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toom Promotion in co-operation with DERTOUR and CTTC June 2008. toom. The toom stores are large, mid to high-end hypermarkets 81 stores all over Germany 343.000 sqm sales area 1.6 billion Euro sales volume 1,2 Mio. weekly customers u p to 5,2 Mio. customers in a month
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toom Promotionin co-operation with DERTOUR and CTTCJune 2008
toom • The toom stores are large, mid to high-end hypermarkets • 81 stores all over Germany • 343.000 sqm sales area • 1.6 billion Euro sales volume • 1,2 Mio. weekly customers • up to 5,2 Mio. customers in a month • rated number 5 in German hypermarkets • a company of the REWE Group
DERTOUR • is the biggest tour operator to North America in the German • speaking market • also the leader in selling travel packages to California • belongs to REWE group • owns New World Travel • has seen a huge increase in demand and booking to California this year
Special promotion packages & days • special promotion stands in 24 selected markets • free California wine and nut tastings • DERTour travel brochure on display • promotion days were advertised and promoted ahead of time • focus on Rhine-Main area • two promotion teams • two days per market • received detailed report and contact numbers from teams • received recommendations for improvements
Appearance in toom markets • Display with dispenser for flyers • Placement; entrance area and in California product category(wine, fruits and vegetables) • California & toom & DERTOUR flyer including raffle • Raffle: California lottery of 10 trips for 2 persons including flights, rental car and accommodation • Total value: over 30,000 EUR
Ceiling hanger Placement ceiling hanger in California product categories and market information with regard to the lottery Promotion and sampling stand 2-day promotion including tasting in 24 selected toom markets (Organization of DERTOUR)
Special advertising • Market • Assembling of head of rack with Californian products • Designation of areas of action • Special placement in product category goods’ groups • Affixing additional displays in the checkout area • Advertising • Ceiling hanger (DIN A1/A0) • Display with dispenser for flyers • Triangle stands (DIN A1) in the foreign and entrance area • Banners at the market entrance
Placement of displays with dispensers and ceiling hanger at the info counters
Ceiling hanger + displays at the rack with California white and red wines
Special placement on head of rack in co-operation with California wines
4 weekly toom newsletters – 4.8 million copies per week • Image-page (1/1) • Insert field (1/2 - 1/6 page) • Teaser on title • Teaser lines on product category sides • Teaser in combination with wine recommendation from California Full page ad in two weekly newsletters
Appearance on the Internet • toom.de • Teaser on www.toom.de with link for extension. • Over 100,000 visitors per week. • Reference to the newsletter
Raffle and link on visitcalifornia.de/toom
DERTOUR ads Promotion stand
Results as of July 04, 2008 • Internet raffle entries (double opt in): 10,703 • Page views: 64,128; Unique visitors: 16,571 • Average visit duration: 4 min 24s • Number of coupons/postcards received: 23,000 • Number of countable phone calls: 130 • Number of countable direct bookings: 12 pax California roundtrip – • 51 pax LAX and 69 pax SFO package • Number of contacts made by the promotion teams: 10,690 • Number of sales talks made by the promotions teams: 1,528 • Number of potential radio listeners: 1.3 million • Web Teaser on dertour.de: 3360 clicks and 15 direct bookings • Addresses of raffle participants through other Web sites: 243,749
Remarks and Summary • first ever promotion of this kind in toom/Rewe stores • key learning was to realize this promotion earlier in the year • perhaps more focus on direct sales • radio spots hard to measure but many people talked about them • we should repeat this promotion at least one more time • many travel agencies did additional bookings and we will receive • overall DERTour sales numbers for summer 2008 in Nov/Dec • DERTour bookings for California so far already more than 30% up