Vol. 28, No. 5 • May 2015

Design of the Times Deadline ApproachesChiCago — The deadline for entry into the Path to Pur-chase Institute’s 2015 Design of the Times is June 5. The an-nual competition recognizes the most effective in-store activa-tions, displays and campaigns. Finalists will be displayed at the Shopper Marketing Conference & Expo, Oct. 13-15 in Minne-apolis.

The fee is $525 per entry; $475 for Institute members. For more information and to enter, visit www.dot-awards.com. SM

Institute Seeking 2015 DOT JudgesChiCago — The Path to Pur-chase Institute is recruiting consumer product manufactur-ers and retail professionals to participate as judges for its an-nual Design of the Times com-petition.

Judging takes place in two phases: Round 1: Aug. 19 in Chicago; Round 2: Oct. 13 in Minneapolis at the Shopper Marketing Conference & Expo. Applicants must commit to par-ticipating in both. Among the perks for judges is complimen-tary admission to the Confer-ence & Expo.

Visit www.dot-awards.com/call_for_judges.php to apply. For more information, contact Peggy Milbrandt at (773) 992-4412 or peggy@p2pi.org. SM

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How to Work With Albertsons Safeway Executive lays out plans, expectations during Shopper Marketing Summit presentationBy Sana JafraniSChaumburg, ill. — Karen Sales, Albert-sons and Safeway Family of Stores vice president of shopper marketing, called for collaboration and innovation via shopper marketing programs when she addressed the newly combined company’s plans and expectations for brands during a general session presentation in March at the Shop-per Marketing Summit.

Sales explained that there are two ways to commence shopper marketing programs at Albertsons Safeway, the result of a merger that was completed on Jan. 30, 2015. One would be a division start, and the other a national start. “You go directly to the na-tional marketing directors or the division sales managers for division-specific pro-grams or to amplify savings offers,” she said.

“You start with the national shopper team in Boise (Idaho) for multi-division or national program opportunity for partner-ship.” The national team would be highly involved in the process across the compa-ny’s divisions, she said. “We will help coor-dinate with merchandising and marketing commitments at the 14 divisions. We will also work with the other divisions to bring unique twists to the national program to make sure each division solution is local-ized and as relevant as possible.”

Sales further explained that brands would still need to sell each division indi-vidually against all merchandising efforts, but that the national headquarters would

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78 Report: E-Commerce InsightsWith the help of Clavis Insight, we examine the online retail environment surrounding the OTC launch of Flonase.

80 Ricci at RetailJoe reviews outside-the-box merchandising by ...• ES Robbins• Kryptonics• Shakespeare

81 Personnel Appointments

82 Institute StrategistWhile an executive declares it’s “business as usual” at Walmart, there are concerns that the retailer is cutting back on in-store displays.

4 Editorial: Peter Breen

6 Yoplait Is ‘Runway’ ReadyGeneral Mills launches Yoplait Signature Collection exclusively at Target with its cups dressed up in designer fashions.

6 Solution Provider News

10 Explaining ‘Reese’s Rules’The Hershey Co. leverages comedian Jeff Foxworthy in videos that are part of a broad path-to-purchase campaign.

10 Making Sound DecisionsVizio rolls out semi-permanent displays to 685 Sam’s Club stores and select Costco locations to introduce its 21-inch 2.1 sound stand.

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12 Hall of Fame Q&A: David VanderWaalLG Electronics’ David VanderWaal is an in-store marketing thought leader recognized for his inspired shopper marketing work in the challenging durables categories.

20 Who’s Who in Digital Shopper MarketingThis third annual report recognizes the brand and retail executives who are making significant progress in the areas of digital shopper marketing, e-commerce, social media and mobile marketing.

76 Report: Supply Chain Optimization, Part 1Creating more ongoing, strategic partnerships around supply chain has myriad benefits, according to a survey conducted jointly by the Path to Purchase Institute, A.T. Kearney and Menasha Packaging.

“Reese’s Rules,” Page 8

23 Guide to Digital Shopper MarketingAn advertising supplement.

72 Feature: Programmatic BuyingThis feature brings you up to speed on programmatic advertising, which is expected to account for 48% of total spend this year for online display ads.

74 So-Lo-MoA roundup of social, local and mobile marketing activity at retail from:• Facebook• Amazon.com• United Healthcare and Solutran• Subway and Turnstyle Solutions• Viggle Inc. and inMarket• PetSense and Shopatron• Ace Hardware• GSP Inc.• Endurance International Group

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4 SHOPPER MARKETING MAY 2015

hile building the curriculum for our new Path to Purchase Leadership University over the last six months, we here at the Institute have spent a lot of

time considering the concept of “shopper marketing,” in both the pragmatic and philosophical senses.

That’s led us to a number of observations about the cur-rent state of the industry’s shared knowledge and under-standing. One is that we’re still lacking a unifying definition for “shopper marketing.” Yes, each organization should have a modified version that fits its own business model and cor-porate objectives. But the industry as a whole needs clearer common ground, a declarative rallying point that can im-mediately silence those marketing philistines who’d dismiss shopper marketing as nothing more than “better” trade promotion or, at best, next-generation customer marketing.

Here’s the definition we propose in our courses …

A cross-functional discipline designed to improve business performance by using actionable insights to connect with shoppers and influence behavior along the path to purchase.

… with the boldface type identifying what we believe to be the most vital pieces. For the time being, we’re pre-senting this as a “working” definition and ask our course attendees to provide feedback – which I’ll also do here for anyone who’d like to send us their thoughts.

A unifying definition would go a long way toward ad-dressing what I think is the most critical issue we’ve en-countered: that not enough organizations consider shopper marketing to be a bona fide go-to-market strategy.

Longtime “students” of shopper marketing might re-member this graphical framework (see chart) as part of the work produced in 2010 by the Retail Commission on Shopper Marketing and published in “Shopper Marketing Best Practices: A Collaborative Model for Retailers and Manufacturers.” (Visit P2PI.org to read the report.)

It was used originally to illustrate how deeply strategic

ABBOTT LABORATORIES• Jessica Krauser, Senior

Manager, Shopper Marketing• Jamie LaRue, Director,

Pediatric Commercial Analytics at Abbott

ACCO BRANDS• Ellery Fischer, Director,

E-Commerce• Gary Lazicki, U.S. Marketing,

Retail Merchandising• Mark Seeley, Senior

Merchandising ManagerACH FOOD COMPANIES• Aaron Newhouse, National

Shopper Marketing ManagerALBERTSON’S & SAFEWAY FAMILY OF STORES• Deb Fifles, VP, Consumer &

Shopper Insights• Dimitri Haloulos, Group VP,

Shopper Marketing• Karen Sales, VP of Shopper

MarketingALCON• Jeremy Brown, Senior

Manager, Shopper Marketing• Mark McKeon, Associate

Director, Category & Shopper Insights

• Shawn Millerick, Head of Marketing, U.S. OTC

ANHEUSER-BUSCH• John Oros, Director of

Category Leadership & Shopper Marketing

• Melissa VanVickle, Shopper Insights Manager

BARILLA AMERICA• Kimberly Humann, Shopper

Marketing Manager• Nina Mlynek, Shopper

Marketing Manager• Debbie Zefting, Director,

Customer & Shopper Development, NA

BAYER HEALTHCARE• Dominique Bruno,

Shopper Marketing Manager• Susan Hayes, Director,

Customer and Shopper Engagement – Walmart

• Richard Horris, Senior Shopper Marketing Manager

BEIERSDORF INC.• Laura Cammarota, Senior

Shopper Marketing Manager• Daniel Theroux, Manager,

Business & Competitive Intelligence

BIG HEART PET BRANDS• David Knoepfle, Director

of Shopper Marketing & Activation

• Todd Nettleton, VP, Market Development Organization

• Mac Tillman, VP, MarketingBROWN-FORMAN CORP.• Bill Hensler, Director, Sales &

Marketing Operations• Bob Krall, VP, Channel Sales

Director, Casual Dining• Julie Lynn York, Group Manager,

Partnership MarketingCAMPBELL SOUP/PEPPERIDGE FARM• Deb Piaseczynski,

Senior Group Manager, Shopper Marketing

• Shelly Sinas, Director of Customer Engagement & Shopper Marketing

CAPRE GROUP• Anne Chambers, CEO• Kristi Ross, PrincipalCATAPULT• Peter Cloutier, CMO• Joe Robinson, President CHURCH & DWIGHT• Dan Bracken, Director,

Marketing ServicesCLOROX CO.• David Cardona, Director of

Shopper Marketing, CAS & Multicultural Capabilities

COCA-COLA CO.• John Mount, VP, Commercial

Operations and Marketing• Christopher Russell, Group

Director, Shopper Insights• Rachel Smith, AVP, Shopper

Marketing & PlanningCOLGATE-PALMOLIVE• Barry Roberts, Director,

Retail Shopper Solutions & E-Commerce

• Brad Watt, Worldwide Director, Global Shopper Marketing

• Marci Grebstein, VP, Marketing & Brand Strategy

• Neil Norman, Manager of Customer Loyalty

FRITO-LAY INC.• Janelle Anderson, VP,

Shopper Marketing• Shelley Pisarra, Senior Director,

Shopper Insights & Strategy• Jeff Swearingen, SVP, Portfolio

Marketing & AnalyticsGENERAL MILLS INC.• Brian Kittelson, Director of

Integrated Shopper MarketingGEOMETRY GLOBAL• Carl Hartman, CEO, NA• Scott McCallum, President,

Shopper Marketing, NAGEORGIA PACIFIC CORRUGATED• Douwe Bergsma, CMO• Laura Knebusch, Senior

Director, Shopper Insights & Marketing, NACP

• John Pfalzgraf, Director, Shopper Insights, NACP

GFK• Joe Beier, EVP• Sarah Gleason, SVP,

Shopper & Retail StrategyGLAXOSMITHKLINE• Joe Cadle, Director,

Shopper Marketing• Angelo Veotte, Global Category

& Shopper Marketing ManagerGREAT NORTHERN INSTORE• Brian Fiebig, VP, Marketing• Mike Schliesmann, SVP,

Business Unit ManagerHEINEKEN USA• Dirk De Vos, SVP,

Commercial Marketing• Jonathan Simpson, Director,

Commercial MarketingHERSHEY CO.• Rafael Alcaraz, VP, Global

Advanced Analytics, HR & Insight-Driven Supply Chain Analytics

• Michael DePanfilis, General Manager, E-Commerce & Shopper Marketing

• Michael Weinstock, VP, Global Knowledge

HUNTER STRAKER• James Fraser, SVP• Chad Grenier, EVP,

Retail Marketing ServicesIBOTTA• Kane McCord, COO• Dan Wallace, Account ExecutiveIN MARKETING SERVICES• Todd Engels, EVP,

Managing Director• Lisa Klauser, President,

Consumer & Shopper MarketingINCONTEXT SOLUTIONS INC.• Brooks Augustine,

Chief Customer Officer• Mark Hardy, CEOINTEGER GROUP• Jennine Friess, Director,

Network Communications• Nicole Souza, SVP, Network

Business Development DirectorINTEL CORP.• Renee Novello, Director,

Global Retail Shopper Marketing Manager

J.M. SMUCKER CO.• Jill Boyce, VP, Market Research• Jim Brown, VP, U.S. Grocery

Sales• Liz Mayer, Senior Manager,

Shopper Marketing & Consumer Promotions

JOHNSON & JOHNSON SALES AND LOGISTICS CO.• Danielle Jenkins, Director,

Category Management & Shopper Marketing

• John King, Senior Director, Trade Strategy and Operations

JOHNSONVILLE SAUSAGE• Dan Baltus, Customer

Research Manager• Betsy Bartlett,Consumer

Research Manager• Joe Bourland, Director,

Strategic Insights & AnalyticsKAO• Jackie Bishop, Director of Sales• Diane Isler, Senior Manager,

Insights & Category Management

• John Sullivan, VP, SalesKELLOGG CO.• Aaron Ellemen, Director,

Shopper Marketing, Walmart• Scott Hamric, VP,

Shopper MarketingKIMBERLY-CLARK• Anne Jenkins, Director,

Shopper Marketing

CONAGRA FOODS• Tammy Brumfield, VP,

Shopper Marketing• Tom Lisi, Senior Director,

Shopper Marketing, WalmartCONSTELLATION BRANDS INC.• Carl Evans, VP of Trade

Marketing & Promotions• Dale Stratton, VP,

Strategic InsightsCRISP MEDIA• Tom Jones, CRO & Founder• Jason Young, CEOCVS HEALTH• Chris Almeida, Senior Director,

Shopper Marketing & Experience

• Peter Bond, Senior Director, Extra Care

DEL MONTE FOODS• Jennifer Reiner, Director of

Shopper MarketingDELL• Mary Flanagan, Shopper

Marketing Strategy• Lori Pennington, Insights,

Shopper Experience & Strategy• Dan Seymour, Director,

Retail MarketingDR PEPPER SNAPPLE GROUP• Scott Barcenilla, Shopper

Marketing Manager, East• Sheila Bonner, VP,

Shopper Marketing• Richard Moulton, Director,

Shopper Marketing – Walmart, West Grocery & C-stores

E & J GALLO WINERY• Robert Ruijssenaars, Director,

Customer Marketing• John Schoenecker, Director,

Shopper MarketingENERGIZER HOLDINGS INC.• Michael Law, Senior Director,

Customer Strategy & Planning• Beth St. Raymond, Director of

Shopper MarketingFCB/RED• Tina Manikas, President• Curt Munk, SVP, Group

Planning DirectorFOOD LION• Leslie Atkinson, Director of

Brand Communications

• Jeff Kjome, Director, Shopper Marketing

• Jill Wienkes, Senior Manager, Shopper Marketing Center of Excellence

KRAFT FOODS GROUP INC.• Sue Carey Coyle, Director,

Shopper Marketing, Growth Channels

• Joan Francolini, Senior Director, Shopper Marketing

• Art Sebastian, CVP, Category Leadership & Shopper Insights

LG ELECTRONICS• Stewart Henderson, Manager,

In-Store Marketing/Brand Marketing Home Appliances

• Rachel Olson, In-Store Marketing Manager

MARS CHOCOLATE US• Susan Barkalow, Shopper

Marketing Team Leader• Natalie Sellfors, Shopper

Marketing ManagerMARS PETCARE• Jeff Hingher, Shopper

Marketing Manager• Dustin Lehner, National Team

Lead for Shopper Marketing & Insights

MATTEL• Bill Bean, VP, Shopper Insights

& Competitive Intelligence• Meredith Jang, Director,

Shopper Insights & Analytics• Kevin Kuehler, Director,

Customer MarketingMAXPOINT• Tom Dolan, VP, Enterprise

Solutions• Matt Knust, Director,

Shopper MarketingMEIJER INC.• Lanny Curtis, Director,

Customer Marketing• Michael Ross, VP,

Customer Marketing & Emerging Technology

MENASHA PACKAGING CO.• Brian Mumau, EVP,

Business Development• Will Phillips, Director,

Retail InsightsMEYER CORP.• Ingrid Ellerbrock, Senior

Director of Consumer & Shopper Marketing

MILLERCOORS• Dan Hennessy, VP,

Channel Marketing• Royce Wills, Director,

Customer Marketing

MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL• Steve McGowan, Director of

Shopper Marketing• Michael Tilley, Associate

Director, Shopper Marketing & Strategic Partnerships

• Kim Yansen, Director, Field Shopper Marketing

NESTLÉ USA• Joe Radabaugh, Division

VP, Category and Shopper Excellence

• Jill Schermerhorn, Team Leader, Shopper Marketing

• Linsey Walker, Shopper Strategist

OWNERIQ INC.• Rob Scheckman, VP,

National Shopper Marketing• Steve Ustaris, SVP, MarketingPEPSICO (BEVERAGE)• Bryan Jones, Senior Director

Shopper Marketing• William Langford, Senior

Director, Shopper Marketing• Esperanza Teasdale, Senior

Director, Shopper MarketingPEPSICO (QUAKER)• Jackie Clifton, Director,

Shopper Marketer• Katie Schiavone, Director,

Shopper MarketingPERNOD RICARD USA• Scot Henderson, Director,

Customer Solutions• Tim Murphy, VP, Marketing,

Absolut Vodka• Karen Quach, Division

Marketing DirectorPFIZER• Chuck Meyer-Hanover,

Director, Shopper Category & Insights

PHILIPS CONSUMER LIFESTYLE• Kelly Downey, VP, Digital &

Shopper Solutions• Monica Young, Senior Shopper

Marketing ManagerPROCTER & GAMBLE• Lynn Neal, NA Retail Strategy

Leader• Stephanie Robertson, Associate

Director, Shopper MarketingRAPID DISPLAYS• Alan Foshay, VP, New Business

Development• Ray Gottschalk, VP,

New Business DevelopmentRB• Sam Gagliardi, Marketing

Director, Digital Shopper Solutions

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• Taryn Mitchell, Global VP Sales, Digital Channel

• Cheryl Policastro, Shopper Marketing Team Leader

RED BULL NORTH AMERICA INC.• Melissa Leggett-Accad,

Director, Trade MarketingRETAIL SOLUTIONS INC. (RSI)• Marie Jackson, CMO• Michael Quinn, General

Manager of Digital to Store ROIREVTRAX• Mel Liebergall, VP, Channel &

Partner Development• Jonathan Treiber, CEOROCKTENN MERCHANDISING DISPLAYS• Jon Kramer, CMO• Tim Sullivan, VP, SalesSC JOHNSON & SON INC.• Nicole Abramson, Shopper

Marketing Manager• Amy Dragland-Johnson,

Director, Shopper Marketing• Brigitte Shreiner, Senior

Shopper Marketing ManagerSHELFBUCKS• Jim Banks, VP, Sales• Catherine Lindner, CMOSHOPTOLOGY• Charlie Anderson, CEO• Julie Quick, SVP, Head of

Insights & StrategySONOCO DISPLAY AND PACKAGING• Megan Bekker, Director of

Sales and Marketing US• Philippe Erhart, Division,

VP & General ManagerSTARBUCKSSUN PRODUCTS CORP.• Jennifer Adams, Director,

Shopper ActivationTEMPT IN-STORE PRODUCTIONS POWERED BY QUAD GRAPHICS• Mike Draver, President• Maura Packham, VP,

Marketing & CommunicationsTHE MARS AGENCY• Fern Grant, EVP,

Strategic Planning• Rob Rivenburgh, COOTIME INC. RETAIL• Jennifer Marchant, VP,

Customer Marketing• Bill Romollino, VP,

Shopper Insights• Troy Stratton, Director of

Retail Operations & Display

TPN• Sarah Cunningham, Senior

Managing Director, Client Service & Development

• Nancy Shamberg, Managing Director, Shopper Marketing

TYSON FOODS• Wendyjean Bennett,

Director, Customer Marketing Sales Services

• Christopher Witte, VP, Customer Development

UBISOFT• Paul Audino, Senior Manager,

Shopper MarketingUNILEVER• Kevin Flagg, Senior Director

Shopper Marketing• Dawn Hedgepeth, Marketing

Director, U.S. Skin CareUNIVERSAL• Joe Battaglia, EVP• Francisco De Jesús,

President & CEOWALGREEN CO.• Louis Dorado, Director,

Space Management, Visual Merchandising & BDM Operations

• Mindy Heintskill, Senior Director, Loyalty & Vendor Collaboration

• Cherise Ordlock, Senior Director, E-Commerce Planning & Analysis

WALMART STORES INC.• Andy Murray, SVP, Creative• Matt Parry, Senior Director,

Shopper Marketing• Jamie Sohosky, VP, US

Marketing, General Merchandise, Softlines & Apparel

WILLIAM WRIGLEY JR. CO.• Chris Balach, Team Lead,

Shopper Marketing & Consumer Promotions

• Lena Lewis, Senior Manager, Shopper Marketing

• Kelley Walczak, Senior Associate Brand Manager, Shopper Marketing, Walmart & Sam’s Club

WORLD KITCHEN• Sarah Ebner, Senior Manager,

Marketplace Execution• Rita Finley, Director,

Category & Shopper Insights• Michelle Malkin, VP, Customer

Development & Packaging

collaboration could be for both retailers and manufacturers. But it also works as an internal model for manufacturers, in which the “strategic alignment” reflects previously siloed marketing functions aligning around shopper insights to devel-op more effective, integrated plans rather than working independently or, at best, in separate stages along the path to purchase.

The problem is that, even within some of the organizations that do view shopper marketing as an effective method of engagement, the practice is considered little more than a way to drive better results for retail programs. In terms of the framework, shopper market-ing is relegated to “Program Development” in the lower right corner and never moves up to become a strategic catalyst for the organization, as the Institute’s Patrick Fitzmaurice explains when presenting our courses.

Kris Abrahamson of The Mars Agency (one of the Univer-sity’s collaboration partners) refers to this reality as “playing catcher,” with the shopper marketing group treated as an afterthought that’s forced to adapt brand strategy long after it’s been determined further up the organizational stream. We’ve also heard it described as shopper marketing being the “Band-Aid,” the 11th-hour method of driving volume when the brand team’s original plan isn’t quite working.

But using shopper marketing capabilities simply to drive short-term lifts as needed is kind of like using Eric Clapton to play rhythm guitar. The results might be pretty awe-some, but you’re wasting a whole lot of potential greatness.

To be sure, there are true believers out there. The more pro-gressive organizations are making clear distinctions between shopper marketing and all those other tactical activities with which it gets confused. Participation in a retailer’s seasonal promotion is not shopper marketing, for instance. Neither is a price-focused feature-and-display program for a brand.

However, when that brand works with the retailer to develop a strategic seasonal program designed to influence shopping behavior, and maybe uses feature and display as part of an integrated tactical plan, well now you’ve got shopper marketing.

Speaking from the keynote stage at the Shopper Market-ing Summit in March, the Institute’s Peter Hoyt relayed a comment he’d recently heard from Robert Kennedy of Re-tail Strategy Partners: “If shopper marketing isn’t working for your organization, it’s not the shopper marketing that’s failing. It’s the organization.”

