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Creating a Great Piece of Category work Is only Half the Job.
Delivering a great piece of category work with all the insight and data beautifully crafted into clear recommendations is only half the...

Charlie
Jan 18, 20242 min read


How can you Encourage Stakeholders to Engage with your Monthly Report?
Keeping stakeholders informed and up-to-date on the state of the market is crucial. However, sometimes it can be difficult to get...

Charlie
Mar 30, 20232 min read


Five Conversations Monthly Market Reports can Spark
Monthly market update reports are a key tool for monitoring whats going on in your FMCG category across the market. It can be the...

Charlie
Jan 17, 20232 min read


Creativity is a Category Management skill
As Category Managers have a focus on data, numbers, analysis, trends and insight this can be thought of as a role that has a technical...

Charlie
Jan 15, 20232 min read


8 Resource Challenges Facing Category Teams
The work of Category teams often feels like it’s always a peak rather than a trough. And then even more work comes in. Prioritising can...

Charlie
Nov 3, 20223 min read


Can I have your recommendation by Close of Play?
Is that a sentence that fills you with dread? As a category manager you may have had this a few times from customers and managers...

Charlie
Oct 26, 20222 min read


How can I feed the NPD funnel in a cost effective way?
Researching and launching new products is a huge investment. The time spent by people working on concepts and ideas, the time spent...

Charlie
Oct 11, 20222 min read


Maximising the Value of Monthly Reports
Monthly Reports are an important element of Category Management and should be a key resource for decision making and action planning in...

Charlie
Sep 13, 20223 min read


Why a store trial is a big deal and you need to make the most of it
Is there a store trial happening for your category? Is it happening on the back of a recommendation you made to improve performance? A...

Charlie
Sep 5, 20222 min read


Top 5 Skills for Category Managers
Category Management is a wide and varied job. You often have to think on your feet and outside of the box. Category Management can also...

Charlie
Aug 16, 20222 min read
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