Mastering FMCG: Crafting winning strategies with visual excellence
Chris SutcliffeCatching consumers’ attention is critical to FMCG brands, particularly for product launches, which makes high-impact visual design a prerequisite for success.
Catching consumers’ attention is critical to FMCG brands, particularly for product launches, which makes high-impact visual design a prerequisite for success.
As M&S launches its first dedicated menswear campaign in eight years, its marketing director Anna Braithwaite talks about why men are easier – and harder – to convert into customers.
Kenvue is the consumer health spin-off from pharmaceutical business Johnson & Johnson. CEO Thibaut Mongon has touted the power of the “affinity” consumers have to its brands, which include Neutrogena and Listerine.
The phase-out of third-party cookies is finally set to be complete next year. Here are three ways digital advertising will adapt and improve as a result.
Unilever’s focus on purpose across its brands has been a source of criticism from some of its investors. Its new CEO Hein Schumacher says the company now recognises there are some brands where the concept is simply not relevant.
Barbie sales grew 16% in the last quarter off the back of Barbie-mania this summer, with its CEO crediting its ‘innovative’ marketing arm.
Esi Eggleston Bracey, who headed up Unilever’s USA business, will take on the new role of chief growth and marketing officer – a departure from predecessor Conny Braams’ chief digital and commercial officer title.
Only 13% of wine consumers say returning to a brand they had bought before was an essential criteria in their purchase decision. In a category which lacks instantly recognisable names, a push towards brand could drive a stronger wine market.
While pledging to be ‘competitive’ and agile in its pricing, Heineken CFO Harold van den Broek said the company would not be stepping up its promotional activity.
Digital ad spend continues to grow, recording a 5% rise in the first half of the year, with digital video accounting for the strongest growth.
One recruitment firm has seen a 59% increase in contract roles this year, but the reasons for marketers stepping into interim positions vary.
Coca-Cola does not classify marketing spend as a “drag” on margins but rather part of its strategy to tap into growth opportunities, said CEO James Quincey.
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Thinkbox highlights data that shows linear TV advertising has increased in price by 20% – not 50% – since 2019, and suggests that while price is an important factor in TV’s effectiveness there are other things to consider.
The first-person ad from HSBC ranked in the top 25% of ads for effectiveness, according to the latest edition of The Works study.