Wednesday, 24 October 2012

Introduction

Writing my introduction will help me finalise what I want to find out in my report and what aspect of each brand am I going to compare. Starting my introduction with the Mintel statement sets my review up nicely as it highlights the fact that cider has become more popular recently which is down to promotion.


‘Cider has been the success story of the UK alcohol market over the past five years mainly due to its constant innovation which has ensured that it now attracts a high proportion of the key 18-24year old drinkers that eschewed it as old-fashioned just a decade ago. This has been to the detriment of lager in particular.’ Mintel, February 2012, Cider Report

Following this I will give a brief intro into the cider market in general before describing what I want to gain from my report. I think it is important to introduce the content in general before delving in as it gives the reader a taster of what follows.

Promotion is going to make up a high percentage of my review as it is massive in the cider/alcohol industry. I have decided to focus mainly on one main campaign for each as I want to have enough words to go into detail on each. 

My investigation:

'This report will look closely at nine popular cider brands, looking at the brands as a whole and also investigating the promotional techniques of each brand. The cider brands will range from low market to premium brands to see the difference in how they reach their target customer; do big budgets result in a more successful campaign? Or do simple; well planned campaigns have more of an impact? It will be interesting to see if there is a difference in the promotional methods used by low market brands compared to the mid/high market. Which brand ranks top for most innovative means of promotion and which brand is losing too its competitors. Another aspect of this review will be the brands use of social networking, with the ever changing digital world have the brands embraces this new way of promotion or have they yet to modernise their promotional techniques.'



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