Retail Marketing & Campaign Management

USC Purple Store

What’s In The Bag?: Halloween Blindbox Campaign

Mystery and surprise drive Gen Z's purchasing behaviour.

Blind box–style excitement and limited availability created urgency, repeat views, and rapid sell-through.

The Context

The Boo Bag was a limited-edition Halloween mystery bundle launched by the USC Purple Store. With only a short window before Halloween weekend, the goal was to generate excitement quickly, drive fast sell-through, and deepen brand affinity using a fun, culturally resonant campaign that lived on TikTok and Instagram.

What We Did

We centred the Boo Bag campaign around three core objectives:

  • Tap into blind box excitement to drive fast sell-through

  • Build anticipation through a short comedy skit series with The Goose mascot.

  • Deepen brand affinity using and ambassador participation.

I led the campaign end to end as the campaign manager and creative director—developing the content strategy, coordinating a two-episode Goose skit series, organizing teaser and stuffing shoots, directing ambassador UGC, and planning the full Instagram and TikTok rollout.

We amplified momentum through real-time story coverage and a two-day sales window that created urgency and FOMO across campus.

Campaign Impacts

Sell-out

all 50 bags in the first 4 hours

56,620

views across TikTok and Instagram in 12 days

5.01%

average engagement rate across TikTok and Instagram in 12 days

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