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Intro to Marketing in Times of Chaos

Instructor: Gil Haddi
Trend Hunter's SVP of Client Success, Gil Haddi, provides tactical tips for adapting any marketing strategy to times of uncertainty and chaos. Learn about the critical steps to take that will strengthen brand love, build consumer trust and set your brand up for success as you rechart your brand's future.

With so much widespread misinformation prevailing online, consumers have become more jaded and cynical than ever before. How can your brand messaging cut through the clutter and become that beacon of light and authenticity that modern consumers crave? How can you build lifelong consumer loyalty in an era of fickle preferences and fleeting attention spans?
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Wallet Loyalty
Brands are launching loyalty programs available on Apple and Google Wallet
Trend - Wallet loyalty programs are gaining prominence as consumers show increasing reluctance to download multiple apps for brand engagements. Brands are offering loyalty cards through Apple Wallet and Google Wallet as a seamless way to integrate loyalty cards directly into consumer smartphones.
Workshop Question - How can your brand provide a seamless and convenient experience for your customers?
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Kids Cosmetic
Makeup marketed toward Gen Alpha consumers is adapted as this demographic ages
Trend - To cater to the emerging Gen Alpha consumer, cosmetics companies are designing more sophisticated cosmetic lines. These products strike a balance between age-appropriate formulations and the high-end appearance favored by this demographic, influenced by trends on social media platforms.
Workshop Question - How can your brand cater to the evolving preferences of Gen Alpha as they become mature consumers?
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Transparent Retail
Sustainable retailers highlight their initiatives and impact in-store
Trend - Sustainable stores and eco-friendly in-store initiatives are making the impact of their products clearer to their customers. These brands are using receipts, labels and displays to highlight production and sourcing processes--catering to the growing demand for transparency from businesses.
Workshop Question - How can your brand create trust with its customers via in-store experiences or initiatives?
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Sustainable Canadian Retail Expansions
Sustainable Canadian Retail Expansions
The Toronto Allbirds Brick-and-Mortar Store is Eco-Friendly
Sustainable lifestyle brand Allbirds is opening its first ever Toronto store, and second location in Canada on August 10th. Located in the heart of Yorkdale Shopping Centre retail complex, the store... MORE
Environmental Cost Receipts
Environmental Cost Receipts
ASKET's Impact Receipts Measure Water Usage, CO2 Emissions & More
Swedish clothing brand ASKET is tackling modern consumption habits by introducing The Impact Receipt, which provides customers with a detailed breakdown of the environmental cost associated with... MORE
Eco Big-Box Retailer Initiatives
Eco Big-Box Retailer Initiatives
The Target Zero Initiative Helps Shoppers Identify Sustainability
The Target Zero initiative is being launched by the brand as a way to help shoppers more easily locate the products that are in line with their sustainability goals when shopping either online or in-... MORE
Carbon-Conscious Oat Beverages
Carbon-Conscious Oat Beverages
These Vegan Beverages for Kids Label Their Carbon Footprint
Nude. and Mãe Terra Produtos Naturais e Orgânicos—two B Corp Certified companies—teamed up to create oat-based vegan beverages for kids with cartons that display carbon footprint information.... MORE
Environmental Impact Product Labels
Environmental Impact Product Labels
L'Oréal Product Impact Labeling Ranks the Brand's Products
The L’Oréal Product Impact Labeling is an educational initiative by the brand to help provide consumers with ample information related to how a product affects the environment. The labeling... MORE
Informed Restaurant
Restaurants are using AI forecasting tools to determine future menu items
Trend - Restaurants are using artificial intelligence (AI) analytics and forecasting tools to determine demand for each menu item. These tools use restaurant-specific and market-wide data to determine future-facing consumer interests, helping determine menu item creation and sales numbers.
Workshop Question - How could your company leverage its data with AI to improve its existing and upcoming services?
7.6
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Driven Loyalty
Brands are using social activism to drive consumer loyalty programs
Trend - Brands are integrating activism and charitable actions directly into business models and consumer loyalty programs. This helps consumers directly influence the amount of charitability from a business, making activist consumers more likely to frequently engage in these brands over others.
Workshop Question - How can your brand integrate activism and charitable actions into your consumer loyalty program to drive customer loyalty and differentiate from competitors?
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Consumer Marketplace
Brands are launching first-party storefronts to connect consumers to others
Trend - Brands across multiple industries are launching consumer-to-business-to-consumer (C2B2C) storefronts. C2B2C offers consumers discounts on products and enables consumers to sell unwanted products while the business handles transactions and verifies the quality of listed items.
Workshop Question - How might your brand benefit from connecting its consumers via an online marketplace or forum?
6.8
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Menstruation Merchandising
Brands are launching empowering products that destigmatize menstruation
Trend - Gen Z-focused brands are launching menstruation-inspired products and campaigns that uplift and empower women, aiming to destigmatize menstruation through wholesome branding and marketing. This helps younger women take more pride in their bodies and not resent the menstruation process.
Workshop Question - How could your brand reimagine its marketing for younger audiences?
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Inflation Relief
Brands are reducing and locking prices to help combat rising inflation rates
Trend - Restaurants and grocery stores are locking and reducing prices to show customers that they value affordability and accessibility. Rising inflation rates continue to affect even the most affordable fast-food restaurants. These price commitments help retain loyal customers as they face economic uncertainties.
Workshop Question - How is your industry maintaining customers during rising economic inflation?
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QSR Metaverse
Fast food chains are creating experiences within the metaverse
Trend - As brands across a range of industries experiment with products, services and marketing in the metaverse, QSRs are also getting involved. Fast food restaurant brands are now creating virtual experiences and NFTs in order to stay up-to-date with Web3 innovations.
Workshop Question - How could your brand better engage its customers virtually?
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Keto Soda
Sodas and seltzers are made with low or alternative sugars
Trend - The low-carb keto diet is still popular, and now beverage brands that offer sodas and seltzers are adopting the diet into their product. Beverages with low or alternative sugars are becoming more common as seltzers continue their popularity.
Workshop Question - How could your brand add more value to its existing products?
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