Clairol · Barcode Buck$ Retail Activation

Turning a Simple $2 Digital Offer Into Measurable Retail Sales.

Clairol Nice’n Easy 10 connected promotional engagement to a qualifying purchase at retail—giving the brand a clearer view of what happened after the offer was claimed.

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Clairol Nice’n Easy 10 Barcode Buck$ experience shown on a laptop and mobile phone

~3,000Offers distributed

1,000+Verified purchases

~4 in 10Offers converted

HundredsRetail locations

The Challenge

Move Beyond Offer Claims to Retail Proof

Clairol wanted to drive product trial for Nice’n Easy 10 while creating a measurable connection between digital promotional engagement and actual retail purchase.

Engagement was only the beginning

The program needed to show what happened after a consumer interacted with the offer—not just how many people saw it or claimed it.

Purchase had to be verifiable

Success meant a qualifying Clairol purchase at retail, creating a clearer bridge between promotion and sales activity.

The Consumer Journey

From Awareness to Action in Four Steps

A simple $2 incentive connected digital participation to a secure, purchase-focused reward experience at Walmart and CVS.

Laptop claim form and mobile Barcode Buck$ reward for Clairol Nice’n Easy 10

AwarenessConsumers encounter a digital offer for participating Nice’n Easy 10 products.

Claim $2 offerShoppers provide the required information and select their retail destination.

ShopConsumers purchase qualifying Clairol product at Walmart or CVS.

Redeem and measureThe secure digital reward is redeemed at checkout, creating measurable retail data.

Why It Worked

A Low-Friction Offer With a Purchase Requirement

The activation made the value easy to understand while making the outcome meaningful: redemption required a qualifying Clairol purchase.

Simple valueA straightforward $2 offer was easy to communicate and understand.

Digital experienceConsumers moved from offer claim to shopping without clipping or printing.

Purchase-focusedSuccess required more than an impression, click, or offer claim.

Retail visibilityRedemption data showed where engagement converted into purchase activity.

Secure rewardSingle-use Barcode Buck$ supported a controlled checkout experience.

Actionable learningRetail and geographic analytics created a benchmark for future scale.

Digital engagement that ends at the register.

1,000+Consumers completed a qualifying verified retail purchase.

~4 in 10Distributed offers converted to redemption.

HundredsRetail locations recorded redemption activity nationwide.

Walmart-ledWalmart generated the overwhelming majority of measured redemption.

TPG Rewards' Role

The Technology and Operations Behind the Activation

TPG connected the digital offer to secure reward delivery, product-level validation, retail redemption, and reporting.

Barcode Buck$ technology

Digital offer distribution, secure single-use rewards, product-level validation, and retail redemption.

Program intelligence

Consumer support, program reporting, and retail/geographic analytics to understand what converted.

Digital OffersMake the value immediate.Receipt ValidationConnect purchase to proof.Rewards & FulfillmentTurn action into value.

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TPG Rewards connects promotional engagement to verified consumer action across digital, retail, and rewards experiences.

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