There is something about your favorite jeans and your favorite music that always feels right together. Gap recognized this relationship when it first opened in 1969, and jeans and music have continued to go hand and hand as the brand has evolved over the past 35 years.
From rock and rap to Motown and country, Gap has celebrated almost every genre of great music throughout its history. This August, Gap launches an integrated marketing campaign to celebrate this connection between jeans and music. The campaign will span two months, and focuses on “favorites” and how favorite jeans and favorite songs are individual expressions of personality and style. Each element of the campaign, from partnerships and promotions to television and print, will underscore this theme.
The first element of Gap’s fall 2005 marketing campaign features the iTunes Music Store (http://www.itunes.com) to help introduce three new denim fits for women (Curvy, Straight and Original) and one for men (Straight). Designed to fit an array of specific body types, these are the jeans that will become “favorites.”
During the month of August, Gap will host the “Find Your Favorite Fit” event – an invitation for customers to try on the new jean fits. From August 8 – 31, each customer who tries on any pair of Gap jeans will receive a free download of their favorite song from the iTunes Music Store. Additionally, as part of the promotion, many jeans styles will be available at the great price of just $39.95. Print ads introducing the new jean fits, the iTunes Music Store promotion and the “Find Your Favorite” event will run in August issues of weekly magazines including Us Weekly, People and Entertainment Weekly and television spots will air on network and cable TV programs from August 8 – August 23. Developed by Laird+Partners, Gap’s creative agency, Francis Lawrence directed the TV spots and Michael Thompson photographed the print campaign elements.
“Much like your favorite music, your favorite jeans are a unique expression and reflection of your individual style,” said Jeff Jones, executive vice president of Gap Marketing. “The relationship between jeans and music is a hallmark of Gap’s identity, so we’re thrilled to team up with iTunes to bring this connection to life for our customers.”
The second major phase of Gap’s fall marketing campaign features an exciting new print and television advertising campaign called “Favorites,” which stars a cast of acclaimed musicians including Alanis Morissette, Joss Stone, John Legend, Michelle Williams (Destiny’s Child), Jason Mraz, Keith Urban, Liz Phair and Brandon Boyd (Incubus). The TV campaign captures each musician performing an original remake of their favorite song while wearing their favorite Gap jeans. From Joss Stone’s soulful rendition of “God Only Knows” (originally recorded by the Beach Boys) to Alanis Morissette’s energetic interpretation of “Crazy” (originally recorded by Seal) every one of these amazing exclusively recorded songs is destined to become a “favorite.”
The Favorites campaign will be highlighted at the MTV Video Music Awards, which are being held in Miami on August 28. This marks the second consecutive year Gap has sponsored the awards and Gap’s presence this year will be bigger than ever, with multiple programming elements and events throughout the week. Further details about this sponsorship will be announced in August.
A limited edition CD featuring campaign artists performing their favorite songs will be available exclusively at Gap stores and Gap.com beginning September 1. The CD contains eight songs exclusively recorded for Gap by the stars of the new ad campaign, a director’s cut of the fall TV commercial and exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from the filming of the commercial. Gap customers will receive the CD, while supplies last, as a gift with any Gap purchase of $60 or more from September 1 – September 17, 2005.
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And how is this offer supposed to enhance my Macintosh experience? I want news about freaking computers and peripherals, not some dang clothing company with inflated prices offering music for jeans. YES, I SAID “DANG.” I know good news for iTunes/iPods is good for Apple, but I’m sick of the complete lack of info and hype for its computers. iBooks with speed bumps and faster graphics…YAWN!!! More iTunes and iPods sold…BIGGER YAWN!!!! When’s the last time you saw a Mac ad on TV? At least Macs are building market share, even if in complete silence.
quit yer friggin bellyaching
iMaki wrote, “And how is this offer supposed to enhance my Macintosh experience? I want news about freaking computers and peripherals.”
Uh – Chill out
I come here for news about apple and apple products. This is a cool marketing idea that could bring new users to the iTunes world. More users in the iTunes world means more potential iPod customers. More iPod customers means more potential mac owners. More mac owners means increased market share.
iMaki are you sure your name isn’t iMaggie, iMarge, iMartha, iMelissa, or iMissy?
you sound like a crying little girl, waaa waaa boo hoo. you big dumbass i ought to slap you across the face you geek.
or maybe youre just too fat to wear gap jeans? either way you’re a dumbass. ok bye
just a note: there now is “ipod Daily News”
Do these free downloaded songs make my @$$ look fat?!
And does Gap sell matching socks?
How do they know I’m actually trying on the jeans? Does the salesperson follow me into the dressing room? What if I just hang out in the dressing room for five minutes and then go “Hate ’em. Gimme my song.” They could make me undress right there at the register, I suppose, to actually prove I tried on the jeans, but nobody wants that.
Who wants to wear gap jeans anyhow. Not cool and they have a record of using child labour in the developing world. For chrissakes they think madonna is hip and happening. Everybody wanting to buy a bit of credibility is using ipods and imusic. All this tells us is that mac is best