H&M Goes ‘Beyond The Rainbow’

H&M, the global fast-fashion brand launched a special app for LGBTQ pride month which in my opinion is a great example for Brand-Focused-Marketing.

The concept of this immersive digital marketing initiative is that when users scan rainbow-decorated objects in their surroundings, including Pride flags, food or clothing, the app opens a "Beyond the Rainbow" landing page spotlighting stories from a variety of LGBTQ people, including influencers such as actor and singer Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, influencer Héctor Trejo, DJ, model and actor Sus Wilkins, and H&M employees. In addition, the brand is encouraging consumers to post about their own experiences on social, and it will also match donations to The Trevor Project, a nonprofit focused on LGBTQ suicide prevention and crisis intervention, for the June campaign.

This is how you do it! H&M targets young people. Gender freedom and being proud of who you are as you are is huge with young demographics today. So taking this opportunity to come up with this activity is perfect. If you watched my video on community you can understand why I think this is such a great marketing step for H&M - focus your marketing on what is important to your audience. If it's important to them they will engage, they will talk about you, they will remember you. They will buy!

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