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Our new SuperWall Display System sets the benchmark in flexibility and portability. Finally, create the stand YOU want and imagined without the constraints of a modular system and magnetic graphic panels.

There are many ways to launch a new product into the marketplace and businesses do it every day, but only a small proportion are successful. What steps can you take to increase your chances of success and make a greater impact in the marketplace?

The price wars in the UK have been ongoing for the past few years and market dynamics have changed the way supermarkets run.

Having worked in the grocery retail industry for a number of years, I’ve seen plenty of change and plenty of things stay just the same. 

Over the past few years discounters like Aldi have had a major impact on the Australian grocery retail sector. The latest survey by UBS/AFGC estimated that Woolworths and Coles collectively lost more than $500m in sales to Aldi in the last financial year.

Over the past few years Woolworths has been under the hammer to get their supermarket offering right, to reduce consumer prices and improve customer service. The new management team have big plans and the marketing messages all sing a good tune, but is it all too late for Woolworths?

Over the past year, Aldi has certainly been hitting the headlines in the Australian supermarket wars. In the latest study by UK-based research company YouGov, the results indicate that Aldi is one of the most talked about brands in Australia and is up there with top brands such as Google, YouTube and Apple.

We have all seen them in Sydney, you have probably all be in one of them, and you may even have eaten at one of them – pop-up shops and kiosks are ‘popping’ up all over the place, and research indicates that consumers love them!

When thinking of free samples we inevitably think about food and drink, because the food and beverage industries have made sampling an integral part of their marketing strategy for years. Despite how quickly our world is changing, and the technology that goes with it, the tradition of sampling still lives on albeit in a more non-traditional way.

Sampling is still a massive component in the marketing mix, and there is often no better way to get a new product to market than by giving away samples. But how do you get noticed? How do you make some noise in an already crowded marketplace?