Shopper marketing shouldn’t be pigeonholed as a tactical method of improving short-term sales lifts at retail. It needs to be understood as a holistic go-to-market strategy that influences all areas of marketing and can deliver long-term, brand-building results. That’s where the real potential lies.

But shopper marketing can’t do that when it’s stuck in a corner. Through the University, we’re trying to get it out of there. We hope you’ll help. SM

EDITORIAL

Peter Breen is managing director – special content for the Path to Purchase Institute. He can be reached at (773) 992-4431 or pbreen@p2pi.org.

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SOLUTION PROVIDER NEWS

Study Shows Big Jump in Shopper SpendRetail and CPG marketing research firm Cadent Con-sulting Group, Wilton, Connecticut, has released a new study showing that shopper marketing spending more than doubled between 2012 and 2014. Based on the re-sponses of 1,000 manufacturers, retailers and shoppers, the study revealed that spending increased from 6% of CPG manufacturers’ overall marketing budget to 13.5%, representing a $17 billion lift. During the same time period, digital marketing spend-ing increased from 7.1% of the budget to 12.5%, while spending on traditional promotion dropped from 49.8% to 43.9%; spending on traditional advertising dropped from 25.4% to 22.2%; and spending on traditional con-sumer promotion dropped from 11.7% to 7.9%.

Partners Combine CPG Data Resources: Kantar Shop-com, a Wilton, Connecticut-based analytics division of Kantar Retail, has partnered with shopper insights pro-vider IRI, Chicago, to integrate Kantar’s retail purchase transaction loyalty card data with IRI’s national consum-er panel data and point-of-sale transaction data. The partners say their combined assets will deliver the most complete coverage of the CPG data land-scape to create a portfolio of multi-channel targeting and measurement solutions. “We can now apply not only sales lift but also the all-important causal variables such as price, distribution and in-store promotion,” IRI president and CEO Andrew Appel said in a statement.

Nielsen Gets Closer Look In-Store: Retail perfor-mance measurement provider Nielsen, New York, has partnered with RetailNext to bring the San Jose, Cali-fornia-based company’s proprietary technology on in-store analytics to Nielsen’s retail client base, including grocery, mass, drug, conve-nience, dollar stores and more. RetailNext uses cameras and mobile-based technologies to provide comprehensive mea-surements of shopper activities in-store. Combined with Nielsen’s sales performance, promotion, pricing, mer-chandising and assortment information, the technol-ogy should offer retailers and manufacturers a deeper understanding of shopper behavior.

OwnerIQ Taps RSi For In-Store Sales Data: Boston-based programmatic ad platform OwnerIQ recently partnered with Mountain View, California-based POS analytics firm Retail Solutions Inc. to integrate RSi’s retail store-level intelligence and sales data with Own-erIQ’s pool of targeting and ana-lytics data. The companies say that CPG brands and retailers can maximize the impact of their promotions by com-bining RSi’s store-level UPC sales and inventory data from more than 150,000 store locations with OwnerIQ’s vast retail shopper data. Brands can also run different programs in targeted ZIP codes in order to determine which stores respond best to which deals.

NAM Partners With OwnerIQ: Promotional marketing services company News America Marketing, New York, has teamed with OwnerIQ to introduce News America Pro-grammatic Advertising. The new offering is a response-driven digital display product that combines NAM’s geo-scoring system with OwnerIQ’s expansive shopper data to provide precise delivery of impressions for clients.

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By Joe BushMinneapolis — In a bid to recover the Yoplait brand’s cat-egory share lost to the rise of Greek yogurt, General Mills dressed up Yoplait’s iconic tapered cup in designer fash-ions. During an exclusive run at Target stores in January and February, the Yoplait Signature Collection included its most popular flavors paired with unique designs from Christopher Straub, an alum of the sixth season of Lifetime Channel’s “Project Runway” cable series.

The campaign included online and social media tactics, and the collection was showcased at a February event in New York City during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. Attendees enjoyed samples and browsed the cup designs along with the dresses and sketches that inspired them. Straub also revealed the two custom gowns he created using Yoplait cups and lids. Cone Communications, Boston, spear-headed public relations for the cam-paign as well as the event.

The Yoplait Signature Collection included six flavors – strawberry, harvest peach and orange creme from the Yoplait Original product line and blueberry patch, key lime pie and strawberries ’n bananas from the Yoplait Light line. Those flavors made sense for their popularity, color difference and strength of dis-tribution, says Yoplait shopper mar-keting manager Andrew Lainsbury.

The personal choices inherent in fashion drove a campaign that was a natural for social media en-gagement and interaction with con-sumers, Lainsbury says. The main digital components were a splash page at Yoplait.com/Target, and in-vitations to share selfies with favor-ite cups on Instagram and Twitter using a #YoplaitStyle hashtag. Straub monitored the hashtag selfies and sent customized sketches to those users whose photos inspired him.

“We’ve really seen an explosion of social media engagement, and it’s interesting to see how people are re-sponding and interacting with the campaign,” says Lainsbury. “This campaign is very much about help-ing invite Target guest interaction in kind of a unique way. We believe that the storytelling behind the campaign is helping to elevate it be-yond just the transactional.”

Out-of-store elements included YouTube videos of Straub explaining the ideas behind the designs, as well as banner ads and placement in Target circulars, on Target.com, on the retailer’s Cartwheel mobile savings app and on Straub’s personal website. In-store activation included refrigerated endcap displays, header cards and shelf strips.

General Mills chose Target as its retail partner because of its record with visual effects. “We knew that Target has a successful history of celebrating breakthrough design in lots of other categories,” says Lainsbury. “We believed this campaign would be a great opportunity to really help bring new awareness and energy to the yogurt aisles. By making it exclusive to U.S. Target stores, we thought it could be positioned as something that would also drive guest traffic and loyalty.”

Lainsbury says General Mills focused on as wide of a consumer base as possible, thinking more in terms of cul-ture, the human attraction to creativity and the individu-ality of fashion choices. “We tried to come up with some-thing that would really relate to anyone who appreciates the power of bold design; anyone who likes to celebrate

their style, which is one of our campaign messages, and also anyone who might enjoy delicious snacks that make a statement,” he says. “We made it very broad-based in intent because we knew there were lots of new users as well as lots of lapsed users, and we wanted a campaign that could really bring things together.”

Insights began the process, says Lainsbury, and once General Mills chose Target, more of the campaign and col-laboration with Straub fell into place. “As soon as this idea started to come to life as a Target-specific campaign, we really used as our starting point Target’s brand promise,

‘Expect More, Pay Less,’” he says. “We know that in a routine category like yo-gurt, bringing together a designer part-nership and trendy packaging to the shelf is important, but we also know that being able to maintain an afford-able price point would help to deliver on the promise. We wanted to make sure we were grounded there.”

Lainsbury says the campaign goals other than sales lift were to revitalize the regular yogurt segment after a pe-riod of it taking a backseat to Greek yogurt, and to bring back lapsed users to old favorites. “We wanted to reduce

the barriers to trial of regular yogurt by providing the Tar-get guests something extra special,” he says. “In this case, we thought the designer packaging would help fit the bill.”

General Mills will judge the campaign on lift during the promotion, impact at Target, earned media impressions, website visits and average time spent on the splash page to test engagement levels. “One of the things we’re definitely looking at in this first iteration is to understand how did it perform, do we feel good about it, and its performance at Target,” Lainsbury says. “We’d love to be able to continue it if it’s something that hits our success metrics.”

Digital help for the splash page came from General Mills’ in-house content design studio, Studio G, for de-sign, and WPP, New York, for development. Banner ad partners included Studio G for design, and Zenith, New York, for media. UltraCreative, Minneapolis, helped with creative. SM

Yoplait Cups Ready for the ‘Runway’General Mills’ yogurt brand launches Target-exclusive designs to attract both new and old consumers

BRAND: Yoplait

KEY INSIGHTS: With the rise of Greek yogurt, the Yoplait brand lost category share. There are a lot of “lapsed users” of the brand’s products. Target has a successful history of celebrating breakthrough design in various categories.

ACTIVATION: General Mills partnered with Target for an account-specific campaign launching a “Signature Col-lection” of Yoplait’s most popular flavors with specially designed packaging by Christopher Straub of cable series “Project Runway.” In-store activation included refrigerated endcap displays, header cards and shelf strips, while ex-tensive social media engagement drove the out-of-store portion of the campaign.

General Mills launched the Yoplait Signature Collection exclusively at Target in early 2015, while showcasing designer Christopher Straub’s creations during Fashion Week in New York.

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avid sports enthusiasts as well as more ca-sual fans such as moms who want to in-clude Reese’s products into creative experi-ences with their families through recipes, crafts, party planning and snack options.

“‘Reese’s Playoff Pandemonium’ has something to offer both of these consum-ers by communicating to them in the places where we know they’re already engaged – in-store, online and social channels,” says Eric Snyder, consumer promotions man-ager for Hershey. “We’re able to provide them with useful, entertaining information and also reward them for their engagement with the coupon and bonus snacking and recipe ideas.”

Out-of-store drivers for the campaign in-cluded digital media, videos on social and mobile, e-newsletters, the GoReeses.com promotional site, and the mobile texting campaign that prompted the coupons. In-store POS, which ran across all materials and featured “Ref” Foxworthy in an inte-grated theme with the online and social ma-terials, prompted shoppers to grab Reese’s products for their game-day gatherings.

Specific in-store components included a “Ref” Foxworthy standee provided by Strine Printing Co., York, Pennsylvania, as well as lug-ons that looked like penalty flags, floor mats, shelf danglers, recipe tear-pads and merchandising units with cus-tomized headers, all provided by Hershey PrintShop, Hershey, Pennsylvania.

“Playoff Pandemonium” complemented Reese’s existing college football partner-ships and seemed like a natural fit for the brand, Snyder says. “The message was con-sistent to grow association of Reese’s with the football playoff occasion, increasing purchases and frequency.” SM

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By Ed FinkelHersHey, pa. — The Hershey Co. complemented Reese’s status as an official sponsor of the first-ever College Football Playoff by executing a “Playoff Pandemonium” campaign last winter that coincided with the four-team playoff to determine a champion. Reese’s dispatched comedian Jeff “Ref” Foxworthy to explain “Reese’s Rules” to fans through videos that were part of a broader path-to-purchase cam-paign.

For example, Reese’s Rules say tackling is permitted when some-one grabs the last Reese’s Minia-ture; pass interference may be called if you don’t share your Reese’s Minis; and, when noshing on Reese’s Pea-nut Butter Cups, always go for two.

“Jeff Foxworthy has entertained millions with his comedy for more than 25 years,” says Reese’s senior brand manager John Maitrejean, “and he’s the largest-selling comedic recording artist in history. So we believed he was the per-fect choice to bring some entertainment to a heated and intense playoff season.”

Consumers were encouraged to share their own witty rules – or Reese’s-related images – using a #ReesesGameday hashtag, while an in-store SMS text campaign en-abled them to ask for both additional “Re-ese’s Rules” and a coupon for future Reese’s purchases. The campaign aimed to reach

Reese’s Sweetens ‘Playoff Pandemonium’Comedic referee explains how to make the brand part of game day during college playoffs

By Wayne Niemiirvine, Calif. — When consumer electron-ics manufacturer Vizio was preparing to introduce its new 21-inch 2.1 sound stand last summer, the company’s marketers knew there would be a unique challenge in producing an in-store piece around the audio system’s subwoofer. Vibrations from the speaker could weaken the display, or worse, the display housing could muffle or distort sound quality.

Both scenarios were major concerns as Vizio sought to roll out semi-permanent units to 685 Sam’s Club stores and select Costco locations, fulfilling an in-store vision for the brand that senior director of merchan-dising Victor Shu and his team work hard every year to create. “We use a broad range of consumer studies, market insights and mystery shop data, along with retailer in-sights and requirements to shape our P-O-P and merchandising strategy,” says Shu. “The display is an integral part of Vizio’s in-store marketing efforts year after year, especially for products such as the sound stand that encourage customer interaction.”

Vizio entrusted the design project to Bur-bank, California-based Origin, but sound quality wasn’t going to be the only chal-lenge for the P-O-P firm. The manufac-turer’s in-store budget for the sound stand required senior account manager Matt Weston and the Origin team to get creative.

“We were given a budget that was certainly challenging,” Weston says, “so we had to design into that cost. What we were able to accomplish was a premium display, and certainly an upgrade to what they’ve done before. We were able to use new, upgraded materials while maintaining Vizio’s budget constraints.”

The necessity to use differ-ent materials for the 2.1 launch relates back to the issue of in-store customer interaction with the product and the pos-sibility that very high volumes could potentially compromise the stability of the display. “The key requirement was that whatever we created had to ensure there was no vibration from the speaker, even when turned up to 11,” says Weston. “We couldn’t use metal hardware because it could come loose.”

Origin tested other options until it came up with a one-piece, urethane foam base with a medium-density fiberboard back panel. “After we were happy with the foam and we did our testing,” Weston says, “I took it to the client. Their sound engineers are literally the ears of the company. They listened to the sound quality and gave it

Vizio Makes Sound Decisions P-O-P firm’s design solution props up manufacturer’s merchandising strategy at Sam’s, Costco

BRAND: Reese’s

KEY INSIGHTS: Sports enthusiasts as well as casual fans such as moms want creative experiences with their families through recipes, crafts, party planning and snack options. These individuals are engaged in-store, online and in social channels.

ACTIVATION: Comedian Jeff Foxworthy appeared in videos on social media while an in-store SMS text campaign gave shoppers access to additional “Reese’s Rules” and coupons for future purchases. In-store POS featured Foxworthy in an integrated theme.

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SOLUTION PROVIDER: Origin

MERCHANDISING CHALLENGE: To cre-ate an interactive in-store display for the 2.1 sound stand audio system that allows shoppers to test the full range of volume without distorting the sound or compro-mising the display.

ACTIVATION: The manufacturer rolled out semi-permanent units to 685 Sam’s Club stores and select Costco locations, achieving the highest compliance rate for a Vizio display.

to the base with three screws and plug it in.”On top of that, Weston says Origin hasn’t

received a single report of units damaged during shipping or failure on the store floor. “That’s especially pleasing,” he says. “Even the push buttons we used looked great and have proved to be resilient to everyday wear and tear.”

The displays began shipping to stores in August and were slated to remain for six to nine months. Shu said the full success of the display would be evaluated based on five criteria: design and implementation; durability; cost and timing; compliance rates; and sales impact.

Weston says that the development of the display could have a lasting impact on Vizio’s future in-store efforts. “The ure-thane foam was a resounding success,” he says. “We were able to use it to make some-thing that looked great, sounded great and was really easy to set up.” SMThe Vizio display that recently appeared in Sam’s Club and Costco

proved to be a key component to the launch of the 2.1 sound stand.

their approval.”The collaboration of Vizio’s research and

Origin’s innovative design paid off. Accord-ing to Weston, the display had the highest compliance rate of any in Vizio’s history – as high as 65% to 75%, compared to Vizio’s average of 25% to 40%.

Weston attributed the success in place-ment to the fact that the 25-inch-wide by 18-inch-high display shipped nearly fully as-sembled. “We shipped it with the product already mounted to the display base,” he says. “All [retailers] had to do was attach the header

The “Playoff Pandemonium” campaign targeted serious and casual sports fans by engaging with both groups in-store, online and through social media channels.

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older adult, Sales said. Quality, fresh and specialty selections are important to these customers along with a good store experi-ence. Sales explained that while the com-pany doesn’t plan to abandon this core cus-tomer, it now sees an opportunity to work toward targeting growing segments. “We are building shopper-targeted activation around reaching our best opportunity for the future,” she said. “This group is highly grocery involved and skews heavily to-ward Millennials and Hispanics. We want to provide relevant and engaging solutions for these shoppers.”

The company will still plan and execute campaigns that are unique to a banner because they want to “stay true” to their

brands, Sales said. “As you can see, we are in constant contact with our shopper base. These programs are effective and impactful.”

Now the second largest supermarket op-erator in the United States, the Albertsons and Safeway Family of Stores maintains 2,230 stores spread across 34 states and the District of Columbia. The chain has been divided into 14 divisions with more than 250,000 employees.

Sales explained that Albertsons Safeway sends out 67 million emails and has 6.8 million unique website visitors and 3.9 mo-bile visitors monthly. The new company’s stores net more than $57 billion in sales yearly, with more than 30 million consum-er transactions per week. SM

help aid the process by:n negotiating scale marketing buys,n clearing brand and category approvals

with merchandising,n coordinating a national plan, andn project managing all of the omnichannel

touchpoints.“Our divisions are fully empowered and

accountable in the market,” Sales said. “The national team serves and enables the divi-sion teams to help them compete and to provide strategic guidance to leverage scale and drive efficiency.”

She encouraged brands to reach out with insights, innovations and overall interest in partnership programs. “We are also open to going off turf to meet with your corpo-rate marketing teams to brainstorm and plan for the future together,” she added. “We are very eager to collaborate with you.”

The company’s overall goal is sales growth, according to Sales. “With our new, combined scale, just one extra item in the basket equates to more than $100 million more in sales. We want to work with you so your initiatives and your investment are reflected in our marketing approach.”

Platforms that teams can partner on with the company include growing Safeway.com e-commerce solutions. “We support MyMixx and Just for U [digital coupon] platforms offering personalized, relevant digital coupon offers,” Sales said. “It’s defi-nitely going to be more complicated than it has in the past, but we think it’s worth it.”

Three key priorities were outlined for Albertsons Safeway:n combining operations to build a national

chain of local market leaders;n differentiated value proposition for cus-

tomers; andn driving profitable growth through in-

novation and expansion.Sales detailed the national events that

will be held across both companies next year. These will include Albertsons’ “Mo-nopoly” and “Best Road Trip Ever” efforts and Safeway’s “Savor the Summer.”

The current profile of the typical Albert-sons Safeway customer is a high-income,

CORRECTION: On page 42 of the April issue, the article “Target Welcomes Brands That ‘Matter’” incorrectly stated that Procter & Gamble’s Pampers brand participated in the retailer’s “Made to Matter” platform. This photo, taken in a Salt Lake City Target store, suggested that Pampers had participated.

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It’s not very often that we see someone’s first job related so closely to their overall body of work, but let’s first hear about how you became interested in marketing.VANDERWAAL: Well, let’s see. I went to the University of Illinois and took a class when I was a sophomore in the advertising college that I really liked a lot. From there I just started to push more into the market-ing and advertising area and declared my major as a junior. That’s when my grades improved significantly – I made Dean’s List the next four semesters because I really liked what I was doing.

This was in the early 1980s, so it’s not likely that you ever heard the term “shopper marketing” in school.VANDERWAAL: Right. I would say that in-store and shopper marketing in general was not something I was familiar with until my first job.

David VanderWaal was inducted into the Hall of Fame in March at a ceremony held in conjunction with the Shopper Marketing Effie Celebration. The event was part of the Shopper Marketing Summit.

VanderWaal was inducted along with Dirk De Vos, senior vice president, commercial marketing, Heineken USA; and Amy Dragland-Johnson, director, shopper marketing, S.C. Johnson & Son. De Vos was profiled in the March issue, and Dragland-Johnson was profiled in the April issue.

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Hall of Fame-caliber careers, in any line of work, are rarely achieved without the benefit of a favorable assignment somewhere along the way. On its own, fortuitous timing will never replace the talent and drive required to reach the pinnacle of one’s profession, but at some point along a person’s path to success, the stars must align at least well enough to offer some light. For LG Electronics’ David VanderWaal, part of the 22nd class of the Shopper Marketing Hall of Fame, the lights came on relatively early.

Following his 1983 graduation from the University of Illinois, VanderWaal accepted a job in the advertising department at Maytag’s headquarters in Newton, Iowa. His first assignment was to leverage Leo Burnett’s now legendary “Ol’ Lonely” ad campaign featuring the forever lonesome Maytag repairman to create a dynamic in-store presence that would sell more washers and dryers. Today, VanderWaal is an in-store marketing thought leader recognized throughout the industry for his inspired shopper marketing work in the challenging durables categories in which he began more than 30 years ago.

What he explains was a “sort of breakthrough” solution back then would today require an arsenal of digitally driven, complementary strategies to achieve similar results. VanderWaal has built a legacy on creating such initiatives and leading their implementations across all touchpoints along an ever-evolving path to purchase. At LG since 2007 and now the company’s U.S. vice president of marketing, home entertainment/home appliances, VanderWaal met with Shopper Marketing managing editor Linc Wonham in early February at his company’s headquarters in Edgewater, New Jersey.

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Tell us about that.VANDERWAAL: Well, I took a job (ad-vertising coordinator) in the advertis-ing department of the Maytag Co., and that’s really where I cut my teeth on in-store. Maytag had an incredible em-phasis on the moment of truth, the last three feet. They were a premium brand and they were getting rewarded with high share of wallet. They believed – and rightly so – that they were getting a lot of it right there at the store level. So the company put an incredible amount of focus on P-O-P displays, demonstra-tions, floor sales associate training, ev-erything that really goes into – as P&G called it – that First Moment of Truth.

And you were tasked with what exactly?VANDERWAAL: My first assignment there was really around how do we le-verage our brand spokesperson, which was “Ol’ Lonely,” at the store level. May-tag had this great umbrella campaign that Leo Burnett had created with “Ol’ Lonely” – one of the most iconic creative campaigns of all time – but when I got there in 1983, they weren’t really able to leverage it into the store. We did a life-sized “Ol’ Lonely” standup, made it out of foam core, and were able to figure out how to make it look really good. We put that out in 2,000 stores and it became a big success. It sounds old school, but it was sort of breakthrough at the time.

And, just like that, you were hooked on P-O-P?VANDERWAAL: Pretty much, yeah. I just re-ally started to like point of purchase and the action of where things really do get decided.

didn’t think they had the marketing budget to create anything with impact. I did that for two years, and then I was recruited to come up here.

