Metro Shoes on billboard drive

Shoe brand Metro Shoes has rolled out a large scale out of home (OOH) campaign in Mumbai, Punjab, Maharashtra and Coimbatore. Executed by out of home agency Primetime OOH, the three-week campaign uses only billboards to promote the two brands, Metro and Mochi.

Lavina Rodrigues Pinto, marketing manager, Metro Shoes, says, "For the last three years, Metro Shoes has aggressively expanded across the country and needed a reliable partner that would help create awareness across new markets. We have been able to successfully launch ourselves across more than 30 new cities."

The client brief for the campaign was to create high visibility at key strategic catchments, considering end-users as primary target audience, and also create adequate visibility to tap the trade in order to reinforce and enhance brand visibility and salience.

Roopesh Khangaonkar, vice-president, Primetime Outdoor, says, "Every month, we have two-three new store launches where we provide single day inaugural discount. Since it's a first communication in the city, our objective is to ensure widespread awareness of the brand offering as well as the tactical communication. The communications have ensured good footfalls and sales on an average of 350 times that of the previous week."

The campaign started on October 19. In Mumbai, the creative is displayed against the backdrop of Mahim Causeway, at Cadel Road near Hinduja hospital, Bandra at Mosque, Andheri Sahar Road opposite HUL, Kandivilli Western Express Highway near Sai Dham and many other places.

"We intend to invest in innovations so that our outdoors attracts more eyeballs," adds Khangaonkar.