Shoppers Drug Mart has launched a five-stage summer campaign, targeting consumers during the short Canadian warmer season.

With creative done in-house, digital by Trapeze and media by Aegis, the campaign kicked off in late April and runs until May 17 with a piece called “Only at Shoppers this Summer” aimed at promoting the retailer’s house brands. It includes a 24-page editorial style book that is distributed in-store and in Glow magazine. It also includes the “Fill it to Win it” game, where consumers go on the Shoppers website and fill a basket with $100 worth of products, with one player each day winning a $100 Shoppers Drug Mart gift card.

The other piece of the campaign is the shopper marketing-focused “Get set for Summer,” where the retailer worked with 31 different vendors, integrating them into different themed sections throughout the store, says Sandra Sanderson SVP marketing, Shoppers Drug Mart. This phase will roll out later in June.

A second wave of the company’s summer campaign will roll out in mid-July called “Soak up Summer,” with creative that reflects the feeling of the lazy days of the season.

Throughout the entire season there will be an in-store safety piece running, which focuses on consumers talking with the pharmacist team at Shoppers Drug Mart through signage and tips about sun safety, says Sanderson. The sun safety piece is running in partnership with the Canadian Dermatology Association.

Targeting women with a sweet spot age of 40, the campaign, which has a spend on par with major campaigns from Shoppers Drug Mart, includes OOH ads in major urban centres across Canada, a partnership with Ontario Parks to send out a branded email when people reserve a camping spot and 30-second vignettes airing on The Weather Network along with digital ads running on its website.

Print ads in the campaign will run in the Globe and Mail‘s Style section, as well as online on The Kit and on fashion blogs, says Sanderson.

Mid-July, the company will also launch its first campaign dedicated solely to promoting nail products at Shoppers Drug Mart.

“Nails are very hot and are a growing category right now,” she says. “We are going to showcase our breadth in the category with merchandising and a display that is solely focused on nails. We will also have a nail hub online where we will show consumers how to get hot summer nails. This will be promoted in-store, as well as in print and online.”