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A campaign concept for Lipton Ice Tea · AMESA

Half the sugar.
Double the sun.

A Gen Z reframing of the world's leading iced tea brand — built for the afternoons of Dubai, Cairo, Riyadh and Karachi.

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The insight
68%

of AMESA consumers say they want to cut sugar — but refuse to compromise on taste.

Nielsen AMESA Beverage Tracker · H2 2025

The manifesto

For fifty years, iced tea was something your parents drank on a patio.

We think it belongs in your hand at three in the afternoon, when Dubai is 42°, your phone is dying, and a can of something sweet would be the wrong answer.

So we cut the sugar in half. We kept the Rainforest Alliance leaves. We doubled down on the sun.

The afternoon just got lighter.

Now watch it happen

Half the sugar,
everywhere.

Six touchpoints. One afternoon. Six markets.

Campaign executions

Six touchpoints across the AMESA region.

Digital billboard on Sheikh Zayed Road showing Lipton Half the Sugar
OOH · Sheikh Zayed Rd
A billboard that fades in the sun

Photochromic ink. The tagline "Half the sugar" is invisible at dawn and fully visible at solar noon. Dubai's own light powers the ad.

Dubai · Abu Dhabi · Riyadh
TikTok video on a phone showing a creator taking the Half the Sugar challenge
Social · TikTok
#HalfTheSugarChallenge

Creators swap one sugary afternoon drink for Lipton Ice Tea for 7 days. AR filter detects their "sun exposure" and colours the video progressively golden.

Primary KPI: 50M views, 40% Gen Z reach
In-store Carrefour 3pm Cooler branded in Lipton yellow
In-store · Carrefour AMESA
The 3pm Cooler

A dedicated afternoon-refresh cooler zone, yellow-lit, stocked only after 2pm. Takes the "afternoon occasion" from colas.

220 stores · 4 markets · 3-month pilot
Food delivery order with a free Lipton Ice Tea can and free with your 3pm order card
Digital · Delivery apps
Free with every 3pm order

Partner with Talabat, Careem, Noon Food. Any food delivery placed between 3–6pm adds a free Lipton Ice Tea can. Data backflow feeds the AMESA DMP.

45-day pilot · UAE + KSA
Iftar table with dates and a chilled glass of Lipton Ice Tea in a Majlis setting
Experiential · Ramadan
Iftar, reset.

The first sip after iftar is never water alone. Lipton Ice Tea sponsors "iftar reset" micro-moments across Majlis and cafés — single-serve 250ml cans, half-sugar only.

Ramadan 1448 · region-wide
Split image of a creator holding a Lipton can in Dubai and Cairo
Creator · Influencer
7 afternoons, 7 cities

Seven AMESA creators document one "half-the-sugar afternoon" in their home city. Dubai, Cairo, Karachi, Amman, Jeddah, Casablanca, Lagos.

Always-on series · 6-month run

How we'd measure it

The north-star KPIs for the 12-month activation.

+40%
Gen Z penetration
(top-6 AMESA)
$160M
Regional turnover
by 2028
3×
Share of voice
on "afternoon" occasion
17
Bottling partners
aligned on one toolkit