One of our newest clients called us in a panic recently. Apparently, one of his company's brand VPs is putting enormous pressure on him and his team to demonstrate where every single dollar they put into shopper marketing and e-commerce budget has...
5 Reasons to Shake Up Your Shopper Marketing Operations, Now
We recently conducted a survey which shows that the tools and systems used by the majority of our respondents are almost three decades old!
7 Must-Have Shopper Marketing Reports
Shopper marketers serve many internal and external clients, each with unique needs and business questions. As a result, shopper marketing practitioners constantly chase the latest information, often creating custom one-off reports and presentations,...
Low Shopper Marketing Productivity is YOUR problem, not IT’s
Think of your workload and what needs to be accomplished in your work day. Now take that work day and cut it in half…
That’s the state of productivity in the CPG and retail marketing world.
How To Prevent A Shopper Marketing Disaster
What is the common thread that unites Mondelez, Merck, WPP, Beiersdorf, Auchan Group and Metro? All of them fell prey to the ransomware attack last summer.
The virus named Petya hijacked their computer systems and demanded a ransom payment....
4 MOJO MOOTING PROBLEMS SHOPPER MARKETERS FACE TODAY
I think we can agree that the CPG and retail marketing industries are facing some compelling problems.
We live in a world of increasing accountability, you need to know and thoroughly understand what marketing investments are or aren’t working. You...
Shopper Marketers: Say goodbye to Final.Final.xls
Industry veteran Olga Yurovski, with more than a decade of experience at Fortune 500 companies as a brand, product and shopper marketer, understands the frustrations of shopper marketers.
We have outlined these frustrations below, have a read and...
10 Rookie Shopper Marketer Mistakes
One of our most popular blog articles is “10 Rookie Shopper Marketer’s Must Dos.” The practical tools and strategies we talked about continue to be reflective of the growth of shopper marketing around the globe, and across all CPG sectors.
5 Ways Excel Is Letting Your Shopper Marketing Team Down
For decades, Excel has been the go-to tool for shopper marketers. Where would shopper marketers be without it?
In a world that is fundamentally changing – where the value of advertising is falling as the value of data rises – the answer to that...
5 Critical Areas You Must Address In E-commerce Joint Business Planning
You have just had an amazing holiday season, with sales growth led by the e-commerce channel. This is the first year Black Friday registered more sales through e-commerce than in store. Although traditional channel sales were good, they do not...