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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...

The coronavirus outbreak has had a major impact for brands relying on product demos to boost product sales. Indeed, product demonstrations have been called off for now due to the pandemic, leaving brands of all shapes and sizes without a...

In-store marketing activities are like Transformers: there’s more to them than meets the eye. Sampling and demo activity is effective at changing customer buying behaviour in the moment. We know people are 25-30% more likely to pick up and purchase...

White space, in the world of design and art, is negative space. Space left unfilled. It’s not blank – instead, it’s the canvas for objects of focus to exist and be perceived. The successful use of white space is what...

The four Ps of marketing – product, price, promotion and place – have been the core tenets of the marketing mix since they were first proposed by E. Jerome McCarthy in his 1960 book, Basic Marketing: A Managerial Approach. Why...

We’re all creatures of habit. We frequent fewer than 25 places in our day to day lives, and form close relationships with five people. We walk around the supermarket and put exactly the same things in our trolleys, week in...

Iceland is cool. Really, really cool. As trends among British 18-30s shift away from hard partying and toward mini-breaks, new experiences and Instagram opportunities, Iceland’s become a more popular tourist destination than the Bahamas, Brazil and China. US travellers have...

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...

At Fizz, we like to think we know a thing or two about working with health and beauty brands to create in-store beauty experiences. Over the past three decades we’ve represented some of the industry’s best loved brands inside high...

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, we begin what is known at Fizz Towers as the “gifting season”. Representing a series of key dates through the retail calendar, each presents brands and retailers with opportunities to engage shoppers and...

As we begin another busy year, what better time to pause and consider the 2018 trends for the retail sector. More importantly, how are the 2018 trends likely to impact and inform the in-store customer experience? Customer service becomes customer...