Strategic communications
for Calzedonia Group in Russia
december 2014 – december 2015

Calzedonia group is one of the largest Italian companies
with worldwide recognition. The group combines 4 fashion brands: Calzedonia, Intimissimi, Tezenis, and Falconeri.
Our main task was to achieve the maximum share of voice for each brand in the group. To accomplish this, we employed a wide arsenal of communication tools and technologies.

Communication goals
  • Compose top of mind knowledge for all the group's brands (the brand that is remembered first in the product category)
  • Strengthening the image of the desired brand
  • Generating interest in capsule and seasonal collections
Solution

In order to become leaders among fashion-brands in terms of mentions, we organized amazing events for the media, bloggers and clients, attracted top celebrities, and organized a record number of PR publications, including on the covers of popular magazines.

Tools
  • PR with a focus on page, multi-page and cover materials in print media and mono materials in digital
  • Celebrity endorsement and influencer marketing
  • Events for media, opinion leaders, and clients
Brand ambassadors:
vera brezhneva
150 fashion stories and interviews, 7 covers, shoots for POS materials, participation in local and international brand events, PR value of over €700.000
ravshana kurkova
Over 40 fashion sessions and interviews, 8 covers, participation in local and international brand events 
Shoots with famous photographers and stylists
Photographer Nikolay Biryukov
Stylist Masha Fedorova
(Editor-in-Chief Glamour)
Photographer Anton Zemlyanoy
Stylist Masha Fedorova
(Editor-in-Chief Glamour)
Photographer Timofey Kolesnikov
Stylist Lena Bessonova
Events

Public talk with Intimissimi

One of the first events in the format of public meet and greets and interviews with celebrities. In a matter of days, we developed the concept and invited celebrity participants who discussed the topic of beauty - internal and external, as well as sources of strength and inspiration for women. The participants were Svetlana Bondarchuk, Ravshana Kurkova, Polina Kitsenko, Elena Temnikova and Daria Malygina; the discussion was moderated by Ksenia Sobchak.

Results
PR Value > € 50.000, OTS 17 mil.
5 editors-in-chief, 25 celebrities, and over 100 key media representatives.
Cocktail party at Italian Ambassador's residence in Moscow

In honor of the Falconeri launch in Russia, we organized an event at the Italian Ambassador's residence, which was attended by over 20 editors-in-chief and publishers in Russian media. The president and founder of Calzedonia Group, Sandro Veronesi, met the guests, along with Italian Ambassador Cesare Maria Ragaglini.

Sandro Veronezi
Galina Udashkina
Elena Lyadova and Vladimir Vdovichenkov
Aidan Salahova
Dmitriy and Elena Malikovy
Ravshana Kurkova
Viktoriya Davydova
Editor-in-Chief VOGUE
Natalia Shkuleva
Hearst Shkulev Media
Alena Peneva
Editor-in-Chief GRAZIA
Kseniya Solovyeva
Tatler
Svetlana Bondarchuk
Editor-in-Chief HELLO
Results
Pr value > € 80.000
> 20 editors-in-chief and publishers attended the event 
Intimissimi on ice
Organization of Russian media and celebrity participation

We invited Russian editors-in-chief from top publications to the spectacular Intimissimi on Ice show in Verona.  Among them were: Vogue, Glamour, L’Officiel, Numero, OK, and Grazia, as well as brand ambassadors and celebrities.

PR

In addition to single page, spread and multi-page materials in support of the client's brands, we also received over 20 covers with models in total look from the Calzedonia Group brands.

More than 20 covers within one year
Results

During its collaboration with Integma, the group's brands increased their number of mentions 3 times, PR Value - 14.5. This propelled Calzedonia group into the top-5 for media mentions in the category of fashion-brands, among names like Chanel and Dior. Over the course of the year the group significantly expanded its market share.

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