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Marketing Nostalgia

Retro references add intrigue and familiarity to campaigns

Implications - With the amount of ads consumers are faced with on a daily basis, making a lasting impression can be challenging. As a means to capture consumer interest, brands are turning to nostalgic references and vintage themes to add a recognizable aspect to the ad, providing a connection between the consumer and product.
Trend Themes
1. Nostalgia Marketing - Brands use nostalgic references and vintage themes to add a recognizable aspect to ads, providing a connection between the consumer and product.
2. Retro Advertising - Old Hollywood, anime-inspired, and retro football ads feature vintage aesthetics that create a sense of nostalgia and familiarity for consumers.
3. Throwback Campaigns - Companies like Expedia and Penguin Audiobooks use #ThrowMeBack and other storytelling ads to evoke childhood memories and create emotional connections with consumers.
Industry Implications
1. Advertising - Industry professionals can use nostalgic and retro elements to add intrigue to their marketing campaigns and establish emotional relationships with consumers.
2. Travel - Companies like Expedia can leverage nostalgia to evoke positive memories and encourage customers to return to past vacation spots or create new memories at new destinations.
3. Publishing - Penguin Audiobooks shows how businesses can use storytelling ads to create emotional connections with customers young and old.
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616,921 Total Clicks
Date Range:
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Featured Examples

Nostalgic Storytelling Ads
Nostalgic Storytelling Ads
The Penguin Audiobooks Campaign Brings Back Fond Childhood Memories
The Penguin Audiobooks campaign is a throwback to childhood. It brings to mind all of those precious moments spent with parents over a classic storybook or two. Yet its take is much more... MORE
Nostalgic Travel Campaigns
Nostalgic Travel Campaigns
Expedia's 'Throw Me Back' Recreates #TBT Photos from Summers Past
Expedia is using the #ThrowMeBack hashtag to encourage Instagram users to share their favorite summer memories in the form of a throwback photo, so that it can help recreate the experience. It&#... MORE
play_circle_filledRetro Football Soda Ads
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This Pepsi Super Bowl Ad Imagines the Origins of Halftime
The Pepsi Super Bowl ‘There Since the First Halftime’ ad serves as a way to celebrate its presence at NFL games throughout history, as well as promote this year’s halftime show. The ad goes... MORE
Nostalgic Sitcom Yogurt Ads (UPDATE)
Nostalgic Sitcom Yogurt Ads (UPDATE)
The 2014 Oikos Super Bowl Ad Reunites the Cast of Full House
The Dannon Oikos Super Bowl ad is one commercial that a lot of people are looking forward to, mainly because of the nostalgia factor that comes with the reunion of three Full House stars. This year&#... MORE
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The Korean Pop Group 'Sistar' Parodies Sailor Moon in This Commercial
Korean pop group Sistar have appeared in a commercial for the online Korean shopping site ‘11st’ as the characters from the popular anime show Sailor Moon. Dubbed ‘Sailor Stars,&#... MORE
play_circle_filledOld Hollywood Fragrance Campaigns
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The One Perfume Ad for Dolce & Gabbana Looks Like a Mini Film
The One perfume advertisement for Dolce & Gabbana directed by Martin Scorsese looks more like a romantic film than a commercial. The campaign features the stunning Scarlett Johansson alongside... MORE

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