So, you moved here from Kansas City in the summer of 2007 to become LG Electronics’ new senior manager of in-store marketing, right?VANDERWAAL: Yes, I was brought up here to basically build out their shopper market-ing capabilities. At the time, and even now, a lot of companies still referred to shopper marketing as in-store marketing, so I was brought in to really build from the ground up in-store marketing as a competitive ad-vantage for LG.

And where did you begin?VANDERWAAL: We started pretty much from ground zero. This was a relatively new brand that had come to America in 2005, so a lot of the things that we now have out in the market, none of that existed. P-O-P was usually just a sticker. We started with a staff of two people and no process, and really just started building.

How is shopper marketing structured here now compared to when you arrived?VANDERWAAL: Oh, wow. I think it’s really night and day, where we were and where we are today. Where we were is a function where people just did P-O-P stickers, and where we are today is true shopper marketing where

Of course, at that time the digital world wasn’t what it is today, so all shopping deci-sions were made right there, in a physical store. I just really liked the energy of that.

You moved to Indianapolis to work on Maytag’s Jenn-Air brand; went to Kansas City to work for Hallmark; then moved to the vendor side with a P-O-P firm and later started your own business. Tell us a little bit about that.VANDERWAAL: I really saw the need for ways that you could leverage in-store mar-keting with small budgets and get big re-sults, so the name of my consulting compa-ny was Big Stick Marketing. It was targeted for small to medium-sized businesses that

Members of David VanderWaal’s team at LG include (from left) Stewart Henderson, senior manager of in-store marketing; Paul Woo, director of shopper marketing; Shannon DePinto, in-store marketing manager; Rachel Olson, shopper marketing manager; Aimee Martinez, consumer insights manager; and Doug Loretucci, director of consumer insights.

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it starts with insights. We’ve got a strong re-search department where we do a lot of store and shopper research both on physical and digital path to purchase, and build those in-sights into activations. So now we have built it to, I would say, best in class – at least in our categories. And we really use it as a competi-tive advantage with our retail trade partners.

Do you interface much with LG’s other global marketing executives?VANDERWAAL: We do get together in global marketing conferences about twice a year, so we have some good opportunities to learn from one another. We do talk about shopper marketing at those, but one thing that is interesting is that the actual “path to purchase” is very different from one culture and country to the next.

How so?VANDERWAAL: Here in the U.S. and also somewhat in Europe, we as manufacturer brands are renters and not owners of the retail space itself. In Asia and South Amer-ica it is more of a brand shop, and you are not really a renter. It’s like a bazaar where you’ll actually own the space and you can do what you want in that space. What happens here in the U.S. – and I think a lot of the path-to-purchase people reso-nate with this – the negotiations and the win-wins that you have to get with retail here are paramount to success. Because you can’t do it without them and, frankly, I think the smart retailers know they can’t do it without us, either. So, the magic po-tion is finding that balance between win-

win for the retailer and win-win for the brand.

Generally speaking, how do you find that balance?VANDERWAAL: What we try to do is look at the category, not just a brand shift. Because ultimately, retailers don’t care which brand sells; what they really want is to drive their store sales and their category sales. And then we’re also trying to understand what are the barriers that they are experienc-ing in their competitive set versus our own competitive set. We are trying to under-stand so we can say, “OK, Mr. Best Buy or Mr. Home Depot, we think that you can sell more washers if you do this, and we think you can sell more televisions if you do this. Here is the insight, here is the re-search that supports this.”

And dealing in durables or considered purchases adds a different twist to the dynamic, right?VANDERWAAL: It’s a high-risk, high-ticket item, so you have to recognize that people don’t buy it every day and, for the most part, they are not in the shopper mode ev-ery day, or every week, or every month like a CPG category. You’ve got to be at the right place at the right time with the right mes-sage because a lot of it is fueled by a need that is outside of your control – probably a fix or an upgrade.

So what’s the general strategy for in-store?VANDERWAAL: You have to create a store experience that does a lot of things because

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now with its bigger brands, whether it is physical space or identification that, “Here’s where the great brands are.” I really think the retailers we deal with are starting to celebrate the brands they carry, the portfolio itself.

Where else besides Best Buy are you experiencing this?VANDERWAAL: I think you are starting to see it more in Walmart, and that is prob-ably a spillover from other CPG influences there. But in the electronics area, you are see-ing more celebration with endcaps that are branded instead of just televisions on a wall. They are giving brands more opportunities to tell their story. Lowe’s is looking in their appliance area to get more brand identifica-tion and brand pods, if you will. Historically, appliances have been merchandised togeth-er by type of appliance instead of by brand blocks, and now they are exploring what would a brand block look like, where we had an LG and a Whirlpool and a Samsung, etc.

What advice would you give someone entering the shopper marketing discipline right now?VANDERWAAL: Drink it in. I mean, what an exciting specialty to be in right now. Even in the last five years, the transition to beyond physical stores, now path to pur-chase and the interplay between digital and physical. It is really exploding, and people that get good at it and understand the insights and how to take insights to activations are going to be extremely attrac-tive, are going to have great careers. SM

TITLE: U.S. vice president of marketing, home entertainment/home appliances

CAREER PATH: VanderWaal arrived at LG Electronics in 2007 with the title of senior manager of in-store marketing and the task of building out the company’s shopper marketing capabilities in the U.S. Today, he leads a marketing team of 45 members and has eight direct reports who handle all marketing touchpoints for home appliances and

home entertainment products. He began his in-store marketing career working with the durables categories for Maytag Co. He has also worked for Hallmark Cards, on the vendor side with P-O-P firm Sandy Inc., and launched his own business, Big Stick Marketing, before coming to LG.

EDUCATION: VanderWaal holds bachelor’s degrees in marketing and advertising from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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you have different shopping trip needs each time. You have some people who are very early and they are dreaming about maybe a new kitchen or a new television, and you want to inspire them – you want to make them dream and think about what could be, even though they are not ready to buy. Then you have the next phase where they are really into the selection, so you’ve got to be able to give them some key category decision points to help educate them on what’s the right choice. Then you also have to have the ability to give closing messages that have deeper information – reviews, detailed specs, things like that. You really want to do all three of those things in-store.

How about a digital strategy for earlier along the path to purchase?VANDERWAAL: Durables are decided in the first 25% of the shopper journey, and that’s why we work so hard on the digital side. For us being a new brand, we usually enter consideration sets a little bit later because our awareness level isn’t as high as some of our competitors. Then, especially strong consideration becomes a key metric for what shopper does for us – are we able to enter into that consideration set? So it’s like a horse race – the horses have broken out of the gate ahead of us and we’ve got to catch up by the first turn. Because when they round the second turn, we’re probably not going to get there. It’s an interplay – there are store visits but there are also a lot of digital visits that happen early on, and we are trying to break into that consideration set – that’s one of our biggest KPIs.

What other kinds of digital information are you gathering?VANDERWAAL: We also gather behavioral consideration on the digital side. We cat-egorize things like when you go to a product detail page or where you buy on a retailer site, and those become different behavioral considerations for us. So if 12% of the over-all television business is bought online and 8% of the appliance business is done online, we know that’s not the real story because 35% are actually looking and shopping and making their decisions online – Webroom-ing. For us, then, really understanding how we can be not just present early with our manufacturer website but also engaging with SEM and certainly the retailer sites becomes really key for our success.

Can you give us an example of a project that makes you particularly proud?VANDERWAAL: I’d probably go back to LG’s personal shopping assistant from 2009. That’s the project I’m most proud of in my career where we created an interactive kiosk

that addresses all these different trip states. There’s a great lifestyle-driven video for very early in the process and getting inspired; a select tool with lifestyle-based questions and recommendations for people more in the middle; the ability for people close to closure to compare models instantly; and you can take a snapshot of a QR code and text it to your partner to say this is the mod-el I’m looking at. So we had a little bit of omnichannel going on – and, remember, this was 2009. We ended up rolling it out to 1,000 of the biggest stores and to this day we are still out there. The next step is to get them Wi-Fi-enabled because right now they all work off their own hard drives. Then we will be able to drive dynamic con-tent, whether it’s sale offers or sponsorships like the NCAA.

Does LG have shopper profiles?VANDERWAAL: We have our target, of course, and we’ve profiled both him and her pretty deeply. But then from there, in-stead of profiles by shopper, we do it by trip type. What is the mission of the trip? Our home appliance target is a woman named Hanna, but Hanna has different trip mis-sions so we have to accommodate her in different ways. And on the home entertain-ment/television side, the target is Hank, and Hank also needs to be treated in differ-ent ways depending on where he is on the path to purchase.

It seems like the retailers have backed off a little from the extensive shopper profiles

they were using a few years back. Is it because they’re relying more on the brands now for profiles?VANDERWAAL: I can’t really speak categori-cally for the retailers, just the ones that I deal with, and yes, I haven’t seen them pro-filing their consumer in the same way it was happening five years ago. I think so much of what’s going on – and this is where the chal-lenge is – I mean, who really owns the path to purchase for a brand? Because the retailer is a brand now, too. Are you handing it off at some point? If an LG brand advocate or a person that you want at some point goes to a Home Depot, are we saying, “OK, now it’s a Home Depot experience?” I don’t think so. It is jointly owned at that point, and so the brand is what they are buying on the front end. We at LG, at least, are trying hard to create ways the retailer can ride the momentum we’re building. Who is the right target for an LG customer and consumer? It is younger, more affluent people – and those are the people you want anyway. So ride that wave and those are the people you should be targeting, at least with LG.

Maybe the extreme retailer profiling was a phase on its way out now that communication between brands and retailers has become more sophisticated.VANDERWAAL: Yes, and what I’m seeing, though – and I like this – is that, at least the retailers we are dealing with, are coming back to celebrating brands again. And that, I think, is a recognition that brands do mat-ter. For example, Best Buy is doing a lot more

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In general, how effectively are CPG brands utilizing the digital touchpoints along the path to purchase?O’NEAL: CPG brands are very digitally savvy. I’ve been asking them for years about their spend in traditional versus digital media, and I would say now the tide has very much turned to digital. They understand the value of the media and now look at the retail channel as a media channel that is farther down the shopping funnel, making it a great use of their marketing spend to drive their business.

I have also seen some of our most progressive CPG shopper marketing partners leverage national agency media spends to amplify or fill in the gaps of their shopper marketing plans. The right hand knows what the left is doing, and it’s paying off in a big way through increased guest response.

How can brands – in general – take better advantage of the opportunities in digital?O’NEAL: I have watched our shopper marketing partners grow in their sophistication of understanding digital media. This industry evolves so quickly that taking full advantage re-quires a desire to test, learn and adapt quickly. Brands have to be serious about being OK with failing sometimes. The goal hasn’t changed over the years – we still want to reach the relevant guest with the right content as close to real time as possible. The difference between now and a decade ago is that’s becoming a reality.

How much of an omnichannel shopper are you?O’NEAL: I am very much an omnichannel shopper. I am what Target calls the “demanding enthusiast” – I like to shop, I’m deal-conscious and I use technology. I purchased the major-ity of my holiday gifts online even though I still love visiting the stores on Black Friday. A few years ago, I used my iPad and phone more for research and my desktop to buy, but now I buy through all devices.

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Lori O’Neal remembers what it was like to work with a catalog promotional strategy team to send out Target’s first guest-facing emails, and having discussions about contact strategy and content. It was the turn of the 21st century. “That seems like a lifetime ago,” she says. “It is amazing how much has changed since that first email.”

That catalog role, her first with Target, morphed into po-sitions in online promotional strategy and digital guest ac-quisition to build the Target database and better understand guest (i.e., shopper) preferences. When she was asked to analyze how guests use traditional media and digital media, O’Neal began her shopper marketing education.

“I remember thinking, ‘I’ll really dig in so I can get through these weeds and get back to the fun stuff,’” she says. “To my surprise, I absolutely loved this valuable work and developed a much deeper understanding of our guests and their behav-iors – which is critical to be a successful marketer.”

O’Neal recently took some time to answer the following questions about Target’s progress in digital:

There’s been a lot of change in the digital arena for Target the past 18 months; could you give us a brief update on the view from where you sit?O’NEAL: Over the past 18 months, Target has fo-cused on digital more than I have ever seen in my tenure. We have recruited amazing leadership with extensive backgrounds in digital innovation, e-commerce, merchandising and analytics. We’re in the process of completely transforming how we work – and it’s extremely energizing.

We delivered our strongest Q4 ever in digital commerce. We are truly building great new capabilities and services that revolve around guest convenience – saving them time and money – with offerings like store pickup, subscriptions and Cartwheel. We’re working to be bold and take smart risks and do things differently so that we can continue to innovate and become a leader in digital.

Can you describe your role and the goals of your team?O’NEAL: I lead our DVM (digital vendor marketing) sales and planning team. We’ve added great talent to our team to ensure we are leveraging individuals from a variety of backgrounds with strong digital and shopper marketing acumen. The en-tire DVM team focuses on developing cutting-edge media products, creative services and insights for our brand partners to leverage. My team is tasked with partnering with brands and developing media strategies that amplify or complement their in-store activity. We work closely with our merchandis-

“We have recruited amazing leadership with extensive backgrounds in digital innovation, e-commerce, merchandising and analytics. We’re in the process of completely transforming how we work – and it’s extremely energizing.”

TARGET CORP.Lori O’Neal, Senior Group Manager, Digital Marketing

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BBAYER CONSUMER HEALTHCAREn Alana Joy Feldman, Digital

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BEAM SUNTORYn Andrea Javor, Senior Director,

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AT-A-GLANCEWHO WE ARECoupons.com is a leading-edge digital soluti on provider dedicated to engaging shoppers and helping brands and retailers drive sales. We leverage a variety of data to reach the right shopper throughout her shopping experience — from planning her trip through her ti me in-store — via our scalable portf olio of digital, social & mobile soluti ons.

PRODUCTS & SERVICESThe Coupons.com ShopperConnect platf orm includes:

• Retailer co-branded:• Display media• Desti nati on pages• Site sponsorships• Promoti ons/coupons

• Retail Shopper Extend™• CRM• Research

CONTACTGary Stern, VP Shopper Marketi ng Salesgstern@couponsinc.com 516.692.0274

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EXPERTISEWe recognize that connecti ng with your shopper in a ti mely, relevant way is vital to your brand’s success. The Coupons.com ShopperConnect™ platf orm uses shopper-driven data to help retailers & brands digitally engage, empower, connect and acti vate shoppers wherever they are in their shopping journey.

INDUSTRIES SERVED• Consumer packaged goods• Grocery, drug, dollar and mass retail• Specialty & franchise retail• Restaurant• Entertainment• Financial services

LEVERAGE NATIONAL CAMPAIGNS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL WITH THE COUPONS.COM SHOPPERCONNECT™ PLATFORM

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Our audience makes 25% more trips, spends 12% more each trip, and spends 40% more overall than the annual shopper1. This adds up to a power shopper — exactly the consumer you want to reach and your retailer partners want walking into their stores.

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Coupons.com is a clear industry leader, off ering digital soluti ons that can be uti lized by CPGs at virtually every grocery, drug, dollar and mass retailer. Our breadth of retailer relati onships ensures you have a partner at every step of the way to help develop, execute and gain retailer support for digital shopper marketi ng campaigns.

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ACTIVATE THE NEW POINT OF PURCHASE WITH CRISP MoCA

CRISP MOBILE AD TECHNOLOGY

Today, 84% of shoppers use digital devices for shopping activities before or during their visit to a store—and mobile devices influence one-in-five dollars spent.* Introducing MoCA™ from Crisp, the first end-to-end mobile customer activation platform that retailers, CPGs and other “drive-to” marketers can use to easily deploy effective mobile campaigns that activate customers to purchasing experiences.Only MoCA combines demographic, behavioral, location and contextual targeting with scale across operating systems and platforms. We offer the industry’s leading rich and dynamic creative formats. The best inventory through Crisp’s private supply marketplace. Ad serving, analytics and campaign management. All in a single, seamless mobile customer activation solution. More so every day, mobile is the new point of purchase. And Crisp MoCA is your all-in-one point of activation.

* Deloitte Digital, 2014 – “The New Digital Divide”

WHO WE ARE A pioneer, innovator and leader in mobile ad technology for more than a decade, Crisp helps brands activate customers to point-of-purchase experiences through mobile devices.Crisp provides the first end-to-end mobile customer activation platform, Crisp MoCA, that delivers a fully turnkey solution to dominate today and tomorrow’s primary point of purchase.Crisp’s mature, vertically integrated ad technology and industry-leading product, engineering and operations teams have made it the platform provider of choice for brands ranging from The Home Depot and Unilever to Kraft and Anheuser-Busch. Crisp is a privately held company headquartered in New York, with offices in Singapore.

At Crisp, we know mobile activation requires a complex set of different technologies. We’ve responded with the development over the past decade of a proprietary and vertically integrated technology stack unparalleled in the ad tech industry. In recent years, Crisp has also led the industry in the develop-ment of important API standards – a lynchpin to optimizing mobile ad experiences – as well as better mobile ad formats, which are now widely deployed across the ecosystem on every major mobile ad platform.Our vision and roadmap are based on developing and integrating cutting-edge technology to capitalize on mobile’s role as the primary channel driving shopper activation both in-store and online.

AT-A-GLANCEKEY EXECUTIVESJason Young, CEOTom Jones, CRORisa Crandall, SVP Managing DirectorXavier Facon, CTO

PRODUCTS & SERVICES• Coupons & incentives• Proximity marketing

(latitude/longitude)• Dynamic ad retail triggers

including weather, temp, flu-indices, and more

• Shoppable social and product reviews

• Shoppable video• Drive-to-store

CONTACTRisa Crandall, SVP Managing Director, Shopper Marketingrisa.crandall@crispmedia.com914.450.8330Tom Jones, Chief Revenue Officetom.jones@crispmedia.com949.500.4386

INDUSTRIES SERVED

• Mass retailers• Drugs • Groceries• Office supplies

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• QSR• Beer & spirits• Sports

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EXPERTISEMobile engineering and technology, data-enabled targeting, media/inventory supply, ad serving, analytics and expert campaign management; all designed and coordinated to help brands compel and activate customers to point-of-purchase experiences through mobile devices.

“We have had a very positive experience working with CRISP developing productive mobile programs. Our time is well spent collaborating with CRISP on programs that engage customers and prospects for our most savvy clients. Their capability to develop high-impact programs with premium audiences, at competitive pricing, is unsurpassed.”

Ed Gorman, EVP, Carat USA

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FASTER CHECKOUT, IMPROVED IN-STORE EXPERIENCE, ACCELERATED ENGAGEMENT

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Built on Digimarc’s patented digital watermarking technology, the Digimarc® Barcode is a game changing improvement to traditional barcode functionality: Faster, more reliable, more versatile and more secure than today’s UPC/EAN symbol. And, best of all – it occupies zero space on the package.

The Digimarc Barcode contains the same GTIN data currently carried in the product’s UPC/EAN symbol. This data is invisibly repeated multiple times over the entire package, mean-ing that checkout clerks, as well as shoppers using self-checkout, can quickly scan items without having to find and position the UPC/EAN symbol toward the reader, resulting in shorter lines for customers and improved

margins for retailers. Additional benefits to the retail industry include item level traceability, brand authentication and defeating barcode swapping.

Digimarc Barcodes also create deeper in-store engagement opportunities with mobile-enabled shoppers. Every package becomes a direct link to additional product information, special offers, recommendations, reviews, social networks, and more. With their mobile device, consumers can scan Digimarc’d pack-aging, store signage, print ads, circulars, free standing inserts, and other brand marketing to get instant access to helpful information that aids in their path-to-purchase in store, at home and everywhere in between. This provides an

opportunity to engage with shoppers and col-lect important customer data.

Retailers, brands and consumers. Everyone wins with the Digimarc Barcode.

All of Digimarc’s solutions reflect a unified vision of enriching everyday life via pervasive, intuitive computing. We accomplish this by creating a new means of communication – based on digital watermarking technology – that can be embedded into media and objects, allowing computers and digital devices to see, hear and engage with the world around them much like people do. The result is that consumers and organizations can easily access digital content when, where and how they want it.

AT-A-GLANCEWHO WE AREBased in Beaverton, Oregon, Digimarc enables organizations worldwide to enrich everyday living with the means to identify, discover and engage with all forms of content, including packaging, audio, video and imagery.

KEY EXECUTIVESBruce Davis, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of the Board of DirectorsRobert P. Chamness, Chief Legal Officer & SecretaryCharles Beck, Chief Financial Officer & TreasurerJoel Meyer, Executive Vice President IP, IP Legal

PRODUCTS & SERVICES• Dramatically improve checkout scanning speed • Omnichannel print-to-mobile & audio-to-mobile

brand experiences• Transform static media into interactive opportunities• Protect, identify & track digital files• Authenticate content & objects • Deter counterfeiting & piracy

CONTACTTEL: 1.800.DIGIMARC 503.469.4800

Larry Logan, Chief Marketing Officerlarry.logan@digimarc.com

Mark Belfiglio, VP of Salesmark.belfiglio@digimarc.com

INDUSTRIES SERVED• Retail• Brands• Packaging• Publishing

• Music• Television• Photography• Government

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EXPERTISEDigimarc is the world leader in imperceptible digital identities. Our solutions create new means of communications for retailers, brands and organizations by enabling digital devices to see, hear and engage packaging, print, audio or video media.

DIGIMARC IS A SOLID BUSINESS PARTNERWe are a well-capitalized, publicly-traded company with a long history of large-scale deployments. Our world-renowned technol-ogy is widely used in television, radio, publish-ing, government IDs and global currency. Our key technologies are protected by our large, high-quality patent portfolio. Over half of our professional workforce are engineers with a significant portion possessing PhDs in their respective fields.

“We’re always looking for innovative ways to help our customers present their brands to the market. Digimarc Barcode delivers significant performance and feature enhancements to retail packaging while providing the following benefits: low cost, no visible impact, and minimal business process overhead. Our processes and expertise dovetail nicely with the Digimarc platform and services to make it easy and economical for our customers to take advantage of this amazing new technology.”

Michael Shannon, Senior Vice President, Southern Graphics Inc.

