By Shared Spirits
Customer Sampling. Big Liquor Budgets $10 to $15 per. But for What?

Customer Sampling. Big Liquor Budgets $10 to $15 per. But for What?

I was reading through a significant liquor supplier's marketing plan deck. It was a deck associated with a particular year's go to market plan. Customer sampling cost of $10 to $15 per sample to the consumer was the planned spend for the year. The difference between $10 and $15 was determined by the nature of the event or activation as we call it in booze marketing. Screen grab from a big liquor marketing deck This informs you immediately as to the extremely high cost of sampling customers in the spirits, wine, and beer industry. What are satisfactory metrics for these…
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By Shared Spirits
In-Store Tastings with Engagement

In-Store Tastings with Engagement

Suppliers and brands in the spirits and wine business have been settling for less. They deserve in-store tastings with engagement. Engagement from the customers who frequent the retail stores and have the greatest potential to buy their products. The current in-store tasting generally occurs via an agency that sends out a young attractive female who spends more time on her phone than engaging with the consumer and proactively inviting them to the table to experience the brand and its story. A look across other industries is warranted. In Blue Ocean Strategy terms, this look across alternative industries is important because…
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