Van Halen. Jump. Great Song. One of the greatest. But what does it teach us about business? More than you’d think! Let me explain. Bear with me (by the way it helps to listen along for full value for money). At the get go, it’s like a start-up company. It has to punch through
Dairy is a versatile department. Categories that sit side by side play very different roles for shoppers and for retailers. By comparing categories, we better inform our category management strategies. Using the latest shopper insights from Shopper Intelligence UK's recent survey (June-August 2020) here we shall focus on two categories within Dairy: Yoghurts vs.
Home Baking - a new trend with need for innovation After the sudden rise of cooking at home resulting from the initial lockdown measures, consumers are returning to old habits and we see this trend returning to pre-lockdown levels. However, the opportunity still exists for brands and retailers to retain trialists of the home
I hear more and more often about the need for shopper marketers and category managers to think about shopping missions as the underlying construct for their plans. I totally agree. Brand managers think “consumer needs” to build their thinking. Shopping mission is a kind of the shopping equivalent. Of course, at the macro level,
