In 1768 A Company Was Born. John Molson started a small company in rural Quebec, that would start a beverage revolution as we know it. Since its inception it has grown into the fifth largest brewer in the world and employs some 3100 Canadians in its six respective breweries. Molson is one of Canada’s oldest brand names and North Americas oldest beer brand. . Award winning brands include Molson Canadian their flagship beer, Molson Export, Molson Dry, Coors Light, Rickards Red and Marca Bavaria under its brand umbrella. They also posses working relationships with premium brands such as Heineken, Corona, Miller Genuine Draft, Fosters Lager, and Creemore Springs. Molson strives daily to maintain its identity, and build an emotional bond with its consumers utilizing marketing campaigns such as “The Rant”
Promotion
In 1994 Molson launched their most successful campaign to date. They played on a strong sense of Canadian identity and decided to build on the fact that up until this point Canadian’s were always mistaken for Americans. Molson devised the term “I Am CANADIAN” to differentiate us from Americans and to embed a sense of national pride while building brand emotion. This campaign turned out to be a success and in March 2000 under direction form MacLaren McCann Advertising in Toronto they launched their next promotion titled “The Rant”. This advertisement produced 8.8 million dollars in free media coverage and boosted their overall market share increased by 2% or 20-27 million dollars in sales for year following. Molson’s stock price increased 1.8% in the following year. The Rant revitalized the Molson brand by creating awareness in 19-29 year olds and single handedly established it self with the non-beer crowd and built a national ...