Funding of shopper marketing and trade promotion is increasing, but with varied results, putting the pressure on shopper marketers and trade promotion managers to be performance-based. To achieve this, a greater focus on the elements of execution and the collection of insights into what is happening at the store level is required. In a publication […]
The growth of digital technology adoption has shaken every industry, but few industries have been impacted as deeply as consumer goods. Cited as one of the ‘least digital’ industries, with only $47 million spent on digital investments in 2014, the industry has been challenged to make the necessary shifts required to stay competitive and relevant […]
With consumers adopting online healthcare shopping behaviors at a rapid pace, a health insurers’s website has become the first point of contact between a health plan and the consumer. With this, it’s critical that a health insurer’s website provides prospects with insight into the company’s brand value and customer experience, which means delivering compelling content […]
Without the right tools, content and processes, healthcare sales representatives cannot perform to their maximum potential. The emergence of the omnichannel consumer has made many healthcare sales processes and tools outdated and ineffective. Most millennials don’t like to talk on the phone or even in person – they like to conduct their own online research […]
The CPG industry is in a state of turbulence. Smaller, more tightly focused companies are emerging and outpacing the larger players. Digital technologies are creating new ways for CPGs to connect with consumers. Center store is shrinking as consumers shift to produce-dominated diets. Online retailers like Amazon are delivering levels of service personalization and convenience […]
Over the past several years, sales have declined across the largest CPG companies at a startling rate. According to Nielsen, the 20 largest consumer packaged-goods companies suffered from flat sales last year, while smaller ones posted sales growth of only 2.4%. In order to address diminishing sales and evolving consumer shopping behaviors, CPGs have had […]
With 3,500,000 Boomers turning 65 in 2017, and with most of them becoming eligible for Medicare enrollment around their 65th birthday, marketers are presented with a target-rich market for their AEP campaign strategies. This year’s group of age-ins, however, are distinct from their prior predecessors. In order for health insurers to effectively reach them, they […]
Today’s Medicare-eligible Boomers are unlike their predecessors. They are tech savvy and go online to learn about topics of interest to them, particularly for health information and shopping Medicare options. In fact, for the first time in their 11 years of conducting their annual Age-In study, Deft Research, a health insurance consumer intelligence company, found […]
When e-commerce first came to light, many believed it was the beginning of the end for Brick-and-Mortar retail locations. As time has gone on, however, we’ve found that e-commerce is only eliminating the retailers resistance to reshape the design and functionality of their in-store experience to account for online consumer behaviors. While large department store […]
Major advancements are being made in collaborative technology, marketing automation and data-driven marketing, yet oddly the processes that drive shopper marketing remain antiquated. Shopper marketers carry brilliant ideas, market intelligence and customer insights, yet struggle to actualize their ideas due to the intense manual labor required of their jobs and lack of workflow technology. With […]