:  1) Burger King  2) Street Grace  3) Microsoft
Die effektivsten Holdinggesellschaften:  1) IPG  2) Omnicom  3) WPP
Die effektivsten Agenturnetzwerke:  1) McCann Worldgroup  2) BBDO Worldwide  3) MullenLowe Group
Die effektivsten unabhängigen Agenturen:  1) Wieden+Kennedy  2) Alison Brod Marketing & Communications  3) Mackcut and O Positive (tie)
Die effektivsten Agenturbüros:  1) McCann New York  2) MullenLowe U.S. Boston  3) BBDO New York
 
„Herzlichen Glückwunsch an alle diesjährigen Effie-Gewinner. Wir sind stolz, den Erfolg und die Zusammenarbeit der Teams zu feiern, deren Arbeit nicht nur die Fantasie beflügelte, sondern auch beeindruckende Ergebnisse lieferte“, sagte Traci Alford, President & CEO of Effie Worldwide. „Effektivität ist wichtiger denn je und man kann viel aus der Arbeit lernen, die dieses Jahr bei den Effies gewürdigt wurde. Wir danken unserer Branche dafür, dass sie die Messlatte mit außergewöhnlicher Kreativität und Innovation, die das Wachstum vorantreibt und sich positiv auf unsere Unternehmen und Gemeinschaften auswirkt, immer höher legt.“
 
The winners were announced on the last day of the 2020 US Effie Summit & Awards Gala.
 
Also revealed were the winners of the 2020 Global Effie Awards: Multi-Region: Dove “Project #ShowUs,” from Razorfish, won a Silver;  Dove “The Big Switch,” from Ogilvy UK, won a Bronze; and Tourism New Zealand “Good Morning World,” from Special Group New Zealand, won a Silver. The 2020 Global Effie Awards: Multi-Region was sponsored by auf facebook..
 
To view the full list of 2020 Effie US winners and more, klicken Sie hier.
 
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