SUCCESS STORY

Elevating Brand Awareness in a Demanding Target Audience

Elevating Brand Awareness in a Demanding Target Audience
Client: Mars
Brand: Royal Canin
Market: Poland
Goal: Brand Awareness
Audience: HNWI, Dog owners, Cat owners
61%
Ad Recall Relative Lift
74%
Viewability

The Client

Royal Canin is a premium pet food brand offering tailored nutrition for cats and dogs based on their breed, size, and health needs. Backed by veterinary expertise, its high-quality recipes support digestion, skin health, weight management, and more. With both wet and dry options, Royal Canin provides scientifically advanced nutrition, trusted by pet owners and professionals to ensure pets thrive.

The Challenge

The objective was to effectively reach a niche segment of high-income individuals in a market saturated with global brands while strengthening brand recall within a highly selective audience.

Key challenges included:

– Distinct preferences and behaviors among high-income audiences, requiring tailored communication approaches
– Limited attention and lower responsiveness to traditional advertising formats
– Selective media consumption, including avoidance of oversaturated environments

The Strategy

To address these challenges, the strategy focused on delivering highly customised targeting, ensuring high-quality, contextually relevant impressions within environments aligned with the audience’s interests and media habits.

Adlook implemented a performance-driven approach built around:

  • Advanced audience modeling leveraging proprietary, AI-powered technology capable of processing vast volumes of data points to identify and reach users based on their behaviors, interests, and intent signals
  • Contextual and content-based targeting to align creatives with premium, relevant content environments
  • Continuous optimization toward high-viewability placements to maximize real exposure and engagement

This approach ensured that Royal Canin’s messaging reached the right audience in the right context, enhancing both visibility and memorability.

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The campaign successfully delivered strong upper-funnel performance, demonstrating the effectiveness of combining advanced targeting with contextual precision.

Key outcomes included:

  • 61% Ad Recall Relative Lift, confirming a significant improvement in brand memorability
  • 74% viewability

The results highlight the importance of context-driven strategies in engaging demanding audience segments and driving measurable brand impact.

Through the Client’s Eyes

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The campaign proved that reaching demanding, high-income audiences requires both precision and the right context. By aligning our communication with carefully selected environments and leveraging advanced targeting, we were able to significantly strengthen brand recall while maintaining the premium perception of Royal Canin.”

Katarzyna Wojewódzka-DownarBrand Communication & Digital Marketing Manager (CNE), Royal Canin

Looking ahead

The collaboration between Royal Canin and Adlook highlights the broader potential of combining intelligent targeting with contextual precision to engage even the most selective audiences.

Looking ahead, there is an opportunity to further develop this partnership by scaling activity across high-value segments, deepening audience insights, and continuously refining messaging and media strategies to drive sustained brand impact.

Through Adlook’s Eyes

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The challenge of reaching high-income audiences lies not only in access but in relevance. With Royal Canin, we focused on delivering meaningful exposure by combining precise audience modeling with contextual intelligence. This approach allowed us to maximize both visibility and memorability, proving that quality-driven programmatic strategies can deliver measurable brand outcomes even within the most demanding segments.”

Bartosz NowakVP of Sales CEE, Adlook