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Heineken turns winter chill into pub footfall with new campaign

Best Served Warm by Heineken, UK

Global – Heineken has launched a temperature-triggered digital out-of-home campaign designed to guide people out of the cold and into nearby pubs.

Rolling out across the UK, The Netherlands and Canada, You’re Getting Warm activates only when winter temperatures reach their lowest. Inspired by misted pub windows, each execution features a frosted screen that gradually clears to reveal the glow of a busy Heineken pub inside – friends laughing, glasses clinking and a freshly poured beer emerging through condensation.

In the UK, the screens are geo-linked to partner pubs, serving real-time prompts such as ‘you’re getting warmer’ accompanied by the distance in metres. Multiple placements create a trail, with messages becoming more encouraging as passers-by approach their destination. The final screen sits just outside the pub door.

Francesco Grandi, chief creative officer at Heineken’s creative partner LePub UK, said: ‘When temperatures drop, so do our social lives. So we turned temperature-triggered OOH spaces into a real-time game of Hot or Cold, guiding people to the nearest pub.’

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Strategic opportunity

Global brands can embed themselves locally by adapting narratives, visuals and tone to cultural context, using neighbourhood stories, local rituals and community heroes for more authentic engagement

Why the opening of Tramp Health signals the rise of the wellness paradox

UK – London’s renowned private members’ nightclub Tramp is preparing to turn from late-night revelry to longevity culture. Due to open on 1 April 2026 in a space attached to the Chancery Rosewood hotel, Tramp Health will be a 16,000-square-feet wellness club centred on ‘conscious living’, with a concept focused on assessing, nourishing, moving and restoring.

Tramp first opened in 1969, co-founded by Johnny Gold, and quickly became one of London’s best-known celebrity haunts, famed for its hedonistic excess. Its move into wellness reflects a broader cultural shift as consumers increasingly seek balance between stimulation and restoration.

In our Healthy Hedonism report, The Future Laboratory explores how social lifestyles are being recalibrated around practices that promise both pleasure and physical optimisation, with consumers seeking experiences that support long-term health alongside connection and indulgence.

The opening of Tramp Health also mirrors analysis from our Future Forecast 26: Sports, Health & Wellness report and the rise of the Wellness Paradox – where consumers continue to pursue pleasure and social connection while simultaneously investing in practices that support longevity and wellbeing.

The Chancery Rosewood, UK

Strategic opportunity

Build products, services and spaces that merge pleasure with recovery. Introduce formats such as sober-curious events, social saunas or recovery menus that allow consumers to socialise without compromising longevity goals

Stat: Canadians join global retreat from alcohol

Canada – A new report from Statistics Canada reveals that the country has recorded its largest annual decline in alcohol earnings since tracking began in 2004/2005. Sales of alcoholic drinks fell by 1.6% to £19.2bn ($25.8bn, €22.3bn) in the 2024/2025 fiscal year, while government revenues from alcohol dropped 4.2% to £9.8bn ($13.1bn, €11.3bn).

The data reflects a broader shift in consumption habits. On average, Canadians of legal drinking age purchased the equivalent of 8.0 standard drinks per week in 2024/2025, down from 8.7 the previous year and 9.7 a decade ago. Across categories, spirits fell hardest by volume (-4.4%), while wine recorded a historic first – imported wine sales declined for the first time since records began in 1992/1993.

Canada is not an outlier. Across the globe, the alcohol industry is grappling with the same twin headwinds of health consciousness and financial pressure. As our Gen Z in Canada report highlights, those pressures fall hardest on younger consumers – youth unemployment stood at 13.5% in 2024, more than double the national average of 6.4%, according to government statistics, leaving a generation with less disposable income and, increasingly, different ideas about how to spend it.

Strategic opportunity

Alcohol is not a prerequisite for meaningful social connection. Younger generations are seeking experiences that elevate them mentally and physically, so brands must understand the deeper human drive for fulfilment – and meet consumers wherever they find it