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Congratulations to our 2026 Campaign of the Year Winners!

Celebrated at Sydney Town Hall, we brought together brand partners, agencies, and teams from across Australia to celebrate the absolute best in Retail Media.

From deep customer insights and strategic partnering to bold creative canvas work and large-scale omnichannel execution, this year's winners set a new benchmark for effectiveness and brand growth.

Thank you to everyone who submitted, and congratulations to our 2026 winners!

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"The extraordinary work showcased throughout the Campaign of the Year Awards program stands as definitive proof of how you, our partners, are constantly innovating, strategising, and pushing creative boundaries to show up for customers in Retail Media and drive meaningful results. These campaigns are a powerful demonstration of what happens when your customer-led strategies meet a connected Retail Media ecosystem."

Tony Prentice
Director- Client Partnerships and Sales, Cartology
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Unilever | Rexona Rivals

2026 Campaign of the Year

Unilever executed a masterclass in unified planning, connecting broadcast entertainment and retail commerce, extending above the line content into the path to purchase.

To re-engage younger buyers and gain market share, Unilever leveraged first-party customer insights and basket-affinity signals to intercept shoppers outside the aisle. Featuring "Back Your Team" creative, the campaign carried vibrant brand creative from the theatre of the store through to digital search, eDM’s and more. 

The strategy drove the #1 deodorant sales week in Woolworths and acquired over 539,000 new-to-brand customers.

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Mondelēz

Partner of the Year

Recognised for their outstanding collaborative partnership, strategic alignment, and long-term commitment to Retail Media excellence across Woolworths and BIG W, Mondelēz International demonstrated continuous innovation and cross-stakeholder co-creation to drive sustained category growth. A brave, forward-thinking partner, they piloted key innovations like BIG W Cartology Promoted Products across major seasonal tentpoles, proving that deep operational alignment unlocks exceptional brand growth.

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Meet the winners

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Best Omnichannel Campaign (under $250k) & Best use of Best Use of Customer Insight: General Mills | Old El Paso Mex It Simple
Grounded in rich Woolworths insights, General Mills tackled light buyer leakage by meeting customers where meal planning actually happens. Through close collaboration across Cartology, Woolworths, and brand teams, the Mex It Simple activation systematically intercepted dinner decisions outside the traditional Mexican aisle. Linking high-impact magazine storytelling with strategic fresh meat department media and digital search, the full-funnel strategy effortlessly guided customers from inspiration to basket addition—generating a +35% lift in average weekly sales, +49% eCommerce growth, and recruiting 52,400 new-to-brand customers.
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Best NPD Campaign & Best Use of Creative Canvas: Swisse | Little Swisse Gummies Relaunch
Swisse delivered a masterclass in product relaunch and creative execution, transforming the retail environment to make Little Swisse Gummies impossible to miss. Grounded in parent insights around taste and immunity need states, Swisse connected cross-category digital targeting with dynamic screens creative and sensorial 'Parent Pit-Stop' smoothie sampling bars. This full-funnel activation effortlessly guided parents from initial consideration to shelf trial, driving a +23% surge in in-store sales and recruiting 13,600 new-to-brand customers.
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Best Digital Strategy: Coca-Cola Europacific Partners | Christmas Digital Acceleration
Facing underrepresentation in its online market share, Coca-Cola deployed a search-led digital strategy to capture holiday demand and drive market share growth. Using real time search data and impressions, bids were dynamically adjusted and out of aisle banners were scaled to increase digital share of voice and intercept online planners. CCEP achieved a +32% growth in e-commerce sales and a 406% ROAS on Promoted Products.
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Best BIG W Omnichannel Campaign: LEGO® Australia | LEGO® Star Wars SMART Play™ Launch
Flighted across school holiday trading and May the 4th, LEGO Australia transformed a major toy release into an interactive cultural event across BIG W. Overcoming parent choice overload, the campaign paired high-impact 3D ROOH screens with hands-on build demonstration stations in 50 stores and full-funnel digital takeovers, driving +110% sales growth STLY and a +459% activation uplift in demo stores.
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Best Omnichannel Campaign (over $250k): Mondelez | Cadbury Easter
Mondelēz faced a highly competitive Easter confectionery category with clear objectives to acquire new customers and expand brand penetration. Connecting pre-shop digital catalogue and search tools with a market-first theatrical in-store takeover (including front-of-store dress-up archways and screen networks), the campaign generated an incredible +47.4% omnichannel sales growth and outpaced category growth by over 37 percentage points.

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