Category
Insight
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Understanding market, shopper, brand and consumer dynamics is key to driving our business.
Stay ahead of the curve with our Category Insight team. Close partnerships between brand manufacturers and our in-house category team means we have the relevant insights to help you make the right choices to drive your business.
Knowing what your shoppers want is vital, our team can support with macro store flow, ranging and merchandising, shopper missions and segmentations and more.
Thinking, talking, and transforming online.
It’s been said many times, by many people, and it’s so, so true. Winning is a team sport!
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Think differentiation - owning customer consciousness
Getting it right is more important than being first… right? In consumers’ minds, that’s not true. Consumers’ impressions are binary: there’s ‘number one’ and then there’s ‘everybody else’. Differentiation means owning consumer consciousness. Consciousness creates differentiation. Without it, you’re just everyone else…
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Rise of eCommerce, marketplaces & delivered
2020 has been a transformational year… for all the wrong reasons. Phenomenal growth in Internet of Things technology, which normally takes years, has happened overnight. It’s not a blip – it’s just business evolution, and the wholesale channel must mature its approach to creating ever more customer-centric experiences in order to grow sustainably.
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What Customers Say, Do and Feel
People don’t think what they feel, they don’t say what they think, and they don’t do what they say.
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Embracing and Leveraging Disruption
2021 is the beginning of a very different new year, how do we address the evolving consumer behaviours through digital commerce transformation.
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So Social
Smartphone evolution fuels social with endless streams of new features and platforms. Social has an estimated 3.2B global users, which grows by 100M daily.
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Convenience Stores
The Convenience channel has shown an incredible ability to adapt over the course of 2020, with new innovations in many different areas, and convenience retailers becoming a lifeline for many people in their local communities. Click on the button below to find our more information as to how we can help grow your business.
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Discounters
The Discount channel continues to gain traction with the way British consumers shop having changed for good. Budget cuts have driven shoppers to the discounters and this has developed a new breed of value savvy shoppers who are here to stay. Click on the button below to find more information as to how we can help grow your business.
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Wholesalers
Working closely with Wholesalers and the Independent sector ensures we have an understanding of what customers want and how to execute it successfully for your business, your retailers and their customers. We ensure we offer excellent terms, strong promotional packages, superb category led ranges and our staff will provide the very highest standards and in-depth understanding of your business needs.
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Away from Home
The Away from Home channel is vitally important for the Wholesale channel. Around 45% of this business is driven through cash & carry depots, with the remaining 55% being serviced by delivered Wholesalers. Consumer trends are ever-changing, and it’s important to stay up to speed. With so many challenges and opportunities facing the channel in today’s highly-competitive market, it’s important to get the basics right.
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Retailers and Online
The Retail and Online markets are ever changing, with Online seeing substantial growth throughout 2020 as consumer habits shift. Now more than ever, retailers should focus on online-led strategies to help ensure that brands and products are getting as much exposure as possible.
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Pharmacies
With over 11,000 pharmacies in the UK, our dedicated team of pharmacy account managers are here to support you with stocking the market leading brands in Health & Beauty. Our category team have specialised data and insight for the pharmacy channel, offering bespoke ranging advice.
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/26 years of continued Customer growth
Category Insight Guide
Each January we publish our annual Category Insight Guide, designed to help Independent retailers understand the latest market insight and to offer range recommendations to help boost sales. Our impartial guide highlights the best performing products and brands in the market, as well as offering category data, insight and recommendations.
Retailers can utilise the information provided in this guide to help build core ranges, execute in-store planograms and explore potential new listings, with all the product information there at your fingertips.
To download our Category Insight Guide, please input your details below.
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