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
Tuesday 26th April was GroceryAid Day 2022; an important date in the calendar to raise awareness of the free help and support GroceryAid provides all Grocery colleagues. We took over our digital platforms to promote GroceryAid to our colleagues, including our social media pages, email signatures, video call background images, tablet takeovers, Portal and Telegram … Continue reading eXPD8 embraces GroceryAid Day!
“New Year, New Me” is a mantra many have used before, often as we lay down our heartfelt January plans and resolutions. How about a new job? Whatever the pledge we make to ourselves; be it to hit the gym, read more, eat better or spend more time in nature, typically we consider career changes … Continue reading Looking for a flexible new job? Come and join eXPD8!
Every voice is valued. That’s the functional basis of eXPD8’s Colleague Representative Group (CRG) which was formed in 2011, over 10 years ago. Its purpose is to provide an elected body that represents all colleagues, from all areas of the business, and at all levels within eXPD8. The elected body has the authority to consult … Continue reading eXPD8’s Colleague Representative Group: Every Voice is Valued
My name is Lauren, I’m 23 and from Oxford. Before I joined eXPD8, I was working as a box office supervisor at the O2 Academy Bristol. I love to work, and for a while I was unsure on the career I wanted. Through my experiences in different customer service roles, I eventually stumbled upon the specialism … Continue reading Celebrating Success: Learning & Development Apprentice, Lauren Hegarty
Here at eXPD8 we’ve been busy, building. And finally, we’re pleased to announce the completion and launch of our new, state-of-the-art, cloud-based photo management platform, PXL8. You can watch the explainer video here. But what is it and why does it matter? We know that being able to search, view and share photos of retail activity … Continue reading Hello PXL8 – Field Marketing in High Definition
