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KFC rolls out latest branding ads.(Brief Article)

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KFC is starting its 'got chicken, got soul' campaign in earnest with two new TV ads created by Bartle Bogle Hegarty.

The two 30-second executions, entitled 'hi-fi' and 'soul', will continue the theme established in last month's special promotion ad for the 'Peking Twister', drawing on the imagery and music of late-60s and early-70s black America in an attempt to reposition KFC as soul food.

'Hi-fi' promotes KFC's new, improved burger. It features a frustrated record collector peering in through the window of a record shop that is 'closed for improvements'. Inside the staff are lazing around, listening to music, eating KFC burgers.

'Soul' is based in a community centre, in which a Northern Soul dancing competition is being held. Those not dancing are helping themselves to a Mega Bucket, accompanied by the caption: 'No plates, no forks, you just need soul.'

The ads target KFC's two core audiences: the lunchtime, burger-eating customer, aged ...

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