For alcohol brands, building cultural relevance starts with cultural understanding. Brands need to recognize that popularity and trends are byproducts of culture, and focus on identifying the communities and sub-cultures that matter to their target customers, recruiting differently, and building with the people who matter to their brands, instead of for them.
It’s no surprise that with a pandemic comes increased consumption of alcohol. City legislation ushered us out of liquor stores at 6pm, while a case...
Low and No Alcohol growth rates in Asia have typically been the same as the West. However, the region’s unique social and cultural context, along with its complicatedrelationship with alcohol,means that the reasons for that growth may not be the same. So what are the unique demands that L/NA is meeting in the market? And what category assumptions should alcohol brands be avoiding to ensure success in the region?
In case you missed it, Check out our latest piece, “Exploring Connection in the age of COVID,” a conversation with Katie Survance of Constellation Brands International. first presented at the MRS Digital Ethnography Summit 2021.
Expo West: event summary Earlier this month, Jerusha Bennett, Director of Brand Strategy and Innovation at The Sound’s Chicago office, had a blast attending the...
