With rising energy prices, rising inflation, and the rising cost of goods, it could be enough to put you off your Christmas Turkey.  As we head into a recession, which is predicted to last for 1-2 years, there comes further pressure and tightening of budgets for businesses that are already dealing with a post pandemic … Continue reading It’s time to take a different approach to your field marketing activity…

In order to optimise sales, brands and retailers require a range of field marketing services to direct the right resource, when and where it’s needed most. That’s why at eXPD8, we support our clients with multiple commercial models including planned, tactical, data-driven, and our new service, CROWDY. CROWDY provides transparency and simple interventions on the … Continue reading CROWDY – Like crowdsourcing, but better!

More and more businesses are monitoring their carbon footprints and putting plans in place to identify what they can do to help reduce their impact on the planet.  One of the 5 core pillars of eXPD8’s ‘cOLLABOR8 for Growth’ strategy, is ‘Commit to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and a key part of this is looking … Continue reading eXPD8 tackles recycling for Recycle Week!

eXPD8 is delighted to welcome James Forster who joins the business as Operations Director. James brings a wealth of experience from his 14 years at REL, Cosine & McCurrach. He has extensive experience of field sales and marketing, working with a wide and diverse range of brands such as Unilever, Nestle, AMEX, Britvic, Nokia, LG, Mondelez, … Continue reading James Forster joins eXPD8 as Operations Director

Christmas retail planning is huge. For many brands, it’s the key season to balance the books for the year. It’s therefore essential that brands plan ahead and secure field marketing resource in advance so they are ready to ensure stock is available, visible and selling at the key time. 2022 may not be wreaking havoc on our … Continue reading Time to rethink your field marketing resource for Christmas 2022

At eXPD8 beauty, all our clients are different. Different governance structures. Different product sets. Different outcome requirements. This means, when it comes to delivering execution perfection, first time… every time, we don’t take a one size fits all approach. Rather, we consult, considering a range of requirements which we understand can change at a moment’s … Continue reading eXPD8 beauty retail support: A tailored service that drives sales

eXPD8 beauty is focused solely on supporting beauty and cosmetics brands and retailers across the UK. We support brands and retailers in maintaining the best possible display standards, availability and visibility in order to drive sales in retail stores. Since the launch of eXPD8 beauty, we’ve had some real success working with many different clients, … Continue reading eXPD8 beauty: Driving sales in the retail beauty category

At eXPD8, we ensure we celebrate success. It’s a core business pillar, and spans across everything we do; from our social media and internal communications to our day-to-day operations, we recognise the achievement of our colleagues and want to tell their stories. So, when Lauren Hegarty, eXPD8’s Learning and Development Coordinator, gained a prestigious distinction … Continue reading Celebrate Success: CIPD Distinction Achievement by Lauren Hegarty

I started my eXPD8 journey nearly 4 years ago working as a Display Representative. This role really fitted in with ‘Mum Life’, I could work around school drop-offs and pick-ups and the flexible working hours meant I could plan my visits around the husband’s shift patterns, attend school activities, and really work at my own … Continue reading From the Field to Accounts Team: eXPD8 beauty

eXPD8’s ‘Put People First’ strategic pillar takes many forms, but none are quite so visible and far ranging as our approach to Learning and Development (L&D). From Central Office to the Field, it’s an area that requires constant collaboration, effective communication, and agile methodology, as the requirements of our clients and the retail environments in … Continue reading Learning & Development: Driving Excellence at eXPD8