CASE STUDYNoggy

Chocolate Change

DESIGN: LATIN BRANDQUITO, ECUADOR

“IN COLOMBIA, MANY GROCERIES AND SMALL SHOPS HAVE A PECULIAR CUSTOM: They use Noggy as change when the shopkeeper doesn’t have spare pennies, and everyone happily accepts,” says Silvio Giorgi of Latinbrand.

Ferrero, the global chocolate and confections maker that produces Rocher, Tic Tac, and Nutella—everything from gourmet bonbons to the famous rattling breath mints—knows how to match a product to a market. “That is why they produce Noggy chocolate here. It is a very well-known brand in Latin America,” says Giorgi.

In December 2007, Noggy approached Latinbrand in Quito, Ecuador, for assistance. Latinbrand did their homework: research showed that the brand’s messages were not ...

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