February 19, 2007
more thoughts on customer engagement
[The current favorite for our next Stormhoek cartoon label. Every person in the trade that I’ve shown it to has loved it. Very cool.]
After an extremely busy 2006, and an even busier 2007 [so far], I briefly harbored what now seems like an insane idea– that once I got back from my Stormhoek Road Trip, I would take some time off. You know, maybe go down to the South of France and visit Sigurd for a while, and just generally chill out by the pool or whatever.
No such luck. Looks like the next month is going to be a busy one. There’s SO MUCH left to do.
My new Stormhoek mantra is “Customer Engagement”. I’m in the wine business, and it seems to me that if I want to be able to afford rent next month, I need to figure out clever ways to ship wine cases. Stormhoek is an outstanding product, and we seem to have have good relationships with all the big supermarkets, which drive well over 60% of the UK wine trade. Where I see the opportunity to grow the business is in the intensity with which we engage with the average supermarket shopper. There’s many ways to skin this– everything from more road trips, sponsoring more blog dinner to yes, the label on the bottle. But at the end of the day, it all comes down to the ordinary Brit pushing a shopping trolley, and giving her what she wants. Everything else is secondary.
For all the fun and buzz of the road trip, what I personally got most from it was an amazing and deep first-hand experience of supermarkets. I sincerely believe that this will prove invaluable to me down the road.
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A wee chuckle to start your day off right etc.
I guess “makes Sex better” is probably off the table…
Just as well Hugh, the pool is only useful to “chill out” in just now, chill as in freezing butt off
But we’re keeping the rosé chilled for the nice spring days — reckon pool is pleasant again in two months so we’ll have to meet up in London pubs etc until then!
r.e. shifting more cases — what about the packaging? Does wine have to be sold in 750 ml glass bottles? Surely the stormhoek brand would suit playing around a bit with this. There are plenty of options…
This label will stop people in their tracks. It is just so excellent. Hugh has excelled with this one!
If it does not make you think, then you are not an ardent lover of chocolate!
I clearly love this one since I named my blog after it! Look forward to hearing about the final decision.
Almost as good as… a holiday in the South of France?