Bryan Canning

A Global lens on Legal Marketing and BD

Brief

the receipts, 11 · paws up!

10K pet photos for a Product of Canada brand.

Canadian Tire's Paws Up! went from dated packaging to award-winning packaging, then to a contest that filled Instagram with pets.

Canadian Tire · branding, campaign, packaging, social

Dated, faded packaging.

Paws Up! is Canadian Tire's Product of Canada pet brand. Its packaging had faded.

On Instagram, animals rule. So we asked people to share theirs.

What we built

three parts

  1. Vertex awards

    Packaging

    New, and award-winning.

    Packaging, 1 of 4
  2. Instagram contest

    #PawsUpInstagram, across Meta.

    Instagram contest, 1 of 3
  3. Brand guide

    So it stays that way.

    Brand guide, 1 of 3

how it worked

packpetpost

New packaging got people's attention. Their own pets kept it.

The receipts

10K+

contest entries

75K+

social interactions

Animals are held in high regard on Instagram. Noted.

recognition

  • 2018 Vertex Award
Paws up dog food
paws up dog food
Paws up campaign
paws up campaign
Paws up campaign
paws up campaign
Paws up campaign
paws up campaign
Paws up brand guide
paws up brand guide