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Bedding Mart: Using AI to lower production cost and increase sales.

That time we broke the mattress market with a surreal bird in a suit.

The Challenge

The mattress industry suffers from visual homogeneity. Marketing assets typically feature high-production, generic imagery (smiling models, white sheets) that fails to trigger "pattern interrupts" on social feeds.

The Cost Barrier:
Traditional video production to differentiate the brand was estimated at $35,000+, presenting a high risk for experimental creative.

The Margin Pressure:
Rising media costs mandated a reduction in CAC, particularly for brick-and-mortar attribution which historically carries a heavier acquisition premium.

The Solution

Bedding Mart needed a way to stand out in a crowded mattress market. Redbear replaced the usual polished ads with a surreal AI character that stopped customers in their tracks, bypassing traditional agency production models in favor of a "Mascot-led" generative AI strategy.

Creative Hook
Eagle Head — a surreal, humorous character featuring a suited bed salesman with the head of an eagle. This utilized visual incongruity to stop the scroll on Meta platforms.

The Mechanism
The creative disarmed the viewer with humor before pivoting immediately to a hard-hitting sales offer.

Production Velocity
By utilizing AI video generation, the team compressed a typical 4-week production cycle into days, reducing the asset cost from $35,000 to $3,000.

The Results

The result was a 98 percent jump in online sales, an 86 percent rise in average order value, a 13% lift in store traffic, and a drop in production costs from thirty-five thousand to three thousand. The campaign outperformed every traditional approach the brand had tried.

91%

Decrease in
Production Costs

86%

Increase in
Average Order Cost

13%

Decrease in
Production Costs

The following metrics cover the initial 4-week flight in 2025.The "Eagle Head" creative successfully targeted a more affluent demographic or created a psychological "premium" association, allowing Bedding Mart to move higher-ticket inventory (adjustable bases, luxury mattresses) rather than entry-level products.

Why This Matters

The "Uncanny Valley" is Profitable: Consumers are desensitized to perfection. The slight surrealism of AI video acts as a hook. "Eagle Head" proves that distinctiveness (even if polarizing) outperforms safe, high-budget mediocrity.

The Production-to-Media Shift: By saving $32,000 on production, Bedding Mart could reallocate those funds directly into media spend. This fueled the algorithmic learning phase faster, allowing the campaign to exit the "learning phase" and hit 10X ROAS in record time.

The Halo Effect (Online to Offline): The 13% in-store lift confirms that memorable digital creative has physical resonance. Customers weren't just clicking; they were remembering the "Eagle Man" and walking into the store.

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