01 Dec 2010
| by Amy Golding
With consumers cutting back, sales promotion has never been more important than...among the first retailers to announce the beginning of their seasonal sales promotions.
Morrisons ...
.
Barbara Holgate, managing director of sales promotion agency The Big Kick, which works with brands ...
even more evident this Christmas.'
A record 37% of grocery sales by value were on promotion ...
09 May 1996
of the promotions industry....of the latest Institute of Sales Promotion (ISP) Awards with a curtain-
raiser for the Incentive 96 show ...
.
The ISP Awards is the longest-established and most wide-ranging
competition in the sales promotion ...
for using sales promotion rarely change: to fight off
competition, encourage sampling, win new customers ...
06 Oct 2004
| by Drew Barrand
Digital technology is revolutionising the sales promotion world, as agencies respond to retailer...To stop the rot, sales promotion agencies are integrating their core activity into campaigns using ...
at Mercier Gray, is one of those who has been frustrated by the industry's approach to core sales promotion work. 'I'm genuinely disappointed in the use of sales promotion mechanisms,' he says.
'There has been ...
25 Apr 1996
| by JAMES CURTIS
Integration is all the rage, but James Curtis asks how well sales
promotion and direct marketing...Integration is all the rage, but James Curtis asks how well sales
promotion and direct marketing ...
, with advertising, direct marketing and sales
promotion agencies all wanting a slice of the one-stop-shop action ...
for advertising and sales promotion
practitioners to roll up their sleeves and get to grips with customer
data ...
25 Apr 1996
| by BOB BAYLEY
As clients increasingly think in global terms, Bob Bayley looks at how
agency attitudes to sales....
This demands a shift in the way sales promotion has traditionally
operated and a change in attitude ...
the two disciplines of sales promotion and direct marketing into a co-
ordinated, impartial strategy. They have also stopped referring to sales
promotion, regarding global promotional marketing as a more ...
06 Apr 2005
The need to expand beyond the FMCG sector has forced sales promotion agencies to adopt new...in the 50s, sales promotion has been driven chiefly by FMCG brands. But, in recent years, dwindling budgets ...
successful in doing so.
Over the past few years, sales promotion techniques have been adopted by companies ...
such as buy-one-get-one-free promotions, and what little is left for conventional sales activity tends ...
28 Jun 2006
| by Helen Gregory
If you don't want to get pulled into discounting, innovate to get space for your sales promotions....You've come up with a great sales promotion idea for a food brand that
wants a higher in ...
are often more keen to
promote their own money-off vouchers. 'Fifteen years ago sales promotion ...
of Sales Promotion. 'It means that
brands have less money to put into research and brand development ...
05 Oct 2005
| by David Tiltman
The events surrounding this year's Promotional Marketing Awards clearly show that the sales promotion sector is suffering from a bout of insecurity. The awards, organised by the Institute of Sales ...
-digit percentage rises in profits. Against this backdrop, it is no surprise that sales promotion agencies ...
07 Nov 1996
| by ROBERT DWEK
Opportunities for promotion on TV and radio have improved since
restrictions were relaxed. Robert...Opportunities for promotion on TV and radio have improved since
restrictions were relaxed. Robert Dwek reports
Things have changed considerably in the world of broadcast promotions ...
Broadcasting Act was designed to bring a lighter touch to radio
sponsorship and promotions ...
20 Jun 1996
, involving 13,000
builders nationwide. Sales promotion played an integral part, with a
wider campaign including a holiday competition and a price-off
promotion. Builders were phoned to alert them to the promotion, and
asked for additional information on cement purchasing habits. It was
also tied ...