from NT Times: Kiwi, a line of shoe care products that dates to 1906, is sold in almost 180 countries by the Sara Lee Corporation, the packaged-goods giant that also markets brands like Ball Park, Champion, Jimmy Dean and Hanes.
After several years of little or no marketing support for Kiwi, Sara Lee is running print advertisements in a variety of national magazines. The ads, created by the Richards Group in Dallas, use sassy humor to try to stimulate demand for the brand. With the Kiwi campaign, which carries the theme “Look Sharp,” Sara Lee joins a growing list of companies – among them Brown-Forman, Coca-Cola, Colgate-Palmolive, PepsiCo and Unilever – that are increasing marketing budgets for aging or neglected brands.
Editor’s note: Interesting…maybe aging or neglected ad folk can find work helping consumer brands with a like fate.
