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Campaign teardown · Douyin · Food · Aug 2025

How Ferrero built a three-festival gifting campaign on Douyin

Ferrero linked Qixi, Teachers’ Day and Mid-Autumn Festival through ten videos from ten creators. The common device was origami made from gold chocolate packaging, turning each gift box into a vehicle for love, gratitude or reunion.

Illustration: 费列罗 explores small acts of folding turning a festive gift into an expression of care.
Illustration · unrandom
Creators10Head Anchor Drove It
Posts10Video-led · 100% video
PeriodAug 16 – Sep 10, 2025Qixi Festival · Mid-Autumn · New Launch
Comments7,494On the campaign's posts
The idea

Make the chocolate wrapper part of the gift

Under the theme "让此刻如金" (Make This Moment Golden), Ferrero paired 费列罗花语盒 (Ferrero Flower-Language Box) and 费列罗黑金三重奏真心礼盒 (Ferrero Black Gold Trio Heartfelt Gift Box) with an origami tutorial: fold the gold packaging into a "小金人" (little gold figure) or heart and present it alongside the chocolates. Vlogs, role-play and DIY demonstrations placed the craft in long-distance relationships, teacher appreciation and Mid-Autumn family gatherings. The teacher-facing message used "兰心藏感恩,百合寄敬师" ("An orchid heart holds gratitude; lilies convey respect for teachers"), while product narration also described the gift box’s progression through three cocoa intensities.

The campaign addressed urban professional women and gift buyers who prepare for festival occasions. Its offer was festival-packaged 费列罗花语盒 (Ferrero Flower-Language Box) plus the handmade gifting idea, rather than a price incentive. Ferrero used multiple waves across the three occasions and kept the activity at awareness seeding: no discount, no direct conversion CTA and no offline activation.

At a glance
Objective
Product Seeding
Occasion
Qixi Festival · Mid-Autumn · New Launch
Funnel
Awareness
Messaging
Love and Romance · Design and Aesthetics · Family Warmth · Personal Growth
Scenes
Gifting Scenario · Couple Scenario · Festival Scene
Formats
DIY Handcraft · Tutorial · Vlog Narrative
Discount
No Discount, Pure Brand Push
Against 1,886 Douyin Food campaigns

What set it apart

ChoiceShare of campaigns
Distinctive
Personal Growth4.2%1 in 24
Vlog Narrative11%1 in 9
DIY Handcraft12%1 in 8
Festival Scene14%1 in 7
Gifting Scenario19%1 in 5

Share of the 1,886 Douyin Food campaigns in the unrandom archive that made the same choice. Counted Nov 5, 2026.

Casting

A top-heavy, female-led cast of ten spanning comedy and lifestyle verticals

Follower range

261K–11.7M

10 creators with a public follower count

Casting

Celebrity Anchor Halo

Top Heavy

Lean

Female Dominant

Playbook

The first step to copy

  1. 1
    Build one emotional line before splitting the festival waves

    Use a single theme to connect distinct gifting reasons: romance at Qixi, gratitude on Teachers’ Day and reunion at Mid-Autumn. Then assign each wave its own scene and product message, so the festival calendar changes the story without changing the central idea.

  2. 2+
    More steps in the full teardown

    origami craft, creator casting, product narration and awareness-only seeding

In unrandom

The full teardown adds

  • Reads and engagement for all 10 posts, ranked against similar creators
  • Estimated spend and cost per read
  • The breakout post, and why it led
  • What 7,494 comments asked for most
  • The rest of the playbook
  • Casting risks and smart moves

A public campaign observed on Douyin. unrandom did not run it and is not affiliated with 费列罗. Analysis by unrandom from public posts, updated Nov 5, 2026. Your brand? Request a correction