Live your brand, think tirelessly about customers and do not compromise your expectations – that is the advice of Arnd Pickhardt, the man behind the pivotal Lidl Surprises campaign and winner of Marketing Week’s ‘Visionary Marketer of the Year’ award 2016. Here he shares his advice for achieving effective marketing and customer insight.
With the latest ‘Lidl Surprises’ campaign aiming to convince doubters of the quality of the discounter’s meat, Lidl UK’s marketing director Claire Farrant says its past success means the brand’s marketing now has to work much harder to surprise British consumers.
Discounter Lidl is stepping up efforts to position itself as a conventional UK grocer with the launch of ‘My Lidl’ – a new online loyalty community for its shoppers.
Sainsbury’s and Morrisons have rejected claims that a focus on price cuts will lessen quality perception, with both claiming that a mix of premium quality and competitive pricing is key to revival.
Greenhushing is a symptom of marketers feeling nervous about how they communicate on sustainability, Pernod Ricard is attempting to “empower” its teams to tackle the issue.
Leadership, communication and strategic thinking are the skills most prized by CMOs, according to new research, with functional experience lagging further behind.
Exclusive data from IPA Bellwether shows more brands are expecting job losses this quarter compared to last.
Despite returning to positive volume growth, Danone’s CFO says the business will continue to make strategic price increases behind its “differentiated” products.