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Axe/Unilever

Twitter takeover + experiential pop-ups + barber-shop brand activations — one of the earliest integrated social + experiential campaigns for a major CPG brand.

Axe / Unilever — hero
01 — The Challenge

What the brand needed.

Launch a new Axe hair product line with cultural impact at a moment when "experiential marketing" wasn’t yet an industry buzzword and social platforms were still figuring out what brands were allowed to do.

02 — The Approach

What Fifty & Five did.

Executed a Twitter takeover, produced pop-up experiential events, and converted bars into branded barber-shop experiences. Culturally-embedded marketing before the category even had a name for itself.

Twitter takeover + experiential pop-ups + barber-shop brand activations — one of the earliest integrated social + experiential campaigns for a major CPG brand.
03 — The Outcome

What actually happened.

One of the earliest examples of integrated social + experiential campaigns for a major CPG brand. Unilever-level execution — and a credential that predates most of the agencies currently pitching the same playbook.

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