Camel is one of those few brands that are well-known worldwide and
are considered to be a universal quality standard. Richard Joshua
Reynolds is the founder of the Camel trademark and the R.J. Reynolds
Tobacco Company (RJR); he went down in history not only as a successful
businessman, but also as a talented marketer. The son of the Virginian
planter he was the first to label every package of his chewing tobacco
with colorful and catchy logos. In the beginning of 1913 RJR marketed 4
cigarette brands at once and Camel was one of them. The producers
planned the Camel’s look and taste to evoke the romantic spirit of the
Middle East among the Americans.
The very blend of the dark tart Turkish tobaccos and the light
Virginian ones suited smokers’ tastes. And this revolutionary receipt
went down in history as “American Blend” and became the world standard
for the whole tobacco industry. Reynolds staked on Camel having spent
the lion's share of his advertising money on its campaign to introduce a
new hero – ‘Old Joe’, an Arabian camel from the famous “Barnum and
Bailey Circus”. Eventually Old Joe became the most popular animal ever. Reynolds is also the producer of Winston cigarettes.
Before the company started selling these new cigarettes, they
published the very same “teasers” in newspapers of 88 American cities.
The first day it was a picture of the ship of the desert accompanied by
the message “CAMELS”, the next day the text was expanded to “the Camels
are coming!” and on the third day the readers were notified about the
fact that “Tomorrow there will be more Camels in this town than in all
Asia and Africa combined”. And finally, on the fourth day the fascinated
public was informed that “Camel cigarettes are here!” The warmed up
audience rushed to buy cigarettes. Another way of cigarette promotion
was publicizing through outdoor advertising in the crowded places. As a
result in the first year the company sold 425 million Camel cigarettes
and in six years, in 1921, half of the American smokers were buying only
Camel. Neither before nor after this campaign did other brand manage to
come to the top so fast.
In the 20’s women appeared in the Camel advertisements for the first
time. Many Hollywood starts smoked Camel, and politicians kept up with
them. During the War Camel positioned itself as cigarettes for soldiers,
reminding them about home and consolidating their patriotism. But in
the 50’s the brand was guided by traditional values – mainly it was
material welfare. In 1999 RJR sold Camel brand to Japan Tobacco.
Nowadays you can easily buy cigarettes of the Camel brand online,
it won’t take you long to choose those you like most and order
cigarettes. Buying Camel cigarettes online is quite convenient in terms
of time saving. Online shops also provide cheap cigarettes and discount
cigarettes for the clients to be able to save some money.
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