You, Me & CPG by Haines McGregor
Welcome to You, Me & CPG, the podcast brought to you by Haines McGregor, a brand strategy and innovation partner to some of the biggest and coolest brands in the world.
Your host, Jamie Holtum, will take you beyond the label to uncover the brilliant minds behind your favourite products. This pod is about the personal as much as the professional - how do certain people in the industry rise so quickly? Make such creative impact? Do things with brands that we can just sit back and admire?
We'll spread across the CPG world, from food and drink to beauty and lifestyle, from the CEO to the Founder to the Rising Star. With marketing, innovation, sales & growth all hot topics.
Perhaps you're in the CPG industry, want to break into it or simply learn from it. If you're striving to get ahead, get creative and make a difference - either way this is the podcast for you.
Learn more and follow the journey at: https://www.hainesmcgregor.co.uk/
You, Me & CPG by Haines McGregor
‘Don’t Just Be Curious, Act On It’ STEPHEN ROBERTSON On The Curiosity Habit That Has Led To His Success, Demanding More Consumers In The Boardroom And Predictions For 2024 #8
From Royal Wedding stunts to transforming a DIY giant, it’s safe to say that Stephen Robertson is a titan in the industry.
Now a Non-Executive Director at Timpson, Stephen’s career is brimming with accolades, and in a nation of shopkeepers, it’s the fascinating retail marketing world from which he has some of the most invaluable lessons
Stephen joins us on You, Me & CPG to detail the stories that made him entirely reframe his profession, demonstrate the new definition of brand loyalty, and reveals the only truly reliable form of market research…
This episode covers
- Whether brand loyalty is dead, or has simply evolved
- Collaboration vs tribalism
- Key differences between the approaches of product-led vs retail marketeers
- Timpson’s remarkable presence despite ‘not believing in marketing’
- The one and only type of market research that’s completely correct
- Reframing marketing as a cost
Jamie Holtum: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-holtum-85b79634/
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