We are a highly experienced group of multi functional commercial practitioners…
…who know how to drive category and brand growth by seamlessly connecting with consumers, shoppers and customers
Value Chain Marketing
Solutions for Growth
We help our clients find new ways to grow the categories in which they compete, and define the parameters for disproportionate brand growth
Purpose
Benefits
How We Help Our Clients
Value Chain Marketing for Growth
To identify and exploit consumer, shopper and customer growth opportunities for brand portfolios based on a deep understanding of the category context in which they compete
Disproportionate business growth
Industry thought leadership
We help our clients accelerate and sustain long term commercial success by helping them design the right commercial strategies, implement those strategies efficiently and effectively, and build sustainable competitive advantage in their commercial capabilities
Value Chain Marketing solutions has 5 integrated commercial focus areas…
To quantify and assess the total market opportunity and potential threats for a consumer-defined category of products, thus setting the context for brands to compete more successfully and sustainably
Disproportionate brand growth
Category thought leadership
- Understand the commercial potential of the category in which they compete
- Identify the sources and key drivers of future growth
- Identify associated critical success factors and understand the company’s competitive position and capability development priorities
- Define and target the highest potential opportunities for their brands within the category
To drive sustainable growth and equity of the company’s brands across all categories in which they compete by exploiting relevant category growth opportunities in all parts of the market value chain, whilst building sustainable and relevant propositions for target consumers, shoppers and retailers
Growing brand equity and commercial value across the market value chain
- Identify and prioritise brand growth opportunities across all categories in which their brands compete
- Put in place the relevant strategic brand development programmes utilising our proprietary “16P” marketing framework
- Translate strategic brand plans into highly effective operational brand activities across the whole market value chain
- Build competitive advantage through organisational, team and individual competence
To ensure the company’s brands are the consumer’s first choice at every relevant moment of consumption
Growing and sustaining profitable consumer usage of the company’s brands
- Understand barriers and motivations for consumption
- Evaluate and target consumption growth opportunities for brands
- Develop and coordinate consumption focused brand strategies and activity plans
- Develop and execute consumption growth initiatives
- Improve the execution, efficiency and effectiveness of consumer-focused marketing activity
- Build competitive advantage in consumer marketing capabilities
To ensure the company’s brands are the shopper’s first choice whenever they make the decision to buy from the category and to ensure that decision is acted upon when making the purchase
Growing and sustaining profitable shopper purchase of the company’s brands
- Understand barriers and motivations for shopper decision making and purchase
- Evaluate and target retail sales growth opportunities for brands
- Develop and coordinate shopper purchase focused brand strategies and activity plans
- Develop and execute purchase growth initiatives
- Improve the execution, efficiency and effectiveness of shopper focused marketing activity
- Build competitive advantage in shopper marketing capabilities
