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A Beginners Guide To In-Store Sampling

24th January 2024
When you have a business producing food or drinks, the proof is in the tasting. If you can find a way to get potential customers to taste your products, you will find your sales start climbing. But how do you...

Segmentation and personalisation in experiential marketing: Can you be all things to all people?

4th September 2018
Right now, companies can discover demographic data and buying habits, and pitch a product before customers even think about buying it. Despite this, only 7% of organisations make personalisation their top priority. To compound the problem further, research by Infosys...

Why do Icelandic retailers need to create brand loyalty NOW?

31st July 2018
As far as international retailers are concerned, Iceland is (or has been) a challenge. Iceland’s banks collapsed at the height of the 2008 credit crisis: a $10bn international aid package kept the country afloat, and the newly created special prosecutor...

10 key principles for experiential marketing the right way

10th July 2018
We’ve been leading the field in experiential marketing for twenty years. Not that we want to blow our own trumpet, but in that time we’ve learned a thing or ten about what makes experiential marketing work. We’re constantly evolving and...

A brief history of experiential and field marketing

4th July 2018
Experiential and field marketing mean different things to different people. Real world activations, brand experiences, in-store and on-site installations, not to mention omni-channel, hybrid spaces and more. For us, it’s simply the place where customers meet the brands in person....

Instore experiences for challenger brands

26th April 2018
Introduction In recent years there has been an explosion in the variety and number of smaller, challenger brands launched into the UK retail sector. Everything from craft beers, niche health products and artisan snacks can now be purchased in retailers...