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Home » Industry News » POI Pulse: August 31, 2015

POI Pulse: August 31, 2015

POI Pulse August 31, 2015 PUBLISHED BY PROMOTION OPTIMIZATION INSTITUTE

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Meijer mPerks Members Clip Billion Coupons
Source: (Drug Store News August 27, 2015)
The popularity of digital coupons and shopping apps is at an all-time high as price-conscious shoppers are realizing how much their iPads, tablets and mobile phones can be used as a tool to help stretch family budgets,” said Michael Ross, VP digital shopping and customer marketing. mPerks has a redemption rate that is four times higher than the national average and frequent users are saving an average of 15% per year. Learn more

 

A New Perspective on Chief Information OfficersSource: (Strategy & August 2015)

The implication is that supply chain management and logistics are now equal to – if not more important than – technological development in gauging the success or failure of a CIO. These executives tend to react to turbulence in the financial world or external risks to their firm in the same way as their colleagues. Learn more

Join 300+ of Your Peers at POI Summit in Dallas!
Your next opportunity to learn, network, and advance at the POI Fall Summit is November 4-6 in Dallas, TX. The agenda will once again be advanced, so make your plans now to attend, as the POI April 2015 Summit was sold out!

More than 300 CPG Manufacturers and Retailers will join us — 

Teams taking advantage of early registration include:
Hy-Vee, E&J Gallo, NBTY, Burleson’s-Honey, Prestige Brands, BIC Consumer Products, Ventura Foods, Farmer John, First Quality Products, Pilgrims, Reynolds, Diageo, MillerCoors, Ruiz Foods, Edgewell, Grainger, Borden Dairy, Idahoan, Wrigley, Jack Links, Post Foods, Deli Express, Ruiz Foods, Hershey’s, Lidl, Pernod Ricard, AB Inbev, Tree Top, Storck USA, Bellisio Foods, Bimbo, Kind, Whole Foods, Ahold USA, JBSS, AAFES, DairyPure, Mondelez, Mars, PepsiCo, McCormick, Starbucks, Pinnacle Foods,Coca-Cola, Food Lion, Nestle, Kimberly Clark, Red Gold, DPSG, Johnson & Johnson, Perfetti Van Melle, Kraft Foods, Pictsweet, Hormel, Clorox, Tyson, Kellogg’s, Dannon, 7-Eleven, JM Smucker, Church & Dwight, Busch Bros.,Topco, Keurig Green Mountain, Hillshire Brands, Giant Eagle, Jarden, Musco Family Olive, ConAgra, Windsor Foods, Ainsworth Pet Nutrition, Del Monte, Rich Products, Mckee Foods, SC Johnson, Novartis, and many others. By now you should have received your invitation. If not, reach me today at mkantor@p-o-i.org

 

Grocery Growth Sluggish in UK as Prices Fall – Study Source: (Produce UK August 25, 2015)
Waitrose’s ‘Pick Your Own Offers’ promotion helped to drive growth of 3.7% at the high-end retailer, the analyst notes. The discounters also continued to perform well. Growth at Aldi accelerated to 18% and Lidl’s sales rose by 12.8%, taking its market share to a new high of 4.1%. Learn more

 

Smucker’s Sales Surge-Pet Food, Coffee
Source: (Food Bus News August 27, 2015)
To improve demand, the company recently announced a 6% price decrease on the products, due to anticipated declines in green coffee costs. “With this change and our transition to a reduced canister size for our large can Folgers offering, which is proceeding as planned, consumers are now beginning to see lower price points on shelf,” Mr. Smucker said. Learn more

 

More CCM Candidates w/ POI SJU
Source: (Next Orientation is December 10-11, 2015)

CCM graduates and candidates included sales, marketing and merchandising executives from Starbucks, Ahold USA, Walgreens, Norseland, Inc., Pinnacle Foods, 7-Eleven, ESM Ferolie, Hormel, Delhaize America, Keurig Green Mountain, Wakefern, Campbell Soup, Mondelez, Continental Mills, and others. Learn more

 

POI Global Summit is Set for Brussels, Belgium
Source: (POI 10-11, May 2016)
Building on the success of the inaugural POI Global Summit in Geneva, CH on 12-13, May 2015 leading global companies are advancing their understanding, and associated benefits of Joint Business Planning and the components of successful promotion collaboration.
At the POI Global Summit at the Sheraton, Brussels, these leaders come together around the critical sales, marketing, merchandising, and retail execution capabilities to create and optimize promotional plans, assortments, and pricing that drives brand/category/ store sales and profits. Save the date!

Could a CPG Marketer be Twitters Next CMO?
And then of course our brand is global; it is digital; we’re a quantitative-driven company. So those would be some of the characteristics that we’re looking for. Backgrounds really span industries across tech and CPG and media. Learn more

 

POI Perspective

If you’ve viewed one POI agenda/attended or attended each one to date, you’ll agree that each POI Summit is unique unto itself. Not as a disconnected set of events, but as a progression, advancement, and demonstration of continuous improvement. You’ll find it in our mission, our CPG/Retailer presenters’ credo, and you’ll leave each POI Summit with increased skills, insights, and relationships. I am inspired to write this column as we begin to finalize the sessions, and subject matter expert presenters that I know will meet your growing price/promotion optimization needs. Presenters from Kimberly-Clark, 7-Eleven, Grainger, Del Monte, Accenture, Tyson, Sunny Delight, Sereneti Kitchen, Bic Consumer Products, Strategy&, Mars, PepsiCo,and others will share their learning’s and successes with you in a deep and meaningful way.

Many of you read POI Pulse weekly and gain an insight, or are currently pioneering efforts at your company to drive mutual growth, and you recognize that our commitment to the discipline of Trade Marketing, Pricing, Merchandising, Branding, Retail Execution, and Advanced Analytics continuously creates the path forward. Stay tuned for perhaps the biggest announcement next week, since the inaugural POI Summit!

I also want to take this opportunity after the long weekend, and heading into the Fall to thank every POI Member who’s responded to my requests, and have helped our peers work through an area of Collaborative Marketing in a selfless and collaborative manner! At the POI Summit, you’ll get to know these individuals, not through awards, nor press, but through their dedication to excellence, and their attention to detail in process, people/ skills, and enabling technology.

The upcoming POI Fall Summit will demonstrate lessons learned, and present innovative ways that CPG Manufacturers are meeting growth challenges head on. From local to global, and Hi Lo to EDLP, the POI November Summit will once again raise the bar on the utilization and profit from improving processes, skills, and leveraging advanced analytics to drive greater ROI in a tough environment. If you received your invitation, but lost your promotion code reach me at mkantor@p-o-i.org. We are trending towards capacity in Dallas (as we did in Chicago), so please register now to attend with your team!

Have an outstanding week, and Labor Day Holiday!

See information, and testimonials from the last POI Summit here!

Michael Kantor
CEO & Founder
Promotion Optimization Institute, LLC
mkantor@p-o-i.org

www.POInstitute.com

 

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Career Opportunities
If you have a relevant opportunity, list it in POI Pulse, reach us at info@p-o-i.org

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The Director, Digital Marketing is responsible for developing the vision, strategies, goals and objectives that when executed will accelerate Schwan’s capabilities in digital marketing and dramatically enhance consumer engagement with our brands. Learn more

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