Summer has arrived! Presenting Great Little Ideas' Great British Street Parties

Today sees the launch of The Great British Street PartyGreat Little Ideas is searching for the country’s best-loved and most innovative street party recipes to celebrate the patriotic summer we have ahead of us.

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We're giving families the chance to win one of four street parties, and people can enter by simply uploading a photo of their best street party dish to the Great Little Ideas Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/greatlittleidea. Then everybody gets to vote on their favourite recipes and the most creative and unique food creation wins a Great British Street Party!

The four street parties will be taking place monthly throughout the summer and comprise of party packs for your street and freshly prepared food using Great Little Ideas products. The parties even include an open top bus for the winner to invite their friends, family and of course neighbours onto to celebrate events such as the Diamond Jubilee in true British style.

The Facebook page also offers consumers a free downloadable street party pack (including street party meal planners, bunting, food decorations and more) plus a £1 Great Little Ideas voucher that can be redeemed in store against any Premier Foods product to help everyone start creating exciting street party food of their own.


Nick Steel, Premier Foods Director – Insights and Marketing Services says ”The campaign is another sign of our continued investment in the Premier Foods power brand portfolio through an engaging Great Little Ideas campaign that fits perfectly with our British heritage” 

Martin Semmens, Elvis CEO says "The latest in a line of integrated campaigns that we’ve created for Great Little Ideas, The Great British Street Party is a fun way to celebrate Premier Foods’ household British brands this summer and is a reflection of our growing relationship with them."

 

Great Little Ideas offers quick and simple recipe inspiration across the Premier Foods portfolio of British food brands, including their eight power brands: Hovis, Mr Kipling, Ambrosia, Sharwoods, OXO, Loyd Grossman, Bisto and Batchelors.

Elvis have been working with Premier Foods since 2009 and developed the Great Little Ideas brand with Dare. Elvis created and manage the Great Little Ideas online hub –www.greatlittleideas.com, which now boasts over 800 recipes, with more and more added by consumers daily. 

Goodbye yellow. Hello all the colours of the rainbow

It's finally here. Today is the day our new look has gone live. 

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Elvis has had a makeover.

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The entire identity is now made up of hundreds of photographs of everyday life, all taken by us. And like life, our new Elvis branding is constantly changing and growing. It's Live. And it's fun. 

We hope you like it as much as we do.

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Green is Good

This week Elvis Shop will be taking a look at the way brands are bringing green principles into the shopper's journey. As the world becomes more preoccupied with global warming and businesses continue to capitalize on efforts to be green, certain brands are turning to green efforts to enhance a customer's path to purchase. Timberland set up a 'micro shop' in New York city that will travel throughout the country to promote their Earthkeepers shoe line that has soles made from recycled materials. Other brands are also promoting green efforts but on a much larger scale. Philips has created its own model sustainable home with solutions to energy waste and in both the UK and USA companies have started converting shipping containers into building materials and even stores themselves. As brands are realising that green is more than just a fad, shoppers are seeing the benefit instore. 

1) Timberland's NYC Recycling Micro Shop

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2) Shipping Containers are Recycled to Become Shops (in UK and USA)

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3) Philips's Sustainable Home

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Augmented Reality

This week we've decided to focus on augmented reality technology and how it's being used to enhance a customer's experience. Lately we've been noticing a surge in marketers using this innovation to push their brands further. So what is it? Augmented reality is an extension of virtual reality, where the user interacts with something that goes beyond physical reality. At the moment companies are using them in a variety of ways ranging from Starbucks' simple cup animation app to Tesco's conveniently augmented catalogue that lets you see products up close. Other brands have had real fun with augmented reality like Disney's display in Times Square or Moosejaw's xray catalogue. With all these brands making interesting forays into this new technology it will be interesting to see if it is here to stay or just a passing fad.

 

1) Starbucks Animated Cup

 

2) Tesco's Augmented Catalogue

3) Disney Times Square

4) Moosejaw Xray Catalogue

Enjoy!

Delicious!

This week's bulletin is focused entirely around the world of food. Many interesting shopper developments have been happening recently in this area and we thought we would shine a spotlight on them. This week, especially, is a nice reminder that shopper marketing is not solely about instore advertising but also what drives the path to purchase. From Douwe Egbert's unique magazine ad promoting their coffee to Delia Smith cook your own christmas cake kit, there's really interesting food themed marketing out there. Enjoy!

 

1) Delia's Christmas Cake Kit

 

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2) Douwe Egbert's Magazine Coffe Advertisement - Sugar Sample

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3) Luxury Caviar on the go

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Shop 'til You Drop

This week's bulletin is all about the world of fashion. Stores from all over the world are using different approaches to enhance their shoppers' experience. From Debenhams creating a virtual shop here in the UK to a store in Northern Ireland with an unusual selling strategy, there are some really interesting developments out there. Interestingly, the stores show a collision of digital content in a physical setting resulting in a really unique experience.

1) Debenhams virtual pop up stores at UK's greatest landmarks

2) Unique 'Beat the Clock' Sales promotion in Northern Ireland

3) Virtual Fitting Rooms in Topshop

Technology Brightens Up Shopping Experiences

As technology becomes more entwined with modern life, so does the shopping experience. Whether you are surfing online or in a store, technology is an exciting element that enhances the customer's journey. Today, actual stores are using new innovations to draw people in. Here, Sainsburys and Starbucks Rewards have done just that.

1) Sainsburys and Sky partnership allows shoppers to watch key sports events on iPad enabled shopping carts

2) My Starbucks Rewards - Interactive Store Front

 

Shopper Marketing Weekly Bulletin

Hi all,

With the launch of Elvis Shop last week, we are continuing the momentum by sending out a weekly email. This will be a quick update twice a week on some of the most tantalizing developments in Shopper Marketing. So I'll kick off this week with a few links below that are really fantastic.

1) Super Mario Supermarket Display

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2) Heineken Design Your Own Club Competition

3) Eye Catching Window Display in China

Enjoy!

Cait
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How Retail Receipts Could Make the Most of POS Machine Systems

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An example of how the humble receipt can be transformed into something a little more useful and be valuable in "small and playful ways".

Berg design agency have come up with this receipt to demonstrate the kind of information systems that till point machines can tap into, from Google Calendar to real-time product sales. 

If we can't receive digital receipts via a mobile device to minimise paper waste just yet, then this at least makes them more functional and a bit more joyful. 

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Tesco to roll out WiFi in UK stores

Tesco is set to roll out free WiFi across its UK stores, allowing users to compare prices and access Clubcard online while they shop.

Following on from Best Buy in the USA, Tesco now has wireless in all stores to drive on-location mobile use, from product searching with QR codes to actually purchasing products on their mobiles in store rather than at till-point. Another clever move to blur the boundary between on and offline retail. 

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