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Leverage our digital marketing ecosystem of promotions, loyalty and mobile messaging work both synergistically and alone to accelerate brand growth. And from your very first campaign, our analytics platform allows you to get hands-on with your data and dig deep for consumer insights.

EXPERTS IN CPG AND RETAIL ENGAGEMENTKraft is a great example of a brand leveraging all the opportunities to connect digitally with shoppers. From on-pack codes to web, social, mobile, and live event activations, they’re driving brand engagement in a big way, and building long-term loyalty.

Whether you’re catching up or staying ahead, our strategists have created eBooks, webinars on demand, and whitepapers so you can stay on top of what’s new and different, as well as cool moves from our partner brands.

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WHO WE AREHelloWorld is a digital marketing solutions company working with the world’s leading brands across all industry verticals. The company offers a powerful combination of native platform technology and marketing strategy to brands looking to accelerate growth and deepen customer impact.

EXPERTISEHelloWorld creates consumer interactions through promotional campaigns to spark interest, loyalty to retain and reward, and mobile messaging to continue the conversation. With expertise in 44 countries and 16 years’ experience, we’ve administered 4x more promotions than the next company.

PRODUCTS & SERVICES• Promotions• Loyalty programs• Mobile messaging• Custom analytics• Strategy & creative • Legal & prize fulfillment

CONTACTTEL: 877.837.7493

Lisa Feldberg, Regional VPLisa.Feldberg@HelloWorld.com

Jen Gray, VP, Marketing & Creative Services Jen.Gray@HelloWorld.com

INDUSTRIES SERVED• Retail• CPG• Restaurant• Travel• Financial• Technology

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MAJOR CLIENTS• Coca-Cola• Microsoft• Procter & Gamble• Kraft • The Gap

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LOYALTY • Reward purchase• Social engagement• Advocacy & referral programs• Promotional overlays

MESSAGING• Text• MMS • Location-based • Coupons & offers• Alerts

ANALYTICS• Campaign metrics• 24/7 dashboard• Cross-program comparisons• Custom segmentation• ROI analysis

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Ibotta is transforming the way leading CPG brands and retailers think about advertising on mobile. Gone are the days of assumption-laden models to prove advertising ROI, and gone are they days of communicating brand benefits with massive televisions buys (thanks, DVR). Our true expertise is in our data—because Ibotta can tell you how many unique SKUs you’ve moved, who bought your product, when they bought it and where.

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WHO WE AREWe’re innovators, re-thinking how brands and retail-ers should engage their customers and evaluate their results. We’re connectors, introducing new products to new people, and connecting brands, retailers, and consumers through mobile technology. We’re game-changers, evolving the path to purchase, the way people shop, and the way campaigns are measured.

KEY EXECUTIVESBryan Leach, CEOKane McCord, COOLuke Swanson, CTORich Donahue, VP of Marketing

PRODUCTS & SERVICES• With over 7mm app downloads, Ibotta is the furthest

reaching and most widely used consumer shopping application in US Grocery & CPG.

• Used by the world’s leading brands and retailers to drive sales by engaging consumers on mobile with fresh, relevant content and game-like interactions.

• Delivers highly targeted, customizable messages and retailer exclusive rebates at more than 150,000+ U.S. store locations based on shopper geo-location and past purchase behavior.

• Ibotta triangulates geo-location, demographic & item-level purchase data to offer a suite of analytics products including consumer research studies, market insight reports & media attribution analysis. CONTACT

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INDUSTRIES SERVED• Grocery (CPG)• Health & beauty• Fashion & apparel• Consumer electronics • Dining & entertainment• Home improvement

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PROVIDING USER-PROVEN PROMOTION PLATFORMS...

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...that enable marketers to reach, engage and infl uence today’s ti me-strapped, technology-engrossed shoppers who are watching the world on three screens and shopping across multi ple channels on a 24/7 basis.

Our direct-connect soluti ons provide shoppers with dynamic content, targeted promoti onal off ers and helpful product informati on while delivering back to marketers the data needed for CRM enhancement along with the benefi ts of shopper-executed advocacy.

DELIVERING ACTIONABLE ANALYTICS... ...for a deeper, more immediate understanding of promoti on performance, shopper preferences and insight into how purchase decisions are made and how they can be infl uenced.

Inmar’s Behavioral and Promoti on Analyti cs provide unique perspecti ve into shopper behavior and the impact of promoti ons, informing eff ecti ve shopper engagement strategies that drive revenue and opti mize marketi ng spend.

...from a cadre of industry-immersed analysts and account managers experienced in creati ng comprehensive promoti onal campaigns, advancing cooperati on between brands and retailers and supporti ng program executi on across all media.

The Inmar team has been helping brands and retailers improve business outcomes for more than 34 years. Backed by the best in technology, Inmar’s soluti on experts help clients navigate the marketplace and fully leverage opportuniti es for growth.

AT-A-GLANCEWHO WE AREWe are an industry innovator with more than 30 years’ experience in promoti ons and the only player in the space providing clients with a comprehensive, closed-loop soluti on for superior shopper engagement that spans both paper and digital promoti ons.

KEY EXECUTIVESDavid Mounts, Chairman and CEO John Ross, CMO & President, Retail Promoti on NetworkBrian Wiegand, Senior Vice President, DigitalJim Deff enbaugh, Vice President, Retailer Enterprise Sales

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• Coupon processing and sett lement

• Digital promoti ons• Print-at-home promoti ons• Rebates

• Promoti on analyti cs• Shopper engagement

tools• Shopper behavior

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CONTACTTEL: 800.765.1277

Sharon Joyner-Payne, Senior Vice President, Marketi ng336.631.7663

INMAR.COM

EXPERTISEWe are expert at helping brands and retailers grow share and drive revenue by enabling true 1:1 shopper engage-ment that delivers targeted, equity-building content matched with moti vati ng promoti onal off ers.

Inmar has the most complete suite of digitally driven soluti ons in the marketplace — enabling brands and retailers to develop, execute and analyze holisti c, omni-channel promoti on campaigns through collaborati on with a single, strategic ally.

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Inmar enables brands and retailers to better engage shoppers across channels and throughout the path to purchase — because not all shopping decisions are made at shelf.

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KEY RING’S MOBILE SHOPPER MARKETING EXPERIENCE

MOBILE SHOPPER MARKETING THAT’S PROVEN. THE ROI STORY.

Isn’t mobile supposed to make life easier? With Key Ring, marketers find an app that is focused on utility. Key Ring helps shoppers cut through the clutter of bagging a deal by streamlining rewards cards, circulars, and coupons into one app. We simplify savings for more than 12 million shoppers which allows marketers to tap into a data rich, premium ad platform. The foundation for Key Ring’s ad platform is built upon robust user insights, cutting edge location technologies, and a best-in-class mobile app, but using the ad platform is as convenient for marketers as answering two questions. First, you choose the retailer or geographic area where you need to drive products off the shelf and into the cart. Then, you select one (or a combination) of Key Ring’s brand engagement solutions including add to shopping list features, recipes, coupon delivery, geo-triggered push notifications, and more. In two simple steps, you are on your way to achieving mobile shopper marketing results delivered by Key Ring.

A DIFFERENT APPROACH – CONNECTING MARKETERS AND SHOPPERS WITH UTILITY AND SIMPLICITY.

Convenience and utility are written into our code. From the beginning, we’ve pushed mobile’s potential to simplify how shoppers plan, save, and organize. Likewise, we make mobile shopper marketing manageable for our clients. Key Ring’s

platform is based on content – not games or gimmicks. The app’s utility for consumers translates into data and insights that allow marketers to target the right shopper, at the right time. Key Ring offers shopper marketers the relevancy and immediacy required for true brand engagement. To top it off, our database of users and loyalty cards allows our partners to measure campaign effectiveness more seamlessly than ever before. With Key Ring, marketers gain a trusted and proven mobile partner that is simple and effective.

Key Ring took home the Digiday Mobi Award for Best App for Retail/E-Commerce in 2014. Industry honors and accolades tell part of Key Ring’s success story, but we are a company that is fueled by data and analytics. That is why Key Ring has partnered with Nielsen Catalina Solutions to help clients measure the true ROI of their mobile shop-per marketing campaigns. A personal care brand achieved a $5.96 return on advertising spend after leveraging Key Ring’s add to list shopping feature. The customized add to list campaign resulted in the brand being added to a shopping list over 58,000 times.With a database of more than 60 million loyalty cards, Nielsen Catalina Solutions and Key Ring can identify and measure transactions of shoppers who were exposed to ads inside the app. There is no extra work for the shopper to prove she purchased an item, and the data being measured is 100% accurate since it is captured at point of sale. Say goodbye to guesswork and hello to proven results.

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WHO WE AREKey Ring started as a solution for taming reward card chaos. Today, we simplify shopping from start to finish by giving users on-the-go access to everything they need at the store- their loyalty cards, weekly sales, coupons, and shopping lists.

EXPERTISECards. Circulars. Coupons. Customer Connections. Key Ring transforms content interaction and loyalty card usage data into effective shopper marketing targeting capabilities. We are experts at driving brand engagement that moves products off the shelf and into the cart.

PRODUCTS & SERVICES• Geolocated and retailer-targeted shopper

marketing campaigns• Customizable mobile channel that supports

branded additions to shopping lists, recipes, shopper engagement via surveys, coupon distribution, and other calls to action

• Premium, contextually relevant ad units including retailer loyalty card and circular takeovers

• Geo-triggered, branded push notifications for over 14 million retail hotspots

• Point of sale brand engagement

CONTACTTEL: 847.533.2697

Arlene Schusteff arleneschusteff@keyringapp.com

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MAJOR CLIENTS• Procter & Gamble• Colgate-Palmolive• SC Johnson• Mars• Tyson

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MaxPoint links digital ads with store-level inventory data and point-of-sale data to give digital shopper marketing programs a real-time advantage. We start by finding the neighborhoods, or Digital Zips, containing shoppers most likely to buy a specific product at a particular retail location. Using the MaxPoint Intelligence Platform, we integrate store-level sales and inventory data with digital ads to execute cross-channel digital marketing programs to drive demand among only those shoppers near stores that have the item in stock. Throughout all this, we adjust your programs based on current store-level sales data and provide deep insights about your programs’ direct impact on in-store sales.

YOUR STORES ARE TALKING. WE CAN HELP YOU LISTEN.MaxPoint is the only business intelligence and digital marketing company that listens to the rich data stores cast off and integrates this data into digital shopper marketing programs. Our technology offers the four key components needed by an advertiser to drive local, in-store sales: the ability to reach customers in neighborhoods around a specific store location; business intelligence for understanding consumer attributes and predicting consumer purchases; national scale; and closed-loop measurement based on actual in-store sales to determine what is working, where, when, and why.

MaxPoint has worked with each of the top 20 leading national advertisers and each of the top 10 advertising agencies in the United States as ranked by Advertising Age. You’ll also find us on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ list for the second year in a row.

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WHO WE AREMaxPoint provides a leading business intelligence and digital marketing solution that enables national brands and marketers to drive local, in-store sales.

EXPERTISEMaxPoint links digital ads with store-level inventory data and point-of-sale data to give digital shopper marketing programs a real-time advantage, adjusting based on current store conditions and providing deep insights about your programs’ direct impact on in-store sales.

PRODUCTS & SERVICES• Digital Zip® technology• Proprietary interest insights• Store-level reporting & measurement• New product launches• Supercharged promotions• Seasonal products

CONTACTTEL: 800.916.9960

Matt Knust, VP, Shopper Marketing Salesmatt.knust@maxpoint.com

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INDUSTRIES SERVED• Consumer products• Retail• Agencies

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WHO WE AREMyWebGrocer is the leading provider of digital gro-cery services, driving connections between consumers, retailers and brands. Our full suite of shopper marketing services is supported by a comprehensive technology platform; while our data provides valuable insights on purchase trends and behavior.

EXPERTISEWith MyWebGrocer’s network, you can reach the industry’s most valuable consumers—multichannel consumers—and target based on demographics, geography and purchase intent. Reach a consumer at the point of decision and quantify the results.

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THEY SHOP. WE LEARN. OwnerIQ is the only digital marketing solution that gathers audience data directly from Retailers and Product Brands to find in-market shoppers. Our unique technology analyzes over 200M+ active shoppers’ behavior, and then applies those insights to drive outcomes at retail. We gather first party data that comes from over 400+ Retailer and Product Brand audiences, which empowers our partners to target active shoppers at scale and in real-time.

Learn more about programmatic shopper marketing at www.OwnerIQ.com/PSM

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WHO WE AREOwnerIQ is the leading digital marketing solution for retailers and product brands. OwnerIQ pioneered the concept of Path to Purchase Media by transforming retailers’ and brands’ first party data into digital advertising opportunities. As the the first programmatic solution for shopper marketing, OwnerIQ enables shopper marketers to reach shoppers wherever they are and influence their buying decisions in real-time.

EXPERTISEAs the first Programmatic Solution for Shopper Marketing, OwnerIQ processes billions of shopper insights in real-time to help you reach shoppers and influence buying decisions. Our technology analyzes over 200M active shoppers’ behavior, and it applies those insights to drive outcomes at retail. Our first party data comes from over 400 retailer and manufacturer audiences, which empowers our partners to target active shoppers at scale and in real-time.KEY EXECUTIVES

Jay Habegger, CEORobert Scheckman, VP Shopper MarketingRobert Daniel, EVP, Advertising Sales

CONTACTTEL: 866.870.2295

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INDUSTRIES SERVED• CPG• Consumer electronics• Appliances• Home goods • Automotive• Gaming• Outdoor and sporting • Pharma/OTC

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News America Marketing (NAM), the premier promotional marketing services company in the U.S. and Canada, announced the addition of a new product to their portfolio, News America Programmatic Advertising, thanks to a partnership with OwnerIQ, the leading digital marketing solutions for retailers and product brands.

“We are excited to be partnering with an industry leader like News America Marketing,” said OwnerIQ CEO, Jay Habegger. “News America brings the experience that comes from having a long-term understanding of the marketplace, both CPG and retail, and its data adds tremendous relevance to our digital offerings, resulting in a product that offers unique value to our clients.”

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DRIVE TRAFFIC AND SALES ONLINE AND IN-STORE

HELPING EVERY BUSINESS LISTEN AND EVERY CONSUMER LEARN

PowerReviews delivers software that more than 1,000 brands and retailers use to collect and display ratings and reviews and answer consumer questions. Our software solutions generate authentic content that drives relevant traffic and increases sales on 5,000 websites around the world. And with 2,500 retailers, our syndication network is the largest and fastest in the industry; it reaches more than 700 million in-market shoppers every month. Shoppers are increasingly using their phones in-store to access product information, and reviews are the information they most want to see in-store. 57% of consumers want to see reviews when they are shopping in-store. With mobile-optimized review solutions, PowerReviews helps consumers find your product information at the moment of purchase, whether they’re online or in-store.

WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENTMore reviews drive more sales. With a unified software platform that’s easy to implement, innovate, and customize, and a Review Acceleration program that’s proven to generate reviews, PowerReviews makes it easy to generate the reviews that drive traffic and sales. Our dedicated Client Success Directors oversee your fast implementation and help you optimize your program over time. We make it easy for you to generate more reviews that get seen by more consumers on more retail sites. More Reviews. More Shoppers. Easy.

Ratings and reviews have given information and power to consumers, who count on reviews for nearly every purchase, both online and in-store. More informed than ever, consumers demand open communication and accountability from businesses. Brands in this emerging transparency economy will be rewarded and held accountable not only for the quality of their products and services but also for the level of transparency in communications and operations. PowerReviews helps with both.To encourage consumer feedback, loyalty programs are transforming from strictly transaction-based to engagement-based rewards. PowerReviews offers Social Loyalty so that you can recognize and reward consumers who generate content—nurturing brand advocates to boost loyalty. Ratings and reviews and Q&A data creates actionable insights. By listening to positive and negative consumer feedback, brands can drive innovation and improve the quality of their products and services. PowerReviews helps every business listen and every consumer learn.

AT-A-GLANCEWHO WE AREPowerReviews delivers software that more than 1,000 brands and retailers use to collect, display, and syndicate reviews on more than 5,000 websites. An essential resource for consumers as they search and shop online and in-store, reviews drive traffic, increase sales, and create actionable insights to improve products and services.

KEY EXECUTIVESMatt Moog, CEO Jim Morris, Chief Technology Officer Matt Parsons, Chief Customer Officer Todd Caponi, SVP Sales

PRODUCTS & SERVICES• Ratings and reviews • Social answers • Social loyalty

• Retail syndication • Google syndication• Moderation

CONTACTTEL: 844.231.7540 (Toll Free U.S) +1.312.447.6100 (U.S.) +44.020.7152.4452 (U.K.)

Todd Caponi, SVP, Salestodd.caponi@powerreviews.com Anne Marie Olsen, GM, EMEAannemarie.olsen@powerreviews.com

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• Fashion & Apparel • Sporting Goods• Financial • Travel

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MAJOR CLIENTS• Meijer• Walgreen’s• Ace Hardware• Sports Authority• Toys R Us

• Crocs• Wrangler• Sonos• Keurig / Green Mountain• Milwaukee Tool

“We’ve seen how important reviews and Q&As are to our customers. People will often come into our stores requesting things that were highly reviewed online. Adding Social Loyalty is a logical next step to reward our most passionate customers and encourage them to share. It drives stickiness, sales and repeat customers, while creating valuable social content.” Howard Blumenthal

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PROVE DIGITAL’S IMPACT ON RETAIL SALES

DIGITAL PROMOTION INTELLIGENCE

RevTrax connects online engagement to offline retail sales by effectively mapping an offer’s digital journey, all the way through to point of purchase. We make it possible to measure and optimize digital promotional activity based on retail sales, providing unparalleled data and actionable insights. Our digital coupon platform provides retail-centric marketing intelligence across all digital channels – mobile, social, loyalty, paid search, email, display, brand sites – and all devices.

RevTrax allows shopper marketers to execute secure, measurable, retailer-specific offers. Its digital promotion intelligence platform drives consumers to specific retailers, measures retailer effectiveness for brands, and allows marketers to better understand their consumers by:• Measuring top brand influencers, where they’re coming from and

which retailers they’re engaging with.• Activating brand influencers at key retailers.• Enabling controlled sharing and providing offers with generational

revenue attribution.• Proving which digital channels, marketing tactics and executions

drive retail sales.

RevTrax offers a variety of smart, real-time solutions to test and optimize digital shopper marketing, including: OpenShare® adds a social sharing component to print-at-home and mobile shopper marketing offers. Through OpenShare you can identify your biggest brand advocates and attribute offline retailer-specific sales to individual social users and networks.

SmartOffers™ delivers print-at-home and mobile coupons based on predefined rules to deliver flexible, 1-to-1 shopper marketing offers. Campaign rules can be based on previous engagements, geographic information, paid or owned media conditions, past transaction data, CRM conditions and more.

Branded coupon portals bring retailer-specific promotion and con-sumer targeting to life. Activate retailer specific coupon portals to:

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• Create a cooperative database of common consumers.

• Build more effective partnerships between brands and retailers through shared data and consumer targeting.

AT-A-GLANCEWHO WE AREMarketers work with RevTrax to discover and measure digital promotion performance data – to prove and improve digital marketing’s impact on in-store sales. RevTrax’s scalable enterprise solutions provide promotion intelligence across all online channels and devices.

KEY EXECUTIVESJonathan Treiber, CEO & Co-FounderSeth Sarelson, COO & Co-FounderMel Liebergall, VP, CPG Client Development

PRODUCTS & SERVICES• Digital promotion intelligence• Coupon portals• Promotion CRM• Retail-centric analytics• Rules-based coupon technology• Social shopper marketing

CONTACTTEL: 646.680.7400

Mel LiebergallVP, CPG Client Developmentmliebergall@revtrax.com

INDUSTRIES SERVED• CPG• Retail• QSR

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DELIVERING DIGITAL CAPABILITIES TO TRADITIONAL POP MATERIALS

TRANSFORMING THE RETAIL AND CPG INDUSTRY

Smart Displays and Smart Signage create a digital in-store platform that positively impacts sales and the shopper experience by leveraging existing POP merchandising processes. Shelfbucks delivers detailed execution data while providing a real time view of shopper behavior including traffic, dwell time and conversion rates. In addition, the Shelfbucks platform allows shoppers to easily opt-in to receive coupons, products reviews and other content to create an interactive and measurable experience.

LEVERAGE EXISTING POP MERCHANDISING AND A SHOPPER OPT-IN EXPERIENCEPrevious attempts to engage a shopper with digital content at the point of purchase have failed for one of two reasons: Too expensive or complex for the retailer and CPG to implement or too complicated for the consumer to use. The Shelfbucks solution eliminates both barriers with a cost effective platform that fits into current merchandising processes. Instead of spamming shoppers with push messages, shoppers opt-in to engage with POP displays to get personalized content and offers from the retailer’s mobile app.

Just as the web transformed our business a few decades ago, Shelfbucks is providing a unique technology platform that is poised to transform the in-store shopping experience. We provide your shoppers with the ability to easily opt-in to receive coupons, product reviews and other content to create an interactive and measurable experience at the point of purchase. In a recent INC article, regarding beacon technology and the Shelfbucks’ solution, Bill Carmody was quoted as saying, “While there are many disruptive technologies out there, there is usually only one in a generation that transforms about every industry…To say that retail is being transformed by beacons in an understatement.”

AT-A-GLANCEWHO WE AREShelfbucks is the leading Smart POP platform, allowing CPGs and retailers to measure in-store execution and shopper behavior. Additionally, shoppers can engage with POP merchandising to receive personalized offers and content via the retailer’s mobile app – ultimately driving increased sales!

KEY EXECUTIVESErik McMillan, Founder and CEOBill Martin, Chairman of the Board George Garrick, Board MemberCatherine Lindner, Chief Merchant Officer

PRODUCTS & SERVICES• Measurement – Measure execution, shopper behavior

including traffic, dwell time and conversion rates by campaign, store and other key metrics.

• Awareness – Deliver targeted proximity messaging to attract attention to your shopper marketing program.

