Cost Plus World Market Takes the “Bummer” Out of Your Summer

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Cost Plus World Market has teamed up with ad agency barrettSF to encourage people to plus it up this summer

Cost Plus World Market has teamed up with ad agency barrettSF to encourage people to plus it up this summer. A series of videos in their new “Plus it Up” campaign show how individual Cost Plus products, from a beautiful dining table to simple string lights, instantly turn “bummer” scenarios into happy “summer” moments.

Mood-killing flood lights. Ugly folding tables. Camp chairs repurposed as backyard seating. As much as we all look forward to summer, our outdoor spaces don’t always get a lot of love.

“The idea of transforming a space can feel a bit daunting,” said Colleen Cavanaugh, Senior Creative Director at Cost Plus. “But really, it can be as easy as a small refresh. We wanted to show people that there’s no shortage of ways, big or small, to plus up their outdoor space.”

Designed to live on social, the work spans from 15-second videos to 30-second spots and even 6-second bite-sized content. The national campaign debuted online a variety of platforms including Hulu, NBC View on Demand and YouTube.

The campaign was directed by Aaron Beckum with Strike Anywhere, who treated the spots as very simple stories.

“These are snapshots of relatable moments,” said barrettSF art director and outdoor grilling enthusiast, Jessica Sugerman. “We loved Aaron’s background as a photographer and how he wanted to keep each shot super simple, almost like a gif. That approach really helped us communicate that a small change makes a big difference in these real, bummer scenarios.”

Cost Plus World Market

Chief Marketing Officer: Adrian Stevens

Sr. Creative Director: Colleen Cavanaugh

Director of Media: Kimberly Gonzales

Cost Plus World Market Stylist: Kristine Nelson

Cost Plus World Market Photo Producer: Gina Scrivani

Agency: barrettSF

ECD: Jamie Barrett

Creative Director/Copywriter: Aryan Aminzadeh

Creative Director: Todd Eisner

Art Director: Jessica Sugerman

Head of Production: Conor Duignan

Broadcast Producer: Charlotte Dugoni

Managing Director: Patrick Kelly

Brand Strategist: Kevin Albrecht

Account Director: Molly Warner

Account Supervisor: Lyndsey Dorian

Asst. Account Manager: Ali Nimmo

Production Company: Strike Anywhere

Director: Aaron Beckum

Executive Producer: Cori Cooperider

Line Producer: Maya Owings

Director of Photography: Drew Bienemann

Editorial/Finishing: Beast

Editor: Bob Spector

Assistant Editor: Evan Mueller

Executive Producer: Tracy Coleman

Post Producer: Jeff Bielat

Graphic Designer/Animator: Ben Kopman

Flame Artist: Eric Pascua

Colorist: Dave Burghardt

Finishing Producer: Gordon Wittmann

Audio Mix: One Union

Engineer: Eben Carr and Joaby Deal