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Graco / Newell Brands

The Safest
Place Outside
Your Arms.

From the moment a baby is born, a parent's arms become the safest place on earth. We built a campaign around that truth.

Modern parents are pulled in every direction.

Graco needed to move beyond product features and into emotional territory. Parents don't just need gear. They need reassurance that the brand they choose is an extension of their own instinct and care.

From the moment a baby is born, the parents' arms become the safest place on earth. Strategic Insight

Position Graco as an emotional extension of a parent's arms.

The brand becomes the substitute when parents are pulled in multiple directions. Offering protection and comfort that mirrors parental instinct. Every piece of creative put authentic parent-child moments at the center, with Graco as the quiet, trusted presence enabling them.

A system built around one emotional truth.

01. Emotional Positioning
Moved Graco from product-feature territory into the emotional space of parental confidence and care.
02. Authentic Storytelling
Real families. Real moments. Photography that felt like memory, not advertising.
03. Multi-Format System
TV, digital, social, and in-store. One truth, expressed everywhere.
The Results

The numbers came in.

Vision first. Craft second. Numbers third.

+3.5pt

Category share gain in Q4 2025. The largest single-quarter move in the brand's recent history.

Source. Circana

1.5B

Total impressions across the campaign. Exceeded the one-billion goal by 59%.

Q4 earned. 1.59B (159% to goal)

#1

Car seat & stroller brand in Registry demand. Amazon, Babylist, Target, Walmart.

#1

In Safety on the Brand Health Tracker. The perception we set out to win.

#1

On Babylist. Beat Nuna for the top spot in the most competitive registry platform.

37%

Unaided awareness

+9 pts YoY

32%

Brand promise association

+4 pts

61

Net Promoter Score

Brand Love. 61%

97%

Consider-to-purchase conversion

Funnel collapse

+$43M

Babylist Registry Size growth. Graco was the platform's top growth driver.

+65% growth

171

Q4 earned media placements (98% to goal) across consumer, parenting, and trade press.

Most

Trustworthy brand in the category.