Kristine Venturina is the Director for Shopper Marketing and Insighting of Unilab. She was a recipient of the Mansmith Young Market Masters Awards (YMMA) in 2015. Here, she shares her experience in shopper marketing.  Q1: What are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced as a shopper marketer, and how have you overcome them? A1: In shopper marketing like in […]

Q1: What is the most often overlooked aspect of shopper marketing which should be very basic to all? Great shopper marketing starts with great shopper insight. Shopper marketing is marketing. Insight drives actions and solutions. Neuroscience proved that 99% of what we do are driven by subconscious behavior or what we usually call habit. People more or less buy the […]

J. Patrick Cua is the Managing Director for Philippines, Vietnam and Myanmar of NIQ, the world’s leading consumer intelligence company for retailers and consumer goods manufacturers. With operations in over 100 countries, NIQ provides its clients with information and insights on consumer buying behavior. In this interview, he shares their research about marketing during high inflation times.  Q1: What impact does […]

(Left to right: Chiqui Escareal-Go, Sam Christopher Lim, Emilio Macasