WORLD RENOWNED WINERY & DISTRIBUTOR
Consumer Profiling, Category Planning, Route to Market Planning & Execution
The Brief
Our client is a world-renowned winery and distributor of world-class wines E&J Gallo. A number of their brands are within the premium and super premium category, and whilst they already have a strong presence and community of brand advocates, they also wished to build on this success within the highly competitive UK marketplace.
They currently buy consumer panel data and while this is useful category information, it does not help clarify the lifestyle, motivations and wine buying habits of the end consumer/shopper or help size the consumption opportunity for premium and super premium activation.
The challenge was to understand the profile of the end consumers and shoppers in order to plan route to market coverage and marketing execution in order to meet ambitious growth targets.
Action
Analysis of brand consumer demographics, wine trends, attitudes and buying behaviours fed into the creation of Super Premium and Premium wine consumer personas.
Mapping the UK population to further extend route to market coverage and category growth across its super premium and premium wine range was the key output together with a list of ranked geographical locations which offer the greatest potential stocking opportunities.
Focusing on both the on and off trade licensed environments, and using our MarketView data mapping, analysis and reporting software, we mapped these consumer brand personas against both residential and daytime populations (showing where people are during working hours).
Determining the total brand footfall opportunity by population relevancy enabled Field Sales execution to be more targeted. In addition, POS, merchandising, equipment, digital signage and promotions are now better aligned to the communication and promotional preferences of consumers, thereby increasing sales.
Result
Heat map densities also helped identify new route to market opportunities and activation of incentives, events and promotions that are specific to each brand.
The motivations and buying habits of the end shopper/consumer help bridge the gap between the brand, its customer (the retailer) and the end consumer.
The development of brand personas informs future recommendations on how to improve super premium and premium brand communication, format and price point possibilities. This in turn quantifies the ‘client effect’ for retailers by exploring with them how it can improve or enhance consumer’s views on outlets where their brands are available.
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