Sainsbury's Success Essay
Interview: Sainsbury’s marketing chief explains route to success
Sainsbury’s says that marketing and clear brand communications have helped the retailer boost profit by 17% and add 1 million customers since the start of the economic downturn.
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Marketing director Gwyn Burr explained to Marketing Week that Sainsbury’s aimed to attract shoppers on a range of budgets by ensuring its Basics, Core and Taste the Difference ranges, together with strong deals on branded goods, were all available and offers were communicated clearly.
“The aim of Sainsbury’s marketing since the start of the downturn was to ensure that shoppers could change the way they shopped, not where they shopped,” she says.
Another strong pillar of the retailer’s success was the introduction of the …show more content…
It also meant that Sainsbury’s could target its offers better and keep its promotional activity steady “where others have ramped it up”.
These initiatives have worked in tandem with the brand ambassador role long assumed by Jamie Oliver that also delivers specific messages. The latest campaign starring Oliver launched in April and pushed Sainsbury’s commitment to sourcing the best tasting food for its customers.
The battle for market share is always front of mind for the supermarkets. Burr is sceptical of the value of Asda’s claims that its new Price Guarantee is the “final shot” in the price war between the supermarkets. She doesn’t believe it is a “game changer” and says that it hasn’t yet had any effect on the other supermarkets communications.
“If you’re using a war analogy, one side can’t decide the war is over,” she says.
Latest Kantar Worldpanel figures Sainsbury’s increased its market share to 16.4% in the three months to 18 April, up 0.2% year on
Sainsbury’s says that marketing and clear brand communications have helped the retailer boost profit by 17% and add 1 million customers since the start of the economic downturn.
Sainsbury’s
Marketing director Gwyn Burr explained to Marketing Week that Sainsbury’s aimed to attract shoppers on a range of budgets by ensuring its Basics, Core and Taste the Difference ranges, together with strong deals on branded goods, were all available and offers were communicated clearly.
“The aim of Sainsbury’s marketing since the start of the downturn was to ensure that shoppers could change the way they shopped, not where they shopped,” she says.
Another strong pillar of the retailer’s success was the introduction of the …show more content…
It also meant that Sainsbury’s could target its offers better and keep its promotional activity steady “where others have ramped it up”.
These initiatives have worked in tandem with the brand ambassador role long assumed by Jamie Oliver that also delivers specific messages. The latest campaign starring Oliver launched in April and pushed Sainsbury’s commitment to sourcing the best tasting food for its customers.
The battle for market share is always front of mind for the supermarkets. Burr is sceptical of the value of Asda’s claims that its new Price Guarantee is the “final shot” in the price war between the supermarkets. She doesn’t believe it is a “game changer” and says that it hasn’t yet had any effect on the other supermarkets communications.
“If you’re using a war analogy, one side can’t decide the war is over,” she says.
Latest Kantar Worldpanel figures Sainsbury’s increased its market share to 16.4% in the three months to 18 April, up 0.2% year on