Phone-Sized Shopping Ads

Tesco's Mobile App Ad Presents Its App as the Tiniest Store Ever

To prove that its mobile app is essentially like having the smallest Tesco store ever right in your pocket, Tesco set up a humorous mobile app ad.

Although advertisements for apps usually take the form of commercials, this clever one reaches out to people on the street. Tesco created a covered up outdoor advertisement that stated it would be constructing the smallest store ever, and soon enough, the cloth was pulled to reveal a micro-sized store. The ad featured tiny moving grocery store doors that opened to reveal a phone with an on-screen display of the Tesco shopping app, which was intriguing and had a lot of eyes set on it, since the ad was located at one of the city's busiest intersections in Budapest.

Mobile Shopping Ads
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30% Men70% Women
MARKETTop markets: Europe
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  • Millennial (primary audience)
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Activity 88%
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