Category: Opinion
When Is Sales Promotion Not Sales Promotion?
As festive as we are all rapidly becoming, this is not a topical suggestion for a Christmas cracker joke, moreover a serious question. When is a Sales promotion not a...
A View From…IPL Community – The Rules that COVID broke
(Article: https://thewisemarketer.com/loyalty-strategy/how-voxi-is-defining-the-next-generation-of-loyalty-marketing/) We are typically a nation of consumers that...
Sampling has become Covid-Marketer’s Trojan horse
During the lockdown, UK advertisers have pulled a staggering £1.1bn in spend. Spend on TV fell 37%, Press by 42%, radio 34.5% and out-of-home practically dried up with...
YouGov and The Brand Partnerships Community on the undimmable power of cinema
As YouGov publishes its recent investigation into the viewing habits of the UK’s cinema goers, our Brand Partnerships Vice Chair David Pearson of Mongoose...
Social Distanced Events, compromise is key? Or is it?
We are all aware of the phrase “compromise is key”, and this may be the case in marriage, certainly in childcare and quite possibly when buying a new car. But does...
New Normals: How gaming and theatre are combining to create post-Covid experiences
By Sandra Mardin, Strategy Director TRO UK New Normals is a content series focused on the rapid evolution of the experience economy in response to the global pandemic....
Will you succumb to the latest #Challenge?
The landscape of how we engage with our peers, friends and colleagues has so dramatically changed in recent years that trying to explain what succeeds and what attracts...
Covid 19: Top ways to tactically boost sales without slashing prices
Covid 19 has had a huge impact and presented several challenges to the ever-changing world of retail. It is clear that bricks and mortar models are going to have to...
Top tips on writing a great Promotional Brief
Have you ever struggled to create a clear and concise brief for your supplier? Never knowing what information you need to provide, whether it’s too little or too much...
What does COVID-19 mean for In-Store Sampling?
The emergence of a worldwide pandemic has forced brands to re-imagine and conjure new ways to market their products to consumers. Traditional in-store product sampling...
