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Case Study CMX® gave Dove a fuller view of social — and a stronger path to sales

Before a shopper reaches the CVS® aisle, social is already shaping what they notice, remember and consider. But its influence does not stop at consideration.

 

Across Meta, Reddit and Pinterest, CMX transformed social campaign engagement into real CVS purchases for Dove — with true, closed-loop attribution to prove the impact.

Smartphone with a Dove Men + Care Sponsored Ad on social. Instagram logo. Facebook logo. Reddit logo. Pinterest logo.
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Objective

Drive stronger social engagement and measurable CVS sales while proving how exposure across platforms moved shoppers from campaign interaction to conversion.

Solution

CMX built Dove’s strategy around a connected framework of audience targeting, social activation and sales attribution that transformed social influence into measurable sales.

ExtraCare® Precision Targeting

CMX built deterministic ExtraCare audience segments based on Dove brand purchase behavior, category spend, lapsed buyer windows and contextual signals to reach shoppers most likely to engage and buy.

Social Portfolio Strategy

Dove’s social campaigns were activated across Meta, Pinterest and Reddit to meet shoppers in distinct platform-specific mindsets: discovering, planning and researching before purchase.

True Closed-loop Measurement with LiveRamp

Social ad exposure was matched to ExtraCare member loyalty transactions to measure how campaign engagement translated into real CVS purchases.

Person holding a smartphone showing a CVS Pharmacy promoted ad on Reddit for Dove Men + Care products.

Results

~30%

of attributed sales

were driven by social channels across Dove campaigns*

2.5x

higher engagement

than additional offsite channels, measured by CTR*

Conclusion

For Dove, CMX demonstrated the full power of social as a channel for shaping, motivating and accelerating purchase decisions.

By connecting social exposure to CVS sales with true closed-loop attribution, CMX is giving brands a clearer view of how upper-funnel influence can become lower-funnel results — with the strategy, precision and measurement to make the impact real.

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  • *2026 CMX Campaign Performance.