Market Visit: UNIQLO San Francisco

Market Visit: UNIQLO San Francisco

I am in San Francisco this week to attend a shopper marketing conference, but over the weekend my wife Heidi and I enjoyed some R&R in the city. Part of the fun of walking San Francisco is the opportunity to encounter retail brands that are either launching in the...
What’s Missing in Shopper Marketing

What’s Missing in Shopper Marketing

What separates good shopper marketing from great? Strategy? Insight? Creativity? Execution? While there is no denying the importance of each, you can nail all and have your work still be ineffective at shelf. There is something missing in most shopper marketing....
Why Work When You Can Be An Artist?

Why Work When You Can Be An Artist?

Last June Seth Godin, an author, lecturer and entrepreneur I've had the pleasure of meeting on a few occasions, launched a Kickstarter campaign in his words to "… show my publisher, the bookstores and anyone with a book worth writing that it's...