The retailer is seeking to capitalise on the interest in the tournament with a nationwide promotion called ‘World Truck', despite having no official affiliation to the event.
The campaign, devised by Meteorite, introduces a front man for the brand called ‘Barry', who drives an Argos-branded ‘World Truck'.
The vehicle, which will drive up and down the UK, is packed with £5000-worth of Argos goods including TVs, laptops, games consoles, barbecues, indoor and outdoor furniture and football-related products.
Consumers are given the chance of winning the contents of the truck on a that underpins the campaign.
Argos is aiming to appeal to families and is giving away 1000 football lessons for children.
The site will be supported by activity across Argos' 700 stores, as well as affiliate, search and targeted email activity to 6.5m customers. It will also feature light-hearted videos, starring Barry, explaining the details of the promotion.
In addition, there will be a series of free prize draws, where an LG HD TV will be given away every week to the consumer closest to guessing the current location of the World Truck.
From 12 May, consumers will also be able to nominate a worthy cause to which the contents of another World Truck will be donated. The nominations will be promoted via viral activity and the winner will be chosen by public vote.
Dave Harding, Argos ecommerce promotions and advertising manager, said: ‘We want to position Argos as a facilitator of a great World Cup experience through customer engagement before, during and after the World Cup. The World Truck is part of an overarching campaign across all Argos shopping channels to own the preparation phase of this huge sporting event.'
The activity is also intended to increase conversion rates of browsers to buyers on its website, which during the 2009-10 financial year received 300m visits.
Argos follows Tic Tac, Frijj and McCoy's, all of which are planning football-themed promotions around the World Cup. Pepsi has become one of the first big brands to run football-themed promotions in the run-up to the tournament. Rival Coca-Cola is an official partner of the FIFA World Cup.
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