• Engagement – Convert shoppers at the point of purchase by allowing them to opt-in to receive personalized content and offers through the convenience of their smartphones via Smart POP displays.

CONTACTTEL: 512.782.4200

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“Incorporating Shelfbucks technology into POP displays and signage provides CPG manufacturers and retailers with millions of new, real-time data points for measuring and analyzing in-store merchandising performance. Now, brands can finally bring the full power of digital marketing to shoppers at the critical point of the purchase decision.”

Will Phillips, Director of Retail Insights & Innovation, Menasha

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RECEIPT VALIDATION

TAP TO WIN

Digital Receipt Validati on System®* uses the retailer’s receipt to instantly validate consumer purchase & distribute virtual rewards in three (3) easy steps.

1. TPG Rewards validates purchase & distributes virtual rewards within minutes, not days!

2. Works with basic camera-enabled cell phones. No need for smartphones.

3. No apps required.4. Allows marketers to view market basket data associated with

promoti onal purchases.5. No registrati on required.6. Can be integrated into CRM and social media programs.7. Can be used for retargeti ng.

AT-A-GLANCE

WHO WE ARETPG Rewards, Inc. is a consumer promoti ons agency off ering a broad repertoire of reward programs designed to bolster brand awareness, drive trial & repeat purchase, grow topline sales and build long-term loyalty for some of the world’s most beloved brands.

EXPERTISEIn additi on to off ering custom-designed consumer promoti onal reward programs, TPG is the original founder of digital receipt validati on. With this patent-pending technology, TPG Rewards is the only agency to off er near-instantaneous purchase validati on and virtual reward distributi on.

KEY EXECUTIVESJohn Galinos, Chief Executi ve Offi cerNeil Solomon, PartnerGeorge Pati lis, PartnerEd Hepner, PartnerKalin Mintchev, Partner

CONTACTTEL: 212.907.7101

John S. Galinosjgalinos@tpgny.com

TPGREWARDS.COM

INDUSTRIES SERVED• Mass & drug• CPG• Restaurant• C-Store/grocery

MAJOR CLIENTS• General Mills• Unilever• Procter & Gamble• Kellogg’s• Kraft

• Coca-Cola• Kimberly-Clark• Mondelēz• Nestlé• MillerCoors

Allows consumers to engage with an in-store display or brand packaging with the simple “tap” of their phone to instantly receive rewards and/or customized content.

1. Tap chips are placed on your POP materials or on your packaging.2. Shoppers simply “tap” their phone on the display to see if they are a winner. No app required.3. Shoppers receive immediate noti fi cati on of content that is important to your brand.

Tap To Learn delivers important content such as recipes, trailers, beauty ti ps.Tap To Earn enables parti cipati on in loyalty-based programs.Tap To Win selects instant sweepstakes winners.

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Digital Receipt Validation System®* uses the retailer’s receipt to instantly validate consumer purchase & distribute virtual rewards in three (3) easy steps.

TPG Rewards validates purchase & distributes virtual rewards within minutes, not days!Works with basic camera-enabled cell phones. No need for smartphones.No apps required.

Allows marketers to view market basket data associated with promotional purchases.No registration required. Can be integrated into CRM and social media programs.Can be used for retargeting.

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Allows consumers to engage with an in-store display or brand packaging with the simple “tap” of their phone to instantly receive rewards and/or customized content.

Tap To Learn delivers important content such as recipes, trailers, beauty tips.Tap To Earn enables participation in loyalty-based programs.Tap To Win selects instant sweepstakes winners.

Tap chips are placed on your POP materials or on your packaging.Shoppers simply “tap” their phone on the display to see if they are a winner. No app required.Shoppers receive immediate notification of content that is important to your brand.

All activity is geographically tracked in real time, so you know if your display is up or your promotion product packaging is in-store.

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WHAT WE DO

In addition to o�ering custom-designed consumer promotional reward programs, TPG is the original founder of digital receipt validation. With this patent-pending technology, TPG Rewards is the only agency to o�er near-instantaneous purchase validation and virtual reward distribution.

WHO WE ARE

TPG Rewards, Inc. is a consumer promotions agency o�ering a broad repertoire of reward programs designed to bolster brand awareness, drive trial & repeat purchase, grow topline sales and build long-term loyalty for some of the world’s most beloved brands.

KEY EXECUTIVES

John Galinos, Chief Executive O�cerNeil Solomon, PartnerGeorge Patilis, PartnerEd Hepner, PartnerKalin Mintchev, Partner

INDUSTRIES SERVED

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MAJOR CLIENTS

General MillsUnileverProcter & GambleKellogg’sKraftCoca-ColaKimberly-ClarkMondelēzNestléMillerCoors

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Allows marketers to view market basket data associated with promotional purchases.No registration required. Can be integrated into CRM and social media programs.Can be used for retargeting.

RECEIPT VALIDATION AT-A-GLANCE

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Tap To Learn delivers important content such as recipes, trailers, beauty tips.Tap To Earn enables participation in loyalty-based programs.Tap To Win selects instant sweepstakes winners.

Tap chips are placed on your POP materials or on your packaging.Shoppers simply “tap” their phone on the display to see if they are a winner. No app required.Shoppers receive immediate notification of content that is important to your brand.

All activity is geographically tracked in real time, so you know if your display is up or your promotion product packaging is in-store.

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WWW.TPGREWARDS.COM

WHAT WE DO

In addition to o�ering custom-designed consumer promotional reward programs, TPG is the original founder of digital receipt validation. With this patent-pending technology, TPG Rewards is the only agency to o�er near-instantaneous purchase validation and virtual reward distribution.

WHO WE ARE

TPG Rewards, Inc. is a consumer promotions agency o�ering a broad repertoire of reward programs designed to bolster brand awareness, drive trial & repeat purchase, grow topline sales and build long-term loyalty for some of the world’s most beloved brands.

KEY EXECUTIVES

John Galinos, Chief Executive O�cerNeil Solomon, PartnerGeorge Patilis, PartnerEd Hepner, PartnerKalin Mintchev, Partner

INDUSTRIES SERVED

Mass & DrugCPGRestaurantC-Store/Grocery

MAJOR CLIENTS

General MillsUnileverProcter & GambleKellogg’sKraftCoca-ColaKimberly-ClarkMondelēzNestléMillerCoors

CONTACT

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OUR CAPABILITIES

WE DRIVE FOOT TRAFFIC AND WE CAN PROVE IT

Verve drives foot traffic to retail and proves it. With exclusive first-party location data, premium mobile inventory and SaaS interface, Verve empowers national advertisers with the programmatic tools, data-driven insights, and expertise to activate shoppers in and around their path-to-purchase.

OUR PHILOSOPHYVerve harnesses location data and mobile technology to serve advertising that is more relevant to shoppers and more effective for brands.

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Location data is perhaps the most compelling data set ever available to brand advertisers. Verve’s first-party location data comes from portfolio of owned-and-operated mobile apps and websites that power thousands of premium, location-centric media properties across news, weather, sports and lifestyle. The portfolio’s unique mobile inventory and exclusive first-party location data act as a “True North” for Verve’s location services and location-informed audience targeting.

Verve Shopper Audiences include: Active Shoppers, or consumers found in and around relevant retail locations; Shopper Path are built around the notion that where you go says who you are; and Real World Audiences are built around a precise moment and place in time, e.g. Black Friday.

The Meridian Platform is the industry’s only end-to-end self-service user inter-face for location-informed mobile marketing. With Meridian, advertisers and agencies can discover audiences, apply geo-fences, layer in third-party data, develop ad creative, bid on inventory in real time and receive online reporting and insights.

AT-A-GLANCEWHO WE AREVerve is made up of advertising experts and technolo-gists passionate about arming brands and agencies with the data, media and location-informed audience and proximity targeting that brings about real world results.

KEY EXECUTIVESNada Stirratt, Chief Executive OfficerTom Kenney, President & FounderJames Smith, Chief Revenue OfficerBrian Crook, Chief Product Officer

PRODUCTS & SERVICES• Programmatic mobile advertising • Location-informed audience targeting• Proximity targeting• Publisher app development

CONTACTTEL: 760.479.0055

James Smith, Chief Revenue Officer jsmith@vervemobile.com

INDUSTRIES SERVED• Retail• CPG• Automotive • QSR/CSR

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EXPERTISEWe pioneered location-informed mobile advertising almost a decade ago, and today, advertisers and their agencies depend on Verve’s first-party location data, premium mobile inventory and self-service interface to drive sales in the real world.

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OWN THE MOMENT OF INTENTION

PREMIUM MEDIA = PREMIUM SHOPPERS

Audience targeting and retargeting uses data based on the previous behavior of shoppers. There is no intelligence to the active needs of shoppers – or any indication that they will make a repeat purchase. By capturing path-to-purchase intent in real-time, Yieldbot allows brands to understand, market and optimize to shopper intentions as they happen, creating interactions at the exact moment when it will be most helpful, useful and persuasive. Moreover, Yieldbot’s machine learning makes your marketing more effective over time, getting smarter and performing better with every interaction, delivering measurable in-store sales lift.

The digital path to purchase is infinite. Targeting brand messages based on audience segmentations is ineffective and does not align with the way people use this medium. Shoppers are not on a media schedule, tethered to a screen, or following some linear journey. Understanding shopper needs in real-time at the keyword and URL levels, along with buying on a cost-per-action, has proven to be the optimal digital methodology to create meaningful experiences that lead to purchase. Yieldbot is the only technology that allows brands to market across infinite paths to purchase by aligning the digital path to the unique mindset of each shopper.

“Yieldbot beat all of the other digital providers in terms of brand engagement. In terms of driving sales at retail, Yieldbot was the highest performer of the four vendors we tested.”

Steve Finney, Geometry

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WHO WE AREYieldbot uses quality first-party data to deliver the most relevant messaging to the unique mindset of every shop-per in real-time.

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Can Beacons Convert Shoppers In-Store?March 2015… Retailers need to take baby steps, according to Erik McMillan, founder and chief executive officer of Shelfbucks, which offers an in-store beacon promotion platform that works via retailer apps. In October 2014, the company teamed with Menasha Packaging to embed beacons into displays. “We may do 3,000 displays for a CPG to learn, look at the data and see how they engage,” McMillan says. “After piloting on a few displays, then 2016 is about scaling what’s learned in 2015.”

IN THE NEWSRecent stories from the various Institute news outlets, P2PI.org and Shopper Marketing magazine

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Unilever Gives Walgreens ‘Beauty Must-Haves’January 2015Walgreens partnered with Unilever for an exclusive “Beauty Must-Haves” promotion that awarded a free tote bag (up to 5,000) with purchase of $15 in qualifying items. Consumers who made the required purchase from Jan. 4-10 received a receipt code (via Catalina) to be entered on a Unilever promotional site, yourbeautyhaul.com. The participating brands were Axe, Dove, Degree, Tresemme, Suave, St. Ives and Vaseline.

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OwnerIQ Taps RSIMay 2015Boston-based programmatic ad platform OwnerIQ recently partnered with Mountain View, California-based POS analytics firm Retail Solutions Inc. to integrate RSi’s retail store-level intelligence and sales data with OwnerIQ’s pool of targeting and analytics data. The companies say that CPG brands and retailers can maximize the impact of their promotions by combining RSi’s store-level UPC sales and inventory data from more than 150,000 store locations with OwnerIQ’s vast retail shopper data.

Also: Promotional marketing services company News America Marketing, New York, has teamed with OwnerIQ to introduce News America Programmatic Advertising. The new offering is a response-driven digital display product that combines NAM’s geo-scoring system with OwnerIQ’s shopper data.

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Dailybreak and RevTrax Combine ForcesNovember 2014Dailybreak Media, a Boston-based gamification platform, recently partnered with RevTrax, a New York-based digital coupons platform, with the goal of enabling CPG brands and retailers to engage shoppers and optimize the path to purchase via gamification and coupon promotions intended to drive in-store traffic. In their initial campaign together for an unnamed CPG, the two firms achieved strong results with 47% of consumers printing the coupon after viewing the offer, and 60% of printed coupons having been redeemed with two more weeks of data yet to be reported.

“ [In 15 years, merchandising] will be totally different than what we think it will be, but I guarantee that it will have something to do with the smartphone talking to a sensor to have a seamless experience in-store.”

Erik McMillan, founder and CEO, Shelfbucks

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CoOptions Launches Social Shopper PlatformApril 2015Shopper marketing agency CoOptions, Apex, North Carolina, has partnered with social media tech firm Sverve, New York, to launch the CoOptions Social Shopper Activation platform. The agency says the partnership will allow brands, retailers and agencies to instantly activate social shopper solutions that power and amplify in-store promotions, displays and traffic to both in-store and online campaigns while providing transparent views of campaign progress and real-time analytics.

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Jewel-Osco Launches MyMixx Digital CouponsFebruary 2015AB Acquisition’s Jewel-Osco this month launched the MyMixx digital coupon program that has been available at sister chain Acme since August 2014. At launch, MyMixx is offering approximately 200 digital coupons, powered by Coupons.com. It also suggests coupons based on users’ purchase history, tracks how much users have saved and lets them build a shopping list. Users can also link their MyMixx accounts with SavingStar accounts for additional savings.

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Walgreens Facilitates ‘People’s Choice’ VotingDecember 2014 Walgreens kicked off the third year of its “People’s Choice Awards” sponsorship by promoting online voting for the program’s awards. When consumers finish voting, they’re taken to a landing page operated by Hello World, Pleasant Ridge, MI, and given the opportunity to enter a Walgreens-sponsored sweeps running Nov. 4 through Dec. 4 that awards a trip to Los Angeles to attend the awards show.

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Working Closely With The CustomerDecember 2014Kellogg offered promotional packages of Pop-Tarts, Krave, Frosted Flakes, Frosted Mini-Wheats and Froot Loops that carried codes good for $5 off Sony Pictures’ “The Amazing Spider-Man” via the retailer’s Vudu streaming service. With three or six codes, participants could also earn “Concession Cash” or “Movie Cash,” respectively, from TPG Rewards, New York.

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Avocados from Mexico Is ‘Hungry for Football’November 2014Avocados from Mexico (AFM) is running a “Hungry for Football” campaign from Sept. 8 through Dec. 15 in partnership with Ro-Tel. The branded consumer promotion is supported with contests for consumers and retailers, coupons, social media and in-store display materials. AFM will use IRi data to evaluate the performance of select retailers during the promotion period as well as the total category overview. AFM’s coupon redemption partner, Winston-Salem, North Carolina-based Inmar, will provide data related to individual customer redemption by retail marketing area and independent accounts.

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Overcoming the Barriers to Mobile Use in Stores, Part 2October 2014… [He] is particularly interested in RSI Retail Solutions, a provider of business analytics and real-time supply chain intelligence that helps CPG companies maintain their in-stock positions. He says the company recently began partnering with MaxPoint, a hyperlocal advertising company. Theoretically, this should enable a brand to know if there are too many boxes of Honey Nut Cheerios clogging a store’s backroom a half-mile from households that will respond to a targeted mobile ad that says, “Go get your Honey Nut Cheerios!”

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n John Shen, Senior Director, Interactive Marketing & Consumer Promotions Shen leads digital and promotions initiatives across the organization, partnering with John Stichweh and shopper mar-keting teams to provide thought lead-ership, best practices and approaches for retail activation in the digital and promotional space.

n John Stichweh, Director, Digital and Social Shopper Marketing, E-Commerce and CRM Stichweh leads a team that leverages enterprise resources

including data, infrastructure and plat-forms such as ConAgra’s ReadySetEat recipe website to deliver the aligned objectives and measure their impact along the way.

CONSTELLATION BRANDS n Karena Breslin, Vice

President of Digital Marketing Breslin manages digital strategy and execution for Constel-lation’s portfolio of wine and spirits brands. Her organization is responsi-ble for social media, digital advertis-ing, content marketing and shopper activation, and she also leads mar-keting technology initiatives.

n Barry Roberts, Director, Retail Shopper Solutions, North America Roberts leads the retail shopper solu-tions team that consists of category management, shopper marketing and e-commerce.

CONAGRA FOODS INC.n Jill Kristle, Manager, Interactive

Marketing

COTY INC. n Kristen D’Arcy, Vice President of

Global Digital

CVS HEALTHn Kate Goodman, Senior Director,

Retail DigitalGoodman manages the development of strategies that support omnichan-nel customer acquisition and reten-tion in both the online and offline channels.

Josh Wexelbaum and Dilini Fernando share the com-mon task of improving the digital ventures for one of the world’s largest brewers, but they came to their man-agement roles at MillerCoors on different paths.

Fernando is a 2003 graduate of Brown University, where she pursued interests in science, psychology, en-trepreneurship, business and organizational behavior management. She was a disc jockey at a college radio station, then used that skill at two different stations in the years between Brown and her MillerCoors intern-ship in 2010.

Fernando also founded and ran a musician-centric business in Taunton, Massachusetts, as well as an inde-pendent record label for two years before earning an MBA at University of Chicago’s Booth School of Busi-ness. She took a year after her internship to help four other Booth students with a mobile payment start-up through Booth’s New Venture Challenge program. She rejoined MillerCoors as an associate brand manager in 2011, and assumed her present position two years later.

Fernando says her experience with digital in her en-trepreneurial projects has inspired her work at Miller-Coors. She now guides the MillerCoors digital incuba-tor, a laboratory of sorts to test new tools, tactics and technologies with the goal of increasing sales and cre-ating scalable solutions for the organization. “Digital was such an amazing way to reach a broad audience on a limited budget,” she says. “I love its nimble and dynamic nature.”

Wexelbaum took a more straightforward route to his position as senior manager of digital marketing. Unsure of a major at the University of Texas, he discovered a passion for advertising in a 101 course, seizing on the ideas of Ogilvie, Burnett and Bernbach to spark his choice to earn an advertising degree.

He rose to associate media director in seven years at Starcom MediaVest Group, joining MillerCoors in 2006 as media manager. Wexelbaum was a brand manager for retail marketing for two years, then brand manager for Miller Lite before taking on his present role in April 2014.

He says working in digital is perfect for his out-of-the-box thinking that began as a kid. “I never really was too big on using established solutions to solve problems,” he says. “I wanted to create a solution on my own, to try something different, to experiment. Operating in the digital space is a great opportunity to continue that process. To experiment, to try, to fail, find the things that work that we can actually scale.”

Fernando and Wexelbaum recently took time out to answer the following questions about their digital work at MillerCoors:

How do shopper and digital marketing intersect at MillerCoors?WEXELBAUM: Digital marketing as a standalone or even as a bolt-on practice no longer makes sense. Right now we’re living in a world where nearly everything our shop-per experiences from a communications perspective can be and, I would argue, increasingly is delivered digitally. I don’t believe it’s about digital marketing per se but rather how do we market in an age when everything is digital?

Once you understand it’s about marketing in a digital age, to me digital’s role in shopper marketing becomes more obvious. It’s to take us further down the purchase model than we’ve traditionally been in a way that better engages our consumers by providing real value to them.

How does the organization promote digital innovation?FERNANDO: As part of developing best practices, in 2014 we started the digital incubator, which is meant to be essentially a pipeline of ideas that incubate the next level of digital marketing, where we test, learn, fail and ultimately scale. I oversee the execution and the inter-nal and retailer education of the digital incubator tests for the organization.

Anything in particular you are working on?FERNANDO: In 2014 we supported about 20 different digital incubator tests. There was a lot of exciting work with mobile order on-premise, proximity messaging, driving traffic and engagement and, more recently, with beer delivery.

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Many marketers believe that digital is helping to narrow the gap that has traditionally existed between CPG brands and retailers. Agree or disagree, and why?WEXELBAUM: I generally agree. As CPG marketers, I think we have to acknowledge that our capabilities in the digital space lag those of our direct marketing coun-terparts, but in that gap between direct marketers and consumer package goods I do see a world of oppor-tunity for CPG companies and retailers to partner and drive new solutions that can influence and affect our shoppers. We can’t directly sell our beer to anyone like a direct marketer can. In using delivery services to spur new occasions are ways that we can grow the category for ourselves and our retailers while overcoming some of the inability-to-sell-direct challenges that we face.

What does omnichannel mean to you as a marketer and a shopper?FERNANDO: For me it’s about creating an enjoyable re-tail experience. I’m probably like most online shoppers, where I feel comfortable navigating between digital and physical. Where can I get information, where can I get in-spiration? If there’s an impulse to buy, how is that enabled? Is that in-store, online? I feel comfortable with both.WEXELBAUM: A friend of mine who works in sports event marketing used to say, “Be sure to go so you know,” in reference to event activation. I feel that same sentiment applies to digital, and omnichannel as an aspect of digi-tal. To me our shoppers are doing it and more so every day, so I better be doing it myself if I ever really hope to understand and be able to capitalize on that experience.

MILLERCOORSJosh Wexelbaum, Senior Manager, Digital MarketingDilini Fernando, Digital Innovation & Marketing Manager

“Our shoppers are doing [omnichannel], so I better be doing it myself if I ever really hope to understand and be able to capitalize on that experience.”

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n Dan Seymour, Director, NA Retail/Shopper Marketing Seymour manages the U.S./Canada retail trade and shopper marketing func-tions at Dell. His team delivers shop-per insights-driven marketing plans, designed to deliver incremental share gains for their retail partners.

DR PEPPER SNAPPLE GROUP INC.n Stacey Schultz, Manager of

Integrated Content, Snapple and Motts

n Robert Stone, Director of Integrated and Emerging MediaStone is responsible for the strategic development of integrated media plans for brands including 7UP, Canada Dry, Motts and Snapple. He leads an internal team and agency partners in the development and execution of consumer and shopper programs.

EENERGIZER PERSONAL CAREn Chris Greene, Director, Club

Channel & E-Commerce Strategy

FFOOD LIONn Justin Baynton,

Manager of Digital and Interactive Marketing Baynton is in charge of strategic development and implementation of the digital marketing roadmap that encom-passes Web, mobile, social and cross-channel media platforms.

n Keith Nicks, Director of Customer Loyalty and Retail Marketing

n Brian Tilzer, Chief Digital Officer Tilzer oversees digital operations and om-nichannel customer experience across CVS Health’s retail pharmacy, pharmacy benefits management and Minute Clinic businesses.

DDELL INC.n Lori Pennington,

Manager, Shopper Marketing Pennington has devel-oped strong retailer relationships and con-tinues to build best practices for Dell’s shopper marketing organization while driving U.S. retail marketing strategies using insights, analytics, marketing planning and development.

GGENERAL MILLS INC.n Brian Kittelson,

Director of Integrated Shopper Marketing Kittelson leads a team tasked with building insights-based strate-gies designed to grow brands and categories.

n Matt Pierre, E-Commerce Director See profile on page 66.

GEORGIA-PACIFICn Cindy Butler, Senior Manager,

Scale Digital MarketingButler specializes in digital and tradi-tional brand marketing management in the franchise, cooperative and du-rable goods industries.

just about “digital shopper marketing,” but how we best market to our shoppers in this evolving, digital era. Shoppers are still influenced both offline and online. Whether someone is shopping online or in a brick-and-mortar store, we’ve seen firsthand how we market to them digital-ly can drive purchase and sales, whether through digital ads and digital coupons or through our e-commerce product in-formation, reviews and content. As a re-sult, executing effective digital shopper programs and e-commerce content has become a key part of our shopper mar-keting discipline.

Please describe your current role and a little bit about Nestle’s digital initiative.WALKER: I’m the shopper engagement strategist in our category and shopper center of excellence (COE) that provides thought leadership, best practices and enablers that drive effective activation in the marketplace. My role helps drive

effective shopper activation for Nestle USA’s 30-plus brands, and there’s an element of digital in all my areas of focus. The organization looks to our COE and my role to be a resource for driving digital capabilities (in rela-tion to our shoppers and retailers) and effective digital shopper activation.

At our Nestle S.A. headquarters in Vevey, Switzerland, we have a digital acceleration team focused on the fast-evolving digital and social world. We have a Silicon Val-ley innovation outpost engaging with major technol-ogy corporations and looking for pioneers among the thousands of small technology startups, and we also have a digital center of excellence focused on digital brand strategy and consumer engagement.

What digital devices do you use most often, and how much of an omnichannel shopper are you?WALKER: As a working mom, I use my iPhone to con-nect, plan, organize and shop. I’m definitely an om-nichannel shopper. I shop more and buy more when there’s a connected, easy and personalized shopping experience. But it’s important to go beyond our own experiences. Engage with the digital tools and aids your shoppers are utilizing and try shopping at the retailers where they shop. We need to put ourselves in our shoppers’ shoes because understanding what they will experience is one of the quickest ways to assess what digital tools and aids may be most ef-fective.

NESTLE USALinsey Walker, Shopper Engagement Strategist

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While singing and performing have been passions of hers since early childhood, Linsey Walker set aside any plans to study music in college and focused instead on business administration with a concentration in market-ing. And while her love of music has stayed with her – she even belonged to the Nestle choir when she worked at the company’s Glendale, California, headquarters – it never went beyond a beloved hobby.

Yet she does see correlations between her love of music and her work today, particularly in terms of chan-neling her creativity and telling a story. Throughout her 15-year career at Nestle USA, Walker has had experience in account management, business development, and retail sales and management.

When Nestle started developing its shopper market-ing organization, Walker became the first shopper mar-keter in the field for one of the manufacturer’s national retailers. The retailer was executing a number of pro-gressive digital activations, enabling her to experience effective digital shopper marketing programs firsthand.

Walker moved into her current role as shopper en-gagement strategist three years ago, immediately tasked with focusing on digital, and specifically on how Nestle USA can utilize digital to engage with its shoppers. She recently answered the following ques-tions about her journey in this field:

How has the shopper marketing discipline evolved at Nestle USA?WALKER: Before we had specific shopper marketing roles, many were already partnering with retailers to execute ef-fective pre-store and in-store marketing activations. About six years ago, the discipline really started to develop. We now have a large shopper community with resources across the country. Our shopper marketers focus on build-ing our brands by effectively engaging shoppers along the path to purchase, using digital as a key way to drive the en-gagement and ultimately trigger purchase. We challenge our shopper marketers to be the digital shopper experts for their respective brands and retailer partners.

And how have digital shopper marketing and e-commerce become increasingly important parts of the solution?WALKER: Our shoppers live in a digital world. It’s not

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Matt Pierre started his career at General Mills going down his intended path of finance. A few years into his now 25-year tenure, though, the opportunity arose for him to take a cross-functional broadening assignment in marketing.

That was in the mid-1990s, and he’s never looked back.

Following several years in brand management and then taking a brief hiatus to earn his MBA from North-western’s Kellogg School of Management, Pierre re-turned to the company to continue his work in market-ing. That morphed into channel development work, a five-year stint in shopper marketing and to where he sits today, leading the manufacturer’s e-commerce team for the past three years.

Pierre says his strong analytical skills have proved their worth on the brand side as well as on the e-com-merce side of the business. He says developing a large CPG company’s e-commerce capabilities requires him to wear many hats. “It’s not a bolt-on capability but more about reimagining how you’re going to go to market across your customer base, and it’s starting to shift the entire organization,” he says.

Pierre recently took time out to discuss what he’s do-ing on the e-commerce front and answer the following questions:

How was e-commerce introduced at General Mills and how has it developed throughout the organization?PIERRE: Our e-commerce centralized devel-opment team was formally created about two and a half years ago. Just like the space, we’ve moved quickly by dramatically accelerating the size of the team and the scope in terms of the customer teams we’re partnering with as well as building out our capabilities. But we have a long way to go.

It’s less about us selling products directly to con-sumers and more about partnering with our retailer counterparts to help optimize our business with them. A big part of how we want to add value into this eco-system with retailers is on the category management front. We’ve spent a lot of time building insights, learn-ings and capabilities on that end to help partner with retailers.

Please explain your specific role and the function of your team.PIERRE: I lead our e-commerce development team, which is responsible for driving the com-pany’s overall e-commerce strategy, building out our digital shelf/category management expertise and partnership with customers as well as our understanding of e-commerce-en-abled shopper marketing, and then working on all the corresponding capabilities that need to come with doing all of those things well. We’re kind of the center of excellence to build learning plans and help consult our customer-level shopper marketing teams. As their cus-tomers move online, we help pinpoint areas they need to think about to build a plan that works as well in-store as it does online.

Can you share a recent example of the e-commerce team’s work that stands out?PIERRE: The big area we’ve been able to gain a lot of traction in is in partnering across a wide number of retailers and helping influence them as they set up their digital shelves. How retail-ers set up categorization and subcategorization in these categories is really going to influence

shoppers’ experiences. We see that as a key emerging discipline and need on the category management front.

In a relatively new area such as this, are the misses in some ways almost as valuable to the overall mission as the big hits?PIERRE: Our philosophy is this is such a new and un-charted territory that if we’re not making mistakes, we’re not moving fast enough. There are a lot of shiny shopper marketing tools in this area and you have to be insightful as to what the shopper path to purchase looks like and which of these tools are going to enable

us to have the right conversation with that shopper. The biggest hardship in all of this is trying to integrate it across our teams and across the retailer. E-commerce is a team sport and it requires an awful lot of coordination across silos in order to get things done in a meaningful, well-connected way.

What digital devices do you use most often, and how much of an omnichannel shopper are you?PIERRE: I’m always connected, whether on my smart-phone, a tablet or my laptop. Probably 50% of all of my family’s purchases are online now. Not everything is perfect yet, so there are some compensating behaviors that as a consumer or shopper you have to overcome, but once you get comfortable with it, you see the con-venience in it and at times the ability to not only save money but also find things to which we wouldn’t nor-mally have access.

GENERAL MILLSMatt Pierre, Director of E-Commerce

“A big part of how we want to add value into this ecosystem with retailers is on the category management front.”

THE HERSHEY CO.n Denise Vivas,

Director, E-Commerce Vivas’ role is focused around developing the online demand creation model for the digitally con-nected consumer, developing a rel-evant portfolio for this consumer and building capabilities and knowledge required to win in this new frontier.

THE HOME DEPOTn Dave Abbott, Vice President,

Online Marketing

HORMEL FOODS CORP.n Scott M. Weisenbeck,

Marketing Director, Hormel Brand and Integrated Marketing Weisenbeck oversees marketing strategy and execution for the Hormel brand and is

responsible for integrating and align-ing marketing efforts for more than 15 Hormel-branded products across mul-tiple divisions within Hormel Foods.

JJOHNSON & JOHNSONn Sri Rajagopalan,

Vice President, E-Commerce, Consumer Division Rajagopalan just ar-rived from Frito-Lay to take strategic ownership of digital sales growth for J&J’s consumer divi-sion including merchandising and sell-ing strategies to enable e-commerce customer collaboration and growth.

n Carl Wille, Senior Director, Sales OperationsWille leads four departments within sales ops, including data and analyt-ics, communication and administra-tion, training, development and entry-level recruiting, and traditional sales operations.

GSK CONSUMER HEALTHCAREn Jason Herman,

Director, Integrated Marketing Communications & Innovation Herman joined GSK through the manufacturer’s acquisi-tion of Novartis earlier this year. He manages operations and capability building throughout the marketing organization, including digital, media, consumer promotions and agency relations.

n JoAnn McCormack, Senior Digital Strategy Manager

HHEINEKEN USAn Haley Rubin,

Digital Commercial Marketing Excellence

KKELLOGG CO.n Dan Cooke, Global

Lead, E-Commerce Cooke leads e-commerce and digital shopper activation by setting the strategy and managing the P&L for the chan-nel. His team also leads the develop-ment and curation of content for display on the digital shelf, designed to engage, motivate and convert shoppers for Kellogg’s vast portfolio of brands.

n Mark Lundquist, Manager, Digital Strategy Lundquist consults on digital strategy with both brand and shop-per marketing within the Kellogg organization.

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MATTEL INC.n Hadi Abrishamchian,

Manager, Global E-Commerce Sales Activation Abrishamchian is responsible for multi-channel global sales activation for Mattel and Fisher-Price brands, utiliz-ing innovative thought and results leadership coupled with a growth-hacker approach to amplify programs, scale across the globe and unlock new capabilities.

MEIJER INC.n Renee Appert,

Director of Brand Development Appert guides busi-ness-changing brand and creative strategy into campaign integration across on-line, offline and in-store media.

n Brad Hileman, Director of Digital, Creative and Brand DevelopmentHileman leads strategy, content and creative across social media, Web, e-mail, mobile, search and other digital touchpoints, driving alignment across multiple business areas and digital

programs to ensure consistent brand and user experience.

MEYER CORP.n Jason Marrone,

Senior Director of E-Business Marrone leads Meyer’s e-commerce strategy and tactical execution. His teams are focused on the retailer’s brand sites, as well as analyzing prod-uct placement, brand portfolio and content integrity across its network of online retailers in order to build and protect brand equity and accelerate online and offline sales.

n Kevin Sidell, Senior Manager, Digital Strategy Sidell provides strategic guidance for brand and shopper marketing teams designed to motivate consum-ers and shoppers to select Kellogg brands along the path to purchase.

KIMBERLY-CLARK n Gabe Mattingly, Senior Brand

Manager, E-Commercen Meg Way Edgin,

Global Director, Integrated Media IQ and Platforms Edgin is responsible for raising the integrated media IQ of Kimberly-Clark’s global brand builders, global social media and agile marketing lead. She is a leader in driving always-on capability and experience across a consumer’s journey and path to purchase.

KRAFT FOODS GROUP INC.n Rashmi Patel, Director of Data

and Brand Strategyn Bob Rupczynski, Vice President,

Media, Data, CRM

THE KROGER CO.n Matt Thompson, Director,

Digital and E-Commerce

LLG ELECTRONICSn Chris Ray, Director, Digital

Marketing

L’OREALn Vivianna Blanch,

Vice President E-Commerce, Marketing and Digital Strategy, Active Cosmetics Division Blanch is responsible for all e-commerce and e-tailer sales for the active cosmet-ics division at L’Oreal USA. In addition, she leads all digital marketing, media, mobile and technology programs.

n Rachel Weiss, Vice President, Digital Innovation, Content & New Ventures

LOWE’Sn Thomas McMillan Jr., Commerce

Director, LowesForPros.comMcMillan holds an e-commerce gen-eral management role leading online merchandising, digital marketing, online promotions, search and tax-onomy, operations, production and product ownership.

MMARS CHOCOLATEn Amanda Zaky, Senior Manager,

InteractiveZaky leads the six U.S. chocolate brands’ digital media and social mar-keting strategies, providing thought leadership, leveraging consumer in-sights, media research and overall in-tegrated marketing planning process,

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MOTOROLA MOBILITYn Barbara Liss, Senior Director,

Social Media

NNBC UNIVERSAL STUDIOSn Joe Eibert, Vice President,

Digital Marketing

NESTLE PURINAn Linda Hervatin,

Director, Shopper Marketing Hervatin leads a team focused on under-standing emerging shopper trends and technology and identifying new opportunities to influ-ence the pet shopper’s behavior.

n Tanner Hobin, Digital Shopper Marketing Manager Leads the digital shop-per landscape assess-ment, research and identification of key insights necessary to inform retail digital strategies and initiatives.

NESTLE USAn Linsey Walker, Shopper

Engagement Strategist See profile on page 64.

NEWELL RUBBERMAIDn Eric Long, Director, Global

E-Commerce Experience & OperationsLong leads a team of 30-plus mem-bers who are collectively responsible for e-commerce product manage-ment, front-end product design and development, and operations.

MILLERCOORSn Sherry Courtney, Digital

Marketing Managern Dilini Fernando, Digital

Innovation & Marketing Manager See profile on page 63.

n Brian Pokorny, Senior Manager, Digital and Media

n Emily Smith, Digital and Social Marketing Manager

n Brittany Tall, Manager, Media and Digital

n Josh Wexelbaum, Senior Manager, Digital Marketing See profile on page 63.

MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL n B. Bonin Bough,

Vice President, Global Media & Consumer Engagement Bough oversees the manufacturer’s digital, print, TV and out-of-home media globally.

PPEPSICOn Ashwin Nathan, Senior Director,

Digital, E-Commerce and D3 StudiosNathan leads digital, CRM, e-commerce and the in-house digital agency for Frito-Lay.

n Elena Parlatore, Senior Manager, Quaker Digital & SocialParlatore leads Quaker’s strategy and planning across paid, owned and earned digital platforms including display, video, social, website, mobile, e-commerce, CRM and measurement.

n Marisa Perez, Senior Director, Shopper Marketing, Digital Conversion & Program Activation

n Jason Thalappillil, Director, Digital Engagement Group, Digital Strategy & Content

Susan Wassel has always been a writer, starting with her middle school newspapers and continuing through col-lege, where she earned a journalism degree. Those core competencies of a journalist – natural curiosity, dogged inquisitiveness, competitive spirit – all closely relate to her current role.

“When you think about the burst of digital in the early 2000s, it really took a keen eye for companies that were early adopters in this space to recognize where that might be headed,” says Wassel, Tyson Foods’ new direc-tor of digital engagement. “To take hold of it and deliver it to the organization to ultimately build out as a prac-tice – those skills played a role in my ability to do that.”

She joined Tyson shortly after last year’s $8.55 bil-lion acquisition of Hillshire Brands. Prior to that, Wassel spent eight years with Newell Rubbermaid, where she says the claim to fame in digital was the Sharpie brand. “Sharpie in the social space grew to have quite a fan

presence, and it was sort of the beginning of my foray into digital,” she says. “That expanded beyond the so-cial realm into digital strategy and more.”

Now just a few months into her current role, Wassel and her team support Tyson’s shopper marketing group as part of a shared-services model. “We work closely with them in terms of developing not only the broad digital strategies and campaigns for the brands, but also helping deliver shopper strategy and activation as part of the customer relationships,” she says.

Wassel recently took time out to answer the following questions about her work in the digital sphere:

With the organizational flux following the merger, where does digital at Tyson stand today?WASSEL: As is the nature with all things digital, change is very rapid and in order to be first-movers in digital, we need to better enable an infrastructure that’s go-ing to make that possible. The digital practice prior to my arrival didn’t exist; it was more of a brand market-ing career capability. We now have a digital stake in the ground and are building out a team to help drive focus

within the organization. That said, Tyson has had some wins in the digital space and learnings we’ll build from, but our ultimate goal is to create

an infrastructure that will enable us to lead with a digi-tal-first mindset.

How are you establishing that mindset?WASSEL: My approach to digital is putting the con-sumer first. From the very early stages of digital, I saw first-hand the benefit of making connections with the people who buy your brands. That’s the mindset I bring to the Tyson table and something I want to elevate as we move into digital strategic planning.

Describe some of the specific goals of your team.WASSEL: My team’s goal is to serve up more personal-ized, contextually relevant messages and experiences. The ability to speak to people almost on a one-to-one basis has become increasingly possible. We’re moving aggressively to make sure we have what we need to do that. We’re also working to further develop Big Data modeling and what that means to us in terms of deliv-ering engaging, relevant and meaningful experiences.

Another focus is on content strategy to create both effective and efficient content at scale and, finally,

forging new opportunities with people who shop our brands through mobile. We know it’s a big opportunity and we’re aggressively moving in that direction – and shifting dollars to reflect that.

How can CPG brands better engage consumers along the digital path to purchase?WASSEL: As we shift from the idea of the consumer de-cision journey to a consumer engagement journey, the focus then shifts from this idea of transaction to the re-lationship. Engagement is another key strategic pillar that I’m delivering and putting forward for Tyson. While I don’t have any examples to share just yet, we’re mov-ing quickly into the summer and back-to-school season, when you’ll see programming from Tyson that elevates engagement in an innovative way.

How does your previous digital experience apply to what you’re trying to achieve at Tyson?WASSEL: It’s sort of an aggregate of having a seat at the marketing table for many years and influencing not only digital in silo, but digital as part of the full ecosys-tem that crosses multiple touchpoints. A lot of com-panies think of digital as a unique area of focus. That’s important now as more companies are shifting focus, but ultimately digital permeates all communication and needs to be thought of holistically.

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TYSON FOODSSusan Wassel, Director of Digital Engagement

“Our ultimate goal is to create an infrastructure that will enable us to lead with a digital-first mindset.”

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SC JOHNSON & SON n Nicole Abramson,

Shopper Marketing Manager Abramson, a member of the manufacturer’s e-commerce project team last year, oversees shopper marketing for all SC Johnson brands at Target, as well as Mrs. Meyers and Caldrea brands at Whole Foods and the naturals channel.

SEVENTH GENERATIONn Reid Greenberg,

Director, Consumer Engagement & Direct-to-Consumer Greenberg heads up the manufacturer’s consumer, creative, PR and digital teams, leading the development of strategy and execution for digital mar-keting and operations and overseeing the brand’s consumer conversation and engagement ecosystem, social media, direct-response programs, e-commerce mobile initiatives, cre-ative team and the consumer care program.

STARBUCKSn Kristina Salcido

Roach, Shopper Marketing Manager Salcido Roach is re-sponsible for develop-ing and executing insights-based strategies and shop-per-centric programs to drive mean-ingful sales for Starbucks brands at Albertsons Safeway. Her role includes joint-business planning, partnership development with retailer and affin-ity brands, budget ownership and agency management.

TTARGET CORP.n Lori O’Neal, Senior Group

Manager, Digital Marketing See profile on page 20.

n David Peterson, Director, Digital Vendor Marketing Peterson’s team col-laborates with vendor and brand partners to design, plan, execute and measure digital and omnichannel marketing/ad campaigns across all of Target’s digital channels.

TIME INC.n Christine Austin, Director,

Customer Marketing

TYSON FOODSn Susan Wassel, Director, Digital

Engagement See profile on page 68.

UUBISOFTn Paul Audino, Senior Shopper

Marketing Managern Cathy Ellis, Senior Sales Strategy

and Integration Manager, Digital and OnlineEllis’ role for the video game manufac-turer is focused on defining strategies and developing programs, partner-ships and capabilities along the digital path to purchase.

UNILEVER n Doug Straton, Digital

E-Commerce, NA Center of Excellence, Marketing to Shoppers Straton manages a team tasked with implementing Unilever’s global and North American e-commerce pure play and brick-and-mortar multi-channel strategy.

WWAKEFERN FOOD CORP.n Donna Zambo,

Director, Digital Commerce & Innovation Zambo oversees Wake-fern’s e-commerce, mobile and digital initiatives, including the Price Plus insights program.

WALGREENSn Meghna Agarwal, Digital

Marketing Manager, Retailn Mark Angeloni,

Senior Manager, Digital Promotional Planning Angeloni and his team manage promotional strategy, planning, execution and ana-lytics for Walgreens’ digital properties.

n Adam Garcia, Director of Digital Marketing

n Adam Kmiec, Senior Director, Mobile, Social and Content Marketing Kmiec leads the enter-prise strategy for how the retailer connects with customers across mobile and social by making the content more personal, relevant and precise.

n Cherise Ordlock, Senior Director, Digital Planning and Analysis Ordlock develops and drives short-, medium- and long-term digital initiatives for the retail, omnichannel and photo digital businesses across all functional areas – from developing strategies to fore-casting and assessing financial impact, to managing day-to-day execution, promotional planning and analysis.

PERNOD RICARD n Tim Murphy, Vice President,

Marketing, Absolut Vodka, Beefeater Gin, Plymouth Gin, Fris VodkaMurphy oversees advertising, media, product innovation, insights, online marketing, public relations, consumer promotions, multi-cultural activity and customer marketing for the U.S. market.

PFIZER CONSUMER HEALTHCAREn Bryan Chupp,

Director of Digital Marketing Chupp leads the manufacturer’s U.S. digital marketing team that builds and executes digital strate-gies and tactics for Pfizer consumer brands. The team is also responsible for digital capabilities that cut across the brand portfolio.

PRICE CHOPPERn Heidi Reale, Director

of Shopper and Digital Marketing Reale collaborates with the retailer’s business intelligence, merchan-dising, loyalty marketing and CPG partners to identify emerging shopper trends and opportunities to drive the development of programs.

