On Monday morning, January 25th, in front of top supermarket and CPG industry executives, a panel discussion moderated by Food Marketing Institute’s (FMI) Senior Vice President Mark Baum, took a look at the future trends and issues that will impact shopper behavior – and the future of the food business. (more…)
A sobering, directional study from Mintel again confirms that trust issues drive purchase and govern brand relationships – retail or product – for the influential Millennial generation.
Video.
This should not be a surprise, but when it comes to engagement and shareability, two primary measures of effectiveness in content marketing outreach — video stands as a leader among tools in the tool box.
Consumers like to watch…
As the food landscape changes, the equally disruptive media-machine upheaval reaches into and upends conventional CPG brand communications strategies – Where’s Don Draper when you really need him?
Study after study confirms this recurring theme: conventional food marketing communications built around self-reverential “me, me, me” sales messages that assert benefits such as quality and taste just won’t cut it anymore.
Consumers routinely ignore, eliminate and may soon block exposure to the daily barrage of self-promotion that works in direct opposition to real engagement and relationship.
So what actually penetrates the effort to avoid traditional selling?