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Eyes Vs. Numbers Round 1 *DING*

By |2019-10-07T18:37:41+01:00October 7th, 2019|Views and insights|

Let’s talk about hockey. NHL organizations all over North America have a variety of different strategies they use to identify player opportunity on a given team. Primarily, this breaks down into “numbers guys” and “eyes guys”. We’re talking about Analysts who pour over every stat of every player over the course of multiple seasons. We're

Dear Executive, Can We Interest You In Our, “Catch Of The Day?”

By |2019-10-07T18:33:34+01:00October 7th, 2019|Views and insights|

Dear Executive, The last time we spoke, we talked about innovation, and the importance of keeping up to the minute with new and exciting information around side-dishes in the store. We hope since then your steak dinners at the country club have been accompanied by a plethora of fresh vegetables, warm garlic mashed potatoes, and

If we marketers helped get the world into this mess, can we help fix it?

By |2019-09-19T17:28:35+01:00September 19th, 2019|Views and insights|

I used to feel that at worst, being a professional marketer meant helping my employer or client succeed and thus provide jobs, and products people enjoyed. At best, I was ensuring the onward progress of our society for the good of all (more wealth = better lives across the planet).  In fact, data globally shows

Category Role. Time to update the old classics?

By |2019-08-08T16:21:46+01:00August 8th, 2019|Views and insights|

Remember Step 2 of the Eight Step Process anyone? Define the Role of the Category. Well, how did that work out for you? It was an important consideration. Pointless to propose strategies that were a mismatch for what a retailer sought to achieve “top-down” with that category. In a limited space environment, tough choices need

80/20: Today’s Insights Reality

By |2019-07-23T16:16:44+01:00July 23rd, 2019|Views and insights|

Back in the day, most larger CPG firms had massive human resources, and budgets for data to match. There was the capability to strive for the optimum within insights and data solutions. Things have changed. CPG is under pressure as never before, as growth slows and retail competition heats up. Companies react by slimming down

Data Meetings. They usually don’t work well – but what’s the alternative?

By |2019-07-08T09:26:39+01:00June 19th, 2019|Views and insights|

Data is the currency of modern business. Getting the right conclusions and taking action driven by data is critical to personal and collective success. But I reckon the canary has just keeled over in the coal mine. I have probably sat through or presented at over hundreds, maybe even a thousand data presentations in my

“Shopper” is for Cat Man people, not marketers, right?

By |2019-07-08T09:26:45+01:00June 3rd, 2019|Views and insights|

We talk to CPG companies about shopper insights day in day out. We are used to rooms filled with “category” people, and indeed salespeople. But it's amazing how rarely brand managers come along. I think the shorthand or even subliminal implication to marketing departments is that talking shopper is about retailers, selling, more about execution,