PROCTER & GAMBLEn Kristen Haun, Associate Director,

E-Commerce Marketingn David Mullaly, P&G

Marketing Manager, Walmart and Walmart.com Mullaly manages marketing across the manufacturer’s full portfolio of brands at Walmart.com. His responsibilities include media, CRM, content and om-nichannel activations.

RRB n Sam Gagliardi,

Vice President, E-Commerce Gagliardi manages a team responsible for creating new growth opportunities for RB by leading a more integrated shopping experience online and across channels.

n Taryn Mitchell, Global Vice President, Sales, Digital ChannelMitchell’s duties in-clude creating strategy and driving execution to flow shoppers through the path to purchase with conversion at the most convenient point for each individual.

n Tyler Sheriff, Team Leader, Amazon.com

n Zach West, Manager, Mobile, Social and Content Marketing

WALMART STORES INC.n Andrea Cadelli, Senior Manager,

Digital Marketing and MRM, Sam’s Club

n Dawn Deal, Senior Director, Marketing, Media

n Mark Williamson, Director, Digital Activation & Online Media Program

WD-40 CO.n Paige Perdue, Director,

Digital MarketingPerdue is responsible for developing and executing social media strategy, including evaluating, planning, orga-nizing, managing, monitoring, mea-suring and contributing to all social media channels.

WHIRLPOOL CORP.n Colette Matthews, Global

Marketing Director, Connectivity and Smart HomeIn a role she began in March, Mat-thews is responsible for consumer experience for connected appliances, product and “Internet of Things” strategy, and analytics and data-value creation.

WHITEWAVE FOODSn Erin Anderson, Shopper

Marketing Managern Jon Searle, Marketing Manager

WORLD KITCHEN n Ken Bausch, Vice

President, Global Digital Marketing Bausch leads an inter-active team focused on driving digital engage-ment, digital sales and integrated mar-keting for all World Kitchen brands.

n Andy Wang, Digital Marketing Manager Wang heads up digital content strategy for six major brands includ-ing Corelle, Pyrex and CorningWare. He and his team imple-mented a global e-commerce and content platform integrated across eight websites delivering best-in-class digital engagement, social and edito-rial content.

WRIGLEY n Amber Arnold, National Account

Manager, E-CommerceArnold is national account manager for Amazon.com, Peapod and Drug-store.com, advising on omnichannel strategies and promotional activity.

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By Dawn Klingensmithhen Shopper Marketing asked experts to explain programmatic buying/advertising, they offered slightly different definitions ending with a simi-lar flourish: “And it all happens in milliseconds!”

To be sure, it takes much longer to describe a program-matic ad buy than it does to conduct one. Luckily, experts patiently and thoroughly brought us up to speed on pro-grammatic advertising, which is expected to account for 48% of total spend this year for online display ads, accord-ing to media value forecaster Magna Global.

What is programmatic?Simply put, it’s the auto-mated sale of ad space made possible by technology con-necting advertisers and pub-lishers. The technology is used to select appropriate ad placements and transact the sale. The transaction can be entirely automated using an auction-based marketplace (marketplace programmat-ic) or partially automated with humans negotiating the sale (programmatic direct) before technology takes over

to process data and attain an appropriate placement, says Tyler Kelly, senior vice president of client development at Centro, a digital advertising software provider.

The other key element besides automation is the use of big data to target audiences and optimize campaigns.

How does it work?“Programmatic advertising works by using data-driven artificial intelligence to serve relevant digital media to the right person at the right time,” says Debbie Wogan, vice president of national sales, Catalina.

And, yes, it all happens in milliseconds.“When you go to a website today, in the 20 milliseconds

it takes to load the page, hundreds of decisions are being made by machines to deliver an appropriate ad to you,” says Steve Ustaris, senior vice president of marketing and client strategy at OwnerIQ, a programmatic solution for retailers and brands.

The website’s publisher first sends a request for an ad to its ad server, but if none is a good fit for you as de-termined by cookies, geolocation and other factors, the request redirects to the programmatic marketplace via an ad exchange.

Once the ad exchange receives the request – accompanied by the website URL, browser info and ad size – it alerts buyers (represented by machines in the exchange) to this

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immediate ad opportunity and solicits bids for placement. “Buyers can be large agencies using buying software or an advertising network like OwnerIQ working on behalf of a brand advertiser,” says Ustaris, adding that certain pro-grammatic software overlays additional data at this point, available through third-party vendors or direct partnerships.

With the data at hand, each bidder’s algorithm evaluates the opportunity and decides whether and how much to bid. Then, in a process called real-time bidding, or RTB, advertis-ers compete to serve the ad to you, the consumer, submitting creative along with the bid. The winner’s ad is then served.

Ad exchanges can be set up as open (all advertisers can participate) or private (publishers invite a handful of select advertisers to bid for their inventory). In summary, the three types of programmatic deals are open marketplace, private marketplace and programmatic direct.

Opening an app on a mobile device can set off the same rapid-fire series of events.

How is programmatic relevant to the practice of shopper marketing?Browsing and shopping online provides a basis for shopper insights. Consumers’ browsers anonymously and securely record which retailer sites they visit, where and when they visited, and the products they bought or considered. A smart programmatic campaign uses these “digital foot-prints” to buy relevant ad inventory in real time so shopper marketers can reach active shoppers of their retail channels when they are most receptive and at times of purchase intent, says Scott Pearson, account director at DataXu, a programmatic platform provider.

In addition, “Programmatic buying offers shopper mar-keters an efficient, data-driven and highly measureable form of local advertising,” says Matt Knust, vice president of shopper marketing at MaxPoint, a digital advertis-ing technology provider. “By using big data to connect a variety of online and offline information, a skilled pro-grammatic advertiser can deliver on campaign goals spe-cific to shopper marketing, such as sending ads only to neighborhoods where a new product is being launched or automatically delivering different ad creative to shoppers depending on their product purchase history.”

What are the benefits of programmatic advertising, and how does it fit with other shopper marketing tactics?Although programmatic campaigns can comple-ment existing FSI and di-rect mail efforts, since they are digital they provide marketers with a better op-portunity to “get personal with shoppers, delivering only ads or offers that are relevant to their past pur-chase history – unlike with FSIs,” Wogan says.

In addition, program-matic advertising delivers the right content to the right customer at the right time and has the potential afterward to deliver performance metrics on sales lift, inventory levels and engagement metrics so marketers can measure return on ad spend, says Marie Jackson, CMO at Retail Solutions Inc., which measures digital-to-store ROI.

According to Knust, additional benefits specific to shop-per marketers include:n Timing a campaign to begin the moment a new product

hits an individual store’s shelves.n Offering local pricing based on each store’s current pro-

motion.n Pausing advertising around out-of-stock stores.n Aligning advertising with sales momentum and inven-

tory so that high-sales and high-volume areas receive optimal campaign support.

n Providing valuable store-level performance and con-sumer data for future promotions.

Can programmatic help link online advertising to in-store sales?Advanced programmatic advertisers link online advertis-ing to in-store sales “by incorporating both SKU-level

point-of-sale and store inventory data from either the brand or a third party, like IRI, into their advertising plat-forms,” Knust says.

This client data enables the advertisers to strategically select stores for advertising support based on historical product, brand or category sales success; optimize ad de-livery to areas around local stores based on current inven-tory levels and sales momentum; and measure campaign sales lift by comparing test stores and control stores.

Give us an example of how programmatic advertising can be an effective part of a shopper marketing program. A national food brand working with MaxPoint introduced a healthier pasta product knowing that early sales could spell the difference between success and failure. “Instead of putting its advertising and sales on hold until reaching near-complete product distribution, the brand worked with us to drive awareness in strategic neighborhoods as soon as the product hit the shelves at nearby stores,” Knust says.

The campaign involved test stores and targeted high-income families interested in healthy eating. MaxPoint used hyperlocal insights and store-level sales data to serve rich media ads to target consumers located near stores selling the product. Each ad included the store’s address so that the customer would know where to pick up the pasta. The campaign ran for 41 days and achieved 10% sales lift.

What should brands be doing today programmatically to help support their products at retail?Programmatic advertising can strengthen the brand and retailer partnership. By connecting brand advertis-ing to local offers and in-store sales, shelf-aware program-matic campaigns (solutions that marry SKU-level sales data with campaign execu-tion) enable brands and re-tailers to measure the impact advertising has on product sales at the retailer level. “Brands can then demon-strate how they are supporting their retail partners and prove how these efforts boost each store’s sales,” Knust says.

What should shopper marketers consider when evaluating programmatic solutions and solutions providers?Finding the right data providers and platforms is critical. CPG companies in particular will want a programmatic technology provider with “deep CPG expertise and expe-rience” and, ideally, “the ability to optimize, target across platforms and provide closed-loop sales effect measure-

ment,” Wogan says. “Start by learning about their technol-ogy and asking for case studies.”

Make sure partners measure campaign performance, provide transparent reporting to back up their findings and have safeguards in place against fraud, which Ad Age in October 2014 called a “systemic problem” in the program-matic ad business due to widespread click fraud and “URL masking” (misrepresentation of URLs to buyers).

The programmatic space “is still a bit of a Wild, Wild West, so you need an ethical partner,” Kelly says.

Is programmatic inventory lower-quality or remnant inventory? “That couldn’t be further from the truth,” as premi-um inventory is routinely purchased through pro-grammatic channels, says Robert Scheckman, Own-erIQ’s vice president of na-tional shopper marketing.

While programmatic does provide a way to mon-etize “leftover” ad space, now that it’s come of age, shopper marketers rely heavily on programmatic to “execute coordinated display, video and rich media campaigns across premium desktop, mobile and tablet inventory,” Knust says.

Walmart has entered the programmatic marketplace with its own exchange. What’s the significance of this move?One indication of the move’s significance is Procter & Gamble’s early adoption of the Walmart Exchange (WMX) program since its start in 2012. WMX is of course focused on sell-through at Walmart, and it’s “extremely attractive to any brand that sells SKUs there because of the access to the retailer’s first-party data and the ability to provide sales-level reporting at Walmart,” Scheckman says.

Brand marketers benefit because they can buy highly targeted programs, track them to sales at Walmart and them optimize them based on that data.

What is the future of programmatic?Again, P&G actions provide some indication: The com-pany announced in 2014 that it would devote 70% of its digital media spend to programmatic.

Digital display ads still predominate, but programmatic advertising soon will extend well beyond the digital realm to encompass TV, out-of-home (digital billboards) and even print, with programmatic buying becoming “the de facto standard,” Wogan says. SM

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IT ALL HAPPENS IN MILLISECONDS1. Consumer visits webpage. As the content begins to load, there are still some blank

spaces where ads should be — but the consumer will never see them.

2. That’s because the website’s publisher immediately fires off a request for an ad. The request may end up in the programmatic marketplace via an ad exchange.

3. The ad exchange sends out a bid request along with cookie info and other data to help potential bidders (represented by machines and algorithms) assess the opportunity. In some cases, third-party data helps bidders size up this particular consumer.

4. The bidder’s algorithm determines whether and how much to bid. Predesigned (and in some cases customizable) creative is sent with the bid.

5. The winning bidder’s ad fills the empty slot and is served to the consumer.

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SOCIALFacebook launched a

feature called “product ads” in February, giving advertisers a chance to target Facebook users by highlighting specific products with prices and pho-tos in the ad. It’s a type of ad largely dominated by Google Shopping ads (essentially the slate of product ads that blanket your page when you search for a product name on Google). As Facebook edges into this world, advertisers can promote a few products or an entire catalog. They have the ability to curate the ads as they see fit. The ads target by a Facebook user’s location, listed interests and history of visiting that product website or mobile site. The ads can be spread across online, mobile or tablets.

Amazon.com has launched a way for any brand or person to host a sweepstakes to drum up social interest. Called “Amazon Giveaway,” the self-service tool is run through Amazon.com. A user who wants to host a promotion finds an eligible product to give away on Amazon.com and purchases it. At the bottom of the product detail page, there’s a button to designate it as a giveaway item. (The only limit is 50 prizes a day or a value of $5,000). The host can customize how to handle the promotion, shipping, how it’s awarded, etc. They’re also tasked with promoting the giveaway through social channels or the manner they choose. To launch the service, Amazon teamed with participating brands for hundreds of giveaways that can be found on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and Snapchat under a #amazongiveaway hashtag.

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SO-LO-MO CentralA roundup of social, local and mobile marketing activity at retail

LOCALWisconsin shoppers enrolled in a United Healthcare insurance plan receive a

Healthy Savings card and have access to weekly preloaded coupons and discounts for any of the 119 Roundy’s Supermarkets located in their state. The weekly offers can be viewed at www.uhcwihealthysavings.com, which is optimized for mobile

phones. The weekly list of offers will be emailed to users so they can access incentives in-store. With UnitedHealthcare being an insurance carrier, there’s an emphasis on healthy foods that are being discounted and are measured by the Guiding Stars nutrition system. Solutran, Milwaukee, powers the digital program.

Subway tested a location-based promotion run at 46,000 locations in Canada. Customers who logged into the Subway Wi-Fi received a notification for a free six-inch sub. The coupon could be shown at the register. The idea of using the Wi-Fi system, according to a press release from Subway, is to remove punch cards as a loyalty driver. Anytime a customer enters a store and joins the Wi-Fi, they can receive coupons or offers. Subway teamed with Turnstyle Solu-tions, Toronto.

Viggle Inc., New York, and its Viggle en-tertainment rewards app have partnered with inMarket, Venice, California, tapping into the latter’s beacon platform at retail stores. Offers from beacons will be personalized toward a Viggle user’s specific tastes. The app works by rewarding a user whenever he watches TV or

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MOBILEGSP Inc., Clearwater, Florida, operators of the Accustore intel-

ligence platform for retailers, launched an Accustore mobile app to empower field teams to gather data such as market conditions, execu-tion, compliance and competitive pricing. Users can perform surveys and store walks without Wi-Fi; the app stores data to complete tasks offline when necessary.

With the goal of helping small businesses build their own mobile apps, Endurance International Group, Burlington, Vermont, part-nered with Netherlands-based technology developer AppMachine to create “Instant App Machine.” A user can build a custom app from a smartphone, tablet or desktop. The tool at AppMachine.com scans company websites and culls information found online to beef up an app, and then users can customize and look through pre-coded building blocks built into the tool. Once the app is finished and a user publishes it, they then pay the developers. There are different levels of monthly payments based on the level of features, such as design features and even analytics.

listens to music. The person “checks in” over the app by selecting a show or song, and the app listens for it to confirm. Points increase while the show plays. Users stock up on points and redeem for gift cards at retailers like Best Buy and Gap.

Specialty pet retailer Pet-Sense teamed with Shopatron, San Luis Obispo, California, to implement an inventory lookup and analytics tool into its e-com-merce site that enables the retailer to see what items were searched for at what locations, thereby helping to inform merchandising in the store. Shopatron can also manage fulfillment options over the site such as same-day pickup, in-store pickup, in-store returns and more. According to a press release, the retailer believes a tool like inventory lookup helps it be more omnichannel in bridging online with in-store.

While Ace Hardware Corp. offers in-store pickup, the cooperative is testing at-home delivery to homes within five miles of its locations. The company says that 61% of consumers live within five miles of an Ace store. The retailer is piloting Ace Express Delivery in 33 stores in Florida, Illinois, Colorado, Maryland, Texas and Arizona. Customers find products at AceHardware.com, and an Ace store associate delivers the order for a $5 fee. Same-day delivery for a hardware store is especially crucial because often consumers find it frustrating when working on a project and realize they’re missing an item, or maybe they can’t fit certain materials into their car.

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grail that folks are striving for,” he says. “Collabo-ration in supply chain and merchandising gives you opportunities to unlock growth.”

The major benefits include cost savings, speed to market, fewer people involved, and less waste in the process, says Annette Groenink, group vice president at Menasha. When collaborating with other companies in the supply chain, retailers and CPGs need to be willing to share a certain amount of intellectual property that they traditionally have been guarded about, she says.

“People outside your company are going to have different perspectives and views, and those are valuable,” she says. “[The growth in collabora-tion] represents the realization that new products come and go so quickly. If you’re getting hung up on whether you own 100% of the intellectu-al property, and somebody else gets out there quicker, you could lose a distinct advantage while you’re sitting around worrying.”

“If the CPG and supplier have multiple people involved and are approaching the problem from different perspectives, you’re going to find ways to eliminate cost and time,” adds Greg Dugan, re-gional vice president for Menasha.

John Barnette, vice president for center store merchandising at Food Lion, says he’d be crazy not to work with his business partners around supply chain. “If you’ve got open and honest re-lationships, discipline around the work you do and a collaborative decision process, more often than not, the outcomes are going to be better,” he says. Initiatives “are more fully vetted. When I think about how broad my business is, it’s kind of ridiculous to think about not leveraging that tal-ent. … They’ve got their finger on the pulse of that stuff [in their category] much closer than we do.”

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SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMIZATION, PART 1:

By Ed Finkelhen consumer packaged goods companies, retailers and suppliers collaborate vertically around supply chain, the collaboration frequently

is short-term and tactical. But doing the heavy lifting to create more ongoing, strategic partner-ships has myriad benefits, according to a survey conducted jointly by the Path to Purchase Insti-tute, A.T. Kearney and Menasha.

The benefits are being realized in small pock-ets today, but shopper marketers need to impress upon their supply chain colleagues the need to forge such vertical collaborations by pointing out the positive impacts on the bottom line as well as the competitive disadvantage that results if they do not, A.T. Kearney believes.

When the concept of collaboration comes up, supply chain and even some shopper marketing personnel often react by saying that they’re al-ready collaborating. Typically, however, this char-acterization is a stretch, according to A.T. Kearney executives. Such partnerships usually amount to “firefighting” because of issues like deliveries com-ing late and products reaching out-of-stock status.

When supply chain personnel complain that they don’t have the time or capabilities to go deeper, the best response is to suggest trying a single campaign or initiative as a pilot, gain sup-port from the top and move forward. Commer-cial teams need to realize that their supply chain organizations alone will not capture the benefits, Kearney says, and those outcomes aren’t simply about dollars saved or earned but also about au-thentic deepening of relationships.

In more advanced cases, retailers and manufac-turers have integrated their supply chain almost as if the two companies have merged, which brings vastly greater operational efficiencies and speed to market, A.T. Kearney believes. Companies work jointly when determining new products to launch, slotting and assortment, shelf sets, shopper mar-keting campaigns and promotional events.

Manufacturers and retailers find themselves at different stages of supply chain collaboration because the buyer-seller relationship creates fric-tion, which leads to inefficiencies and waste, says Arun Kochar, principal at A.T. Kearney. “You are wanting to behave as one company. Don’t treat each other as buyer and seller. That is the holy

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Jeff Krepline, vice president of national sales, Menasha. “The ever-changing demands of retail are not letting anybody sit still,” he says. “If you think you’ve got it, you need to re-ground your-self. We’ve all heard about speed to market and late-stage customization – all of that stuff is driving continued need for evolution in the supply chain.”

Survey Says …The A.T. Kearney/Menasha survey, which drew 33 responses, revealed five major takeaways:

1. To date, collaboration efforts have not gone as far as most organizations would like. Thirty-eight percent of respondents said they currently pursue a portfolio of mid- to long-term initia-tives, and only 13% are still working toward that end; but only 19% said they already have achieved end-to-end supply chain integration with their partners, while 50% have that in their sights in the next three years (see chart above).

Dugan says that while “very few” CPGs and retail-ers have reached that point, he sees it as “kind of the wave of the future. There are a few that will let you inside so you can make an educated decision. The majority still hold suppliers on the outside and give you only what they think you need to know.”

Barnette has seen an evolution in the five years he’s been at Food Lion. While some partners seemed more self-serving in his early years, increas-ingly “we’re comfortable that people are bringing to us insights that will help the overall business and are not just self-serving,” he says. “Some folks I like to lean into because I trust them. They’re going to give me the real skinny on the stuff.”

Collaborations are still largely around transac-tions and spot opportunities that will have an im-mediate impact, says Joy Peters, partner at A.T.

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Kearney. “When we look at the 50% who want to get there in three years, that denotes aspira-tion,” he says. “How do we treat two companies as one?”

Kearney has worked with a “middle-of-the-pack” CPG food manufacturer that saw limited gains from short-term joint projects with their retail counter-parts. “They said, ‘This is not getting us anywhere,’” Peters says. “We want to have reoccurring, demon-strable improvement in our growth.”

Working with A.T. Kearney, the CPG company chose two of its largest and most strategic retail-ers and found “a ton of opportunities in taking out nodes from the supply chain and bypassing distri-bution networks to get their product to the retail-er, avoiding double-handling and finding oppor-tunities in planning more effectively, which means I’m out of stock less often,” Peters says. “Now they’re in a completely different way of working together. There was a relationship transforma-tion, sponsored at the very top, that changed the way they worked together.”

2. The majority of collaboration efforts are initi-ated by one party rather than both. Fifty percent of respondents said their organization had done the initiating, while 33% said collaboration was jointly initiated (see chart above right). Groenink sees an opportunity for third parties to help facilitate these efforts, although “that’s not happening very much.” But Barnette says that from his vantage point, third parties and suppliers were initiating the process more often in the past, while now “this is a very ban-ner-centric process. We’ve scheduled marketing summits to talk about what’s next: ‘Here are some things we’re thinking about, do you want to play?’ … We’re doing much better solving from within.”

3. Collaborative efforts are more likely to be sustainable if they improve the go-to-market proposition of the parties and build trust. Forty percent of survey respondents said improving their go-to-market proposition helped to build a sustainable relationship, while 33% said the same about increased trust and information sharing (see chart below).

Barnette sees the go-to-market proposition as the ultimate objective and the others as founda-tional pillars. Krepline notes that go-to-market proposition and building trust feed off of one another. “Speed, accuracy and customization, they’re all going to prove that go-to-market prop-osition,” he says. “But for that you need informa-tion. And information builds trust.”

