Will you be match fit for the ‘Golden Quarter’?

Context Covid-19 came quickly and will depart slowly.  Global leaders are walking a tightrope between health and economics.  Whilst the situation is fluid and unpredictable, business leaders must quickly shift attention from short term challenges founded first and foremost on the safety of people and availability of essential products, to how to exit the pandemic… Read More

Innovation versus the Core

The role and benefits of innovation in a category has been a roller coaster journey for many suppliers and retailers.   In light of CV19, the question of ”to go ahead or not” is more relevant than ever. Brands are weighing up: How to keep category interest for consumers and shoppers. If shifting spend to the… Read More

Delivering your growth agenda: the Sales role

Quantic’s core principle is that connected organisations out-perform their competition. By connected, we mean those businesses whose functional strategies are aligned behind one consistently understood growth agenda. Our previous posts have looked at the necessity to align these strategies behind a common growth agenda. Initiated by the Marketing function and expressed as Category Growth Drivers,… Read More

Are you maximising the Shopper Marketing opportunity?

Delivering your growth agenda: Shopper Marketing – a shared capability Quantic’s core principle is that connected organisations outperform their competition. By connected, we mean those businesses whose commercial functional strategies are aligned behind one consistently understood growth agenda. Our previous two posts have looked at the necessity to align these cross-functional strategies behind a common… Read More

Quantic’s guide to achieving growth in the second half

January seems a long time ago but do you remember starting to plan your personal goals and ambitions for the year ahead – more time with the family, getting super-fit or finally taking that dream trip will likely be on the majority of recently created personal ‘must do’ lists. Such resolutions were started with good… Read More

Do the winter Olympics have the answer to winning in new channels?

One of the big questions of today for sales leadership is how do we win in new channels that aren’t our traditional heartland e.g. OOH, discounters and e-commerce. Watching the inspirational (if not on the crazy side of brave) athletes of the winter Olympics it becomes apparent two key attributes are needed to succeed: ·… Read More