The food and beverage space is full of innovators and disruptors at every turn, but no matter how novel or useful your product may be, it takes many factors for it to do well in the retail store. Saj Khan is an absolute expert on these things, having been in the grocery industry for more than sixteen […]
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With businesses making the move to serve their customers primarily online and the footfall of customers in physical stores dropping dramatically, the value of SEO has been rediscovered. Businesses are now paying closer attention to their online experience and how they can compete on the internet. This post will offer a guide to businesses looking
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here’s lots to learn from the growth of fitness brand Gymshark, covering everything from product design to consumer insight and media channel innovation. The company has come a long way since founder Ben Francis started it in his parents’ garage in 2012, aged 19. The company is now valued at £1billion following the recent sale
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Emotional connection is one of the five drivers of customer brand insistence as outlined in our BrandInsistence brand equity system. (The other four drivers are awareness, relevant differentiation, value and accessibility.) The consumer must first know your brand, then like your brand, and finally trust your brand and feel an emotional connection to it. People become emotionally connected
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Most purchases are emotional decisions, subsequently rationalized. The above statement is something of a mantra amongst advertising execs, and eliciting an emotional response from consumers is their holy grail. Emotional connection fuels viral campaigns, promotes brand loyalties and drives sales. Connect the dots, watch the dominoes tumble. This just leaves the sticky question of how, exactly,
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The market for coffee, tea, cocoa, and other such beverages is heating up. June 24, 2020Jeff Grogg, George Squire, and Lynn TownsendKEYWORDS coffee and tea / drink mixes / hot chocolateOrder ReprintsNo Comments The hot drinks market topped $250B globally in 2018, and is expected to maintain an annual growth rate of 6% until at least 2025. Consumers drink hot beverages on
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Snack food consumption has increased by +8% during the pandemic as consumers seek comfort through savory and sweet snacks US consumers have historically turned to snack foods for comfort and enjoyment during challenging times, like the Great Recession, but this behavior has been heightened during the COVID-19 pandemic, reports The NPD Group. Given both the
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The SEO community is always looking for new ranking factors and we have discovered over two hundred of them so far. But there may be hundreds more actually used by Google. Luckily, we don’t have to work on all of them. Most have very little weight in SEO and are often used as tie-breakers rather than ranking
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In the digital age, we are constantly surrounded by bleeping phones and notification alerts. The onslaught of incoming communications can seem incessant and unceasing. Most modern consumers are surrounded by distractions, and marketers have a tough job helping their brands catch the attention of prospects. Related: Create strong emotional connections with your brand story Often,
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The fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector is one of the most volatile and toughest categories in which to succeed and sometimes considered the birthplace of modern branding. The competition has always been fierce and the fight for wallet share never more challenging then it is now. Today’s FMCG industry is a multi-billion dollar sector that’s typically
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