Dugan has found the same thing. “We’re finding that our onsite teams have a much higher degree of collaboration due to the fact that we’re physi-cally working side-by-side with our customers,” he says. “We’re with them and talk to them so much, they’re kind of like co-workers.”

A.T. Kearney worked with a distributor and a man-ufacturer in the wine and spirits industry that had a

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About the SponsorMenasha is a packaging and merchandising solutions company focused on optimizing the retail supply chain. Menasha collaborates with the world’s leading retailers and consumer packaged goods companies to deliver the greatest measurable value across the entire integrated merchandising supply chain. As market leaders within the in-store merchandising industry, Menasha combines an unmatched understanding of the retail sector with a proven methodology for developing efficient, sustainable offerings to meet customer-specific goals.

multi-decade relationship marred by lack of trust. “The CEOs said, ‘We have to do something about this,’” Kochar says. Once both companies received a top-down mandate, they spent about six months building relationships across the chain of com-mand, and for the last two or three years, with trust in place, “the organizations have transitioned from an exchange of relevant data, to starting to pursue broader portfolios of opportunities,” he says.

4. Organizations seek a wide variety of benefits from collaboration, although cost reduction is desired a bit more highly more than others. On a scale of 1 to 5, cost reduction rated an average of 3.1, slightly ahead of revenue growth, improve-ment in speed-to-market and working capital re-duction (see chart below right).

5. The results mostly jibe with these desires, although cost reduction is significantly more frequent than the others. Revenue growth is the next frequently achieved benefit of collaboration, according to the survey, followed by improve-ment in speed-to-market and, somewhat less of-ten, working capital reduction.

Dugan finds that revenue growth and improved speed-to-market are the most frequent goals of those with whom he works. Groenink finds it very positive that revenue growth rates highly in the survey. “If revenue growth were the least frequent achievement, that would be sad because that’s what we’re in it for, more value for everybody,” she says.

But Barnette says he’s surprised that wasn’t the most important goal. “If you’re asking supply chain and category management people, whose primary responsibility is to negotiate for a lower cost of goods, I get it,” he says. “But if you’re talk-ing to a banner merchant, ultimately they’re look-ing for top-line growth.”

Collaborations around reducing the cost of goods are easy to justify because the benefits are tangible and tend to be apparent within a year or two, Kochar says. For example, the spirits com-pany with which A.T. Kearney worked saw hard

dollar savings from the joint go-to-market.Growth, on the other hand, “doesn’t happen

overnight, and even with an exclusive initiative, like a product launching, there are so many other drivers that could impact growth,” he says. “It’s hard to isolate that the growth is because of this particular initiative. That’s where it becomes a lit-tle harder to justify the effort.”

Krepline says measures like working capital reduction, revenue growth and improvement in speed-to-market are well worth considering, but he views them as traditional and looks to “emerg-ing measures” of collaborative success.

“For example,” he says, “the execution rate at retail. Are we getting the sales lift that the extra dollars [justify]? How do we know there’s a return on investment for these elements? … All of this is a very broad stroke for the supply chain.” SM

NOTE: This is the first installment in a three-part series. Next month, we will address some of the “how-tos” of collaboration, such as selecting partners, identifying key enablers and establishing a benefit-estimation process. In the third installment, we will look at ways to “scale” the effort, decide on key requirements and select from different operating models.

REPORT: E-COMMERCE INSIGHTS78 SHOPPER MARKETING MAY 2015

By Sharon M. Goldmanhen launching products in the com-petitive grocery and drugstore space, it is essential for marketers to get things right, beginning but not ending with

prominent shelf placement in brick-and-mortar stores. This is especially crucial in the weeks lead-ing up to and following launch.

But when it comes to online stores, there are no shelves. Instead, “placement” is determined by how well products rank on retailers’ e-commerce search result pages. Understandably, products that achieve the highest rankings in terms of search are more likely to be chosen by the shopper. “For brands that want to succeed online, 100% of everything you do needs to be dedicated to maintaining brand integrity, increasing findability and feeding the search algo-rithm,” says Brian Cohen, EVP and group director at Catapult eCommerce, Westport, Connecticut.

Taking a deep dive into this space, Shopper Mar-keting partnered with Boston-based analytics firm Clavis Insight to examine the online retail environ-ment surrounding the OTC launch of GlaxoSmith-Kline’s Flonase. The goal was to see how Flonase and its competitors fared in terms of search ranking and representation in top online stores by analyzing product content, placement and visibility before,

during and after the launch. We asked Clavis Insight to focus on three search

terms – “Flonase,” “allergy” and “allergy medicine” – the week before the launch, the day of the launch (Feb. 4) and a week after launch on top sites such as Amazon.com, CVS.com, Drugstore.com, RiteAid.com, Target.com, Walmart.com and Walgreens.com.

Clavis focused on two metrics: “share of search” (the percentage of the first page of search results that are occupied by a particular brand) and “search

W score” (a measure of a brand’s performance in terms of how high its products ranked on the first page of search results).

Flonase’s Limited AssortmentNot surprisingly, for the search term “Flonase,” the brand itself won the battle for share of search. It was the only product returned for the term on most of the sites, though several sites, especially Amazon, did return competitive products – perhaps from

“ For brands that want to succeed online, 100%

of everything you do needs to be dedicated to

maintaining brand integrity, increasing findability

and feeding the search algorithm.”Brian Cohen, EVP and group director, Catapult eCommerce

E-Commerce InsightsExamining the online retail environment surrounding the OTC launch of Flonase

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those purposely trying to battle the Flonase launch through paid campaigns.

But with only two SKUs (60 and 120 sprays), it was difficult for Flonase to win share of search for the general category search terms, “allergy” and “allergy medicine.” Store brands were by far the winners there. On Walmart.com, for example, private label Equate grabbed the lion’s share of positions on the first page of search with a broad range of SKUs.

There was a significant amount of volatility in share of search over the three weeks of the study, Clavis notes, most likely influenced by the brand’s availability prior to the launch.

Influencing Category SearchesIt’s essential to reach one of the top five page po-sitions for a search term, Clavis says, because products further down the page are less likely to be selected by shoppers. Naturally, Flonase SKUs topped the search rank table for the search term “Flonase,” taking the first and second slots across most sites.

Flonase was challenged in the rankings for the general category search terms. The brand performed relatively well in terms of ranking position for the search term “Allergy” – it achieved top-five positions in a number of stores – but its average rank declined over the three weeks of the study, perhaps because of competitor paid positions.

For the search term “allergy medicine,” Flonase didn’t fare as well. The brand appeared on the first search page of only a few retailers and ranked far

down the page for most. “It’s the ability to influ-ence category-level site searches that is key,” says Gregory Grudzinski, director of analytics at Catapult eCommerce. “If a consumer searches specifically for Flonase, they can find the product listing. The chal-lenge is the vast majority of shoppers shop by cat-egory – and searching on ‘allergy medication’ returns no Flonase on page one of Walmart.com, CVS.com, Walgreens.com and Amazon.com.”

Inventory Issues and MoreFlonase suffered from inventory availability issues during the study. It wasn’t available for purchase on some key retailer sites on launch day, but it was there a week later.

According to Tom Golden, vice president of mar-keting at Clavis Insight, online retailers tend to carry far less inventory with little or no “back room” inven-tory, thus increasing the likelihood of out-of-stocks from even the smallest unexpected surge in demand.

However, a key advantage of online is that manu-facturers can track “store level” availability more readily and adjust accordingly, he adds. “Brands that are proactive in monitoring online retailer inventory and sales will quickly gain an advantage over those that take a more passive approach.”

Catapult’s Cohen says that the lack of inven-tory at the beginning of the Flonase launch is “an unfortunate miss.” Many of the search algorithms look to inventory positions, among other inputs, when determining search rank. “This is an obstacle many manufacturers face, whether caused by re-tailers’ insistence on carrying less inventory or a

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‘allergy’

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Sites analyzed: Amazon.com, CVS.com, Drugstore,com, RiteAid.com, Target.com, Walmart.com, Walgreens.com, Costco.com (Feb. 11 only), SamsClub.com (Feb. 11 only)Source: Clavis Insight

miscommunication between sales and marketing,” he explains.

Conclusion: An Uphill Battle For a new product in a crowded marketplace for allergy medicines, Flonase did relatively well in get-ting onto the first page of search results for key cat-egory search terms in a number of online stores, says Golden. However, its limited assortment – just two SKUs – meant that it was difficult for Flonase to make a significant impact in terms of its share of the search results page. Flonase is always going to be surrounded by competitive brands and products with many more options for the consumer to choose.

In general, it’s an uphill battle for branded players on “brick-and-click” platforms at the moment, says Catapult’s Grudzinski. “The site search on most of the sites gives priority treatment to store brands.”

In order to have any chance of competing against store brands, an always-on and fully integrated ap-proach is a must – rather than a “pulsed” activation with a clear beginning and end – as evidenced by the Flonase results, says Cohen. “Though activity increased along with product-specific searches, cat-egory search rankings overall were not impacted,” he explains. “This is an important consideration to sustaining long-term success given the vast majority of shoppers use the search bar to navigate the virtual aisles.”

For Flonase, the biggest push was set to come after our study was concluded. “GSK indicated the big promotional push behind Flonase was scheduled for mid-February – after this analysis was run,” says Grudzinski. “We expect the promotion will drive Flonase online sales, which in turn will give the brand greater visibility in category-level searches in the weeks to come – ideally coinciding with the timing of consumers entering the market for allergy relief medications.”

More and more brands are working to optimize the content and online store presence in order to de-liver better online store search performance, Golden points out. “For brands to continue to win in the online channel, they will need to pay close atten-tion to product availability and be prepared to make ongoing adjustments to content and range.” SM

“ Brands need to pay close attention to product

availability and be prepared to make ongoing

adjustments to content and range.”Tom Golden, vice president of marketing, Clavis Insight

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ES RobbinsHow do you effectively display product that is big, bulky, heavy and semi-opaque and may have hundreds of small, sharp spikes on its bottom? Office furniture manufacturer ES Robbins, Muscle Shoals, Alabama, solved that dilemma for its line of foldable chair mats with this well-designed, steel-structured, wheeled floor display. A small circular ele-ment molded into the core design of the product enables each mat to be hung on the arched display arms so that shoppers can easily see and select the mat that’s right for their situation.

KryptonicsWhen it comes to displaying a line of Kryptonics skate-boards, Bravo Sports, Santa Fe Springs, California, has come up with an effective, shopper-friendly corrugated unit that allows for easy removal and easy replacement. This inexpensive unit holds six boards per side while taking up minimal floor space, especially when you consider the actual size of each product.

ShakespeareThis time your product is approximately 6 feet long, must be almost entirely visible to show each feature, and must be displayed vertically. Those were the issues confronting Pure Fishing Inc., Columbia, South Carolina, as the fishing tackle manufacturer had to create a Shakespeare display for mass market retailers. Behold a simple, weighted corrugated base with pre-positioned holes to hold 12 rods vertically while giv-ing shoppers a 98% complete view of the items. The display makes it easy for shoppers to get an actual feel for the rods and just as easily replace them in the base.

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BRAND MARKETERSAnheuser-Busch InBev, St. LouisSusan Topel has joined the manufacturer as a shopper insights analyst.

Diageo, LondonSusan Scarduzio, formerly of Ferrero, has joined the New York office as a senior manager, consumer planning.

E&J Gallo Winery, Modesto, CaliforniaJessica Grasso, formerly of IN Marketing, recently accepted the position of shopper marketing manager, Northeast region, based in New York.

Kolpin Outdoor Inc., Fox Lake, WisconsinKristin Secora, a former shopper marketer at General Mills, has been hired as the all-terrain-vehicle manufacturer’s director of marketing.

Kraft Foods Group, Northfield, IllinoisThe manufacturer has promoted Mark Magnesen, who has been with Kraft since 1991 and most recently served as general manager of the Planters nut brand, to the role of president of its Oscar Mayer brand.

Mike’s Hard Lemonade, ChicagoSarah Dabold, formerly of Catapult, has joined the company as a national shopper marketing associate.

Mondelez International, Deerfield, IllinoisSwitzerland-based Udo Kagerbauer has been named the company’s director for global cocoa commodity price risk management, filling the opening created by Scott Amoye’s recent departure after five years leading the Mondelez cocoa business.

PepsiCo Inc., Purchase, New YorkDominic Manzo, formerly of Energizer, has accepted a position as sales category manager, key accounts.

Additionally, PepsiCo’s board of directors recently elected Richard W. Fisher, former president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, as an independent member.

Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, New YorkMohammad Ibrar has been hired as a brand digital content administrator.

Polaris Industries, Medina, MinnesotaMark Epsky, former senior manager, integrated and shopper marketing, at Schwan Food Co., is Polaris’ new marketing manager of off-road vehicles.

Procter & Gamble, CincinnatiKristine Decker has been named brand director, North America brand operations, taking responsibility for P&G’s $3 billion media budget. She was previously brand director of the North American pet care business that the company sold to Mars Inc. last year.

RETAILERSAhold USA, Carlisle, PennsylvaniaThe retailer recently announced that Don Sussman, division president, Stop & Stop New York Metro, will also oversee the Stop & Shop New England division on an interim basis following the departure of Joe Kelley, who resigned as president, Stop & Shop New England division, to pursue other opportunities.

Fred’s Inc., Memphis, TennesseeThe regional discount retailer made several moves recently, hiring former Walgreens executive Bryan Pugh as chief merchandising and marketing officer, and promoting Craig Barnes to executive vice president of supply chain, global and domestic logistics, and Mike Holligan to executive vice president of store operations.

Petland Inc., Chillicothe, OhioTony Samples has been hired as vice president of corporate stores to lead Petland’s retail store division and oversee the company’s merchandising and marketing efforts.

SOLUTION PROVIDERSCollective Bias, Rogers, ArkansasDan Vanchieri joins as chief revenue officer to oversee the shopper social media

company’s sales teams and revenue strategy development.

Coupons.com, Mountain View, CaliforniaSafeway’s former senior vice president of loyalty Keith Colbourn has joined the company as SVP of retail, reporting to COO and CFO Mir Amir, another former Safeway exec. Additionally, the digital promotions platform also recently hired PK Van Deloo as vice president of customer acquisition, retention & loyalty, and promoted Casan Callaway to VP of operations.

Fitch, Columbus, OhioThe retail and brand consultancy has appointed Hermann Behrens to the role of CEO, North America, to lead the business out of a newly established office in New York.

Geometry Global, New YorkPamela King has joined the agency’s San Francisco office as an associate director, strategy.

GfK, New YorkKevin Taylor has been promoted to executive vice president of technology, overseeing work for all North America technology clients. Gary Schanzer, who has managed the digital market intelligence team on an interim basis for several months, will now fill that role permanently while also continuing to serve as the shopper and retail strategy team’s managing director.

The Integer Group, DenverThe agency has appointed Michael Rivera as executive creative director to work out of the Des Moines, Iowa, office.

The Marketing Arm, DallasMe’Cheal Kerski has been promoted to vice president, business operations.

Michelman, CincinnatiGinger Cushing, global sales manager, packaging, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Association of International Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators.

Omnia Media, Los AngelesThe online video content network has hired Rose Ferraro as senior vice president of sales.

ON24, San FranciscoThe webinar marketing solutions provider has appointed Ken Robinson as chief marketing officer.

Piston, San DiegoThe digital agency has named Jessica D’Elena-Tweed as its new creative director.

Platinum Advertising, Trevose, PennsylvaniaThe agency has hired Edward Beighley to serve as the vice president of retail/event marketing.

Prestige Brands, Tarrytown, New YorkAndrea Bouwman, formerly of Reckitt Benckiser, is now leading the company’s shopper marketing initiatives.

Quad/Graphics, Sussex, WisconsinJeff Rodgers recently joined the company as marketing communications manager and will be supporting the team at Tempt In-Store Productions in New Berlin, Wisconsin.

SGS International, Louisville, KentuckyFormer Acosta Mosaic Group president Aidan Tracey recently left his position to take over as CEO of the graphics and printing firm that serves retail and CPG clients.

Theory House, Charlotte, North CarolinaBlair Bolton has joined the agency team as account coordinator.

Trans World Marketing, East Rutherford, New JerseyThe company recently added Adam Landman, Ron Craft and Greg Hall to national

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U.S. Display Group, Tullahoma, TennesseeJessica Moore recently joined the P-O-P firm as marketing manager.

WIS International, San DiegoThe retail inventory firm named Jim Rose, former president of marketing services at Crossmark, as its new president and CEO.

WSL Strategic Retail, New YorkKristine Martinek, formerly of IN Marketing Services, has joined the consultancy as a consultant.

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INSTITUTE STRATEGIST

By Patrycja MalinowskaDespite widespread concerns that Walmart is cutting back on in-store displays, collaborative merchandising activity is alive and well at the mass merchant.

The retailer has been expanding its exclusive product assortment through partnerships with premium brand manufacturers, and this year gave extensive merchandis-ing support to two high-profile launches from Henkel Corp.

Walmart in January became the exclusive U.S. retailer of an Ultime line of hair care products from Henkel’s Schwarzkopf. Created in partnership with supermodel Claudia Schiffer, the 72-item line includes care, styling and color products priced between $6.97 and $9.97. The collection launched in Europe in 2014.

The products are merchandised in-line, securing a brand block identified with a black header and aisle violators. At launch, the items also earned a dedicated endcap display outfitted with a product video.

Co-op advertising support included 15-second re-gional and national TV spots, print ads in magazines including Conde Nast’s Glamour and Hearst Com-munications’ Cosmopolitan, FSIs in Sunday newspapers, display ads on websites including Walmart.com and PopSugar.com, as well as 5- and 15-second video ads on websites such as Hulu.com.

In March, Walmart exclusively launched Henkel’s Persil ProClean, a line of premium laundry detergents available in liquid, powder and unit-dose forms and boasting a Pro-Power stain-fighting technology. The Persil brand is widely available in Europe.

On store shelves, the detergent is sandwiched between category leader Procter & Gamble’s Tide and lower-priced sister-brand Gain. Persil, priced comparably to Tide, is prominently spotlighted with in-line signage. The new product also gets secondary placement on a dedicated endcap outfitted with side panels and an in-teractive video delivering details on the products’ various formulations. It earned yet another shopper touchpoint via sampling stations.

Co-op support for the detergent includes regional and national 30-second TV spots, print ads running in Time Inc.’s All You, and display ads on the retailer’s website.

A dedicated website for the line touts its availabil-ity at Walmart. At launch, site visitors could enter a sweepstakes awarding one grand-prize winner with six vouchers for free bottles of the product and a “premium night on the town” comprising gift cards to Nordstrom.com, OpenTable.com and Uber.com. One runner up also got six vouchers. Entry ran March 13 through April 12.

The Wall Street Journal characterized the Persil launch as a way to potentially pressure P&G to lower prices on Tide. P&G’s dominant position in the category helps insulate it from pressure to cut prices or take other steps that might give Walmart a bigger edge over competitors;

Editorial Index Companies named in the editorial columns of this issue are listed below.Ace Hardware Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Albertsons Safeway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Amazon.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74, 79AppMachine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75A.T. Kearney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Bravo Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Caden Consulting Group. . . . . . . . . . . 6Catalina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Catapult eCommerce . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Centro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Clavis Insight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Conde Nast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Cone Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Costco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10CVS/pharmacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79DataXu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Drugstore.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Endurance International

Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75ES Robbins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Facebook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Food Lion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

General Mills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, 66GlaxoSmithKline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78GSP Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Hearst Communications. . . . . . . . . . 82Henkel Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Hershey Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Hershey PrintShop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10InMarket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74IRI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Kantar Shopcom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6LG Electronics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Magna Global. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Mars Agency, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4MaxPoint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Menasha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Nestle USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64MillerCoors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Nielsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6News America Marketing. . . . . . . . . . 6Origin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10OwnerIQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, 72Path to Purchase Institute . . . . . . 1, 76PetSense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Procter & Gamble . . . . . . . . . . . .73, 82Pure Fishing Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80RetailNext. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Retail Solutions Inc. . . . . . . . . . . .6, 73Retail Strategy Partners. . . . . . . . . . . 4Rite Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Sam’s Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Shopatron. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Solutran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Strine Printing Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Studio G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Subway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

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the story noted P&G had effectively raised prices for some Tide varieties last year by reducing the amount of detergent per container.

The retailer has been refocusing on lower prices and asking suppliers to provide the lowest costs possible – even at the expense of joint marketing programs – a move Walmart U.S. president and chief executive officer Greg Foran characterized as “business as usual” during an April analyst meeting. It has raised some concern among P-O-P vendors, and the industry is watching Walmart closely. As one provider told the Institute, “the pendulum swings again.”

Foran said reducing the number of displays is a way to give store managers more assortment and merchandis-ing authority to ensure localization and ownership, with the overall goal of greatly improving the store experience throughout 2015.

“We’ve had too many PDQs, or displays, not allowing associates to merchandise the store – their store – the way they need to for their customer,” Foran said. “We’ve got too much inventory in the back rooms, and our processes are not where we want them to be. And that is causing some undue shrinkage and some out-of-stocks.”

In addition to the shopper experience and price lead-ership, Foran listed assortment and access as Walmart’s other two areas of focus. He said the retailer is improv-ing its use of data to help build a customer-relevant as-sortment, especially in terms of fresh, private label and omnichannel.

To improve access and convenience the retailer is expanding its grocery home shopping test and better leveraging in-store pickup, as well as fine-tuning its store format strategy and next-generation supply chain.

“There are opportunities for us to significantly update and improve things like space allocations, adjacencies, ambience, navigation and flow in both of our formats [Supercenter and Neighborhood Market],” Foran said. “We are working on this now as we are also on the next generation of our supply chain, one that leverages mov-ing pallets with each as one unit and looks at inventory across the entire enterprise.” SM

p2pi.org‘Business as Usual’ at Walmart?Pressure on suppliers to lower costs doesn’t hinder collaborative activity with Henkel

Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 20Time Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Turnstyle Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Tyson Foods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68UltraCreative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6United Healthcare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Viggle Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Vizio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Walgreens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Walmart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79, 82WPP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Zenith Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

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