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Improving Strategy and Marketing Efficiency: LUXURY & PACKAGING - New French law could make luxury packaging illegal
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LUXURY and PACKAGING - New French law could make luxury packaging illegal. A French law, which could make luxurious packaging of high end fragrances and cosmetics illegal, has come under fire from a European packaging trade association. The European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment (EUROPEN) has attacked recent changes to French law that could affect the packaging of luxury goods. Under the new regulations, packaging must be as. 8220;The consumer acceptance part is included in the harmonise...
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Improving Strategy and Marketing Efficiency: TRYVERTISING: a free camcorder for a weekend at the hotel
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TRYVERTISING: a free camcorder for a weekend at the hotel. Hotels are an ideal setting for many " tryvertising. Campaigns, approximating as they do consumers' domestic milieu. Omni Hotels offers patrons a free camcorder for the weekend. Through the Omni Flips for Summer campaign, which runs through Sept. 6, families staying at any of the chain's hotels and resorts in North America can borrow a pocket-sized video camcorder for free and use it to record their most memorable moments. Guests are also encoura...
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Improving Strategy and Marketing Efficiency: PRIVATE LABEL - growth driven by innovation
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PRIVATE LABEL - growth driven by innovation. Private label product innovation has reached unprecedented highs and market share has rocketed as a result. In the US, private label foods have accounted for 27 percent of food introductions so far this year – or nearly 1,800 new food products, according to Mintel’s Global New Products Database. This is up from a 13 percent share in 2005. Unlike other recessionary periods, the private label products now on offer are not just cheap imitations of familiar brands...
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Improving Strategy and Marketing Efficiency: PETFOOD PROMOTION - Mars Petcare Goes on Tour
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PETFOOD PROMOTION - Mars Petcare Goes on Tour. Mars Petcare is introducing its latest line of restaurant-style dog food meals with a cross-country sampling campaign to be held at dog parks and beaches beginning this month. Burgundy Flavor. The company said each entree is meant to "evoke . . . the classic bistro" taste. Cesar Canine Cuisine wants to help small dog parents who want to provide the very best for their little companions," said marketing director Anne Herrington in a statement. "With the '...
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Improving Strategy and Marketing Efficiency: NEW PRODUCT DVLPMT - Democratizing product development
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NEW PRODUCT DVLPMT - Democratizing product development. Last year, Mountain Dew's "Dewmocracy" brought the conversation to the social space. Today, Vitaminwater is turning to Facebook fans to come up with its next flavor. This isn't the most creative initiative. Says Richie Cruz from Digital Strategist Agency, ". Another reaction could be ". Does the world need another MangoBerry-CranMint-Guarana Fusion? Vitaminwater started its fan page on Facebook in March and now has about 450,000 fans, thanks in part...
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Improving Strategy and Marketing Efficiency: PACKAGING INFORMATION - Consumers don't trust food industry portion sizes
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PACKAGING INFORMATION - Consumers don't trust food industry portion sizes. Consumers do not trust portion sizes given on food packages and buy extra to ensure they have enough to eat, finds IGD research has found; industry needs to communicate better the basis of portion sizes. The new report is based on consumer research undertaken in focus groups, and through a quantitative survey of 1,067 adults aged 15 and over in April 2009. We have to find a way for manufacturers to communicate: ‘We havenR...
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Improving Strategy and Marketing Efficiency: ETHNIC MARKETING - The Bounty/ Hispanics case study - Interview
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ETHNIC MARKETING - The Bounty/ Hispanics case study - Interview. Consumers are cutting back on just about everything right now, but some items—paper towels and diapers, for instance—will always be musts. That said, recession-conscious shoppers won’t part with their money unless there’s a promise of value. Colleagues summarize your marketing approach as “turning the tortilla over.” Would you care to translate that for us? Name one key insight about Hispanic shoppers that might surprise people. These consu...
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Improving Strategy and Marketing Efficiency: DESTOCKING: It's the perfect excuse for poor performance
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DESTOCKING: It's the perfect excuse for poor performance. Cosmetics companies looking for something to blame for poor financial results are turning to the ever so convenient excuse of destocking. In the past couple of weeks L’Oreal and Beiersdorf have both turned to destocking to excuse poor first quarter sales. Perishing the thought of admitting that fewer people are buying their cosmetics, they sought out an excuse in the murky and complicated world of inventories. In the words of Bernstein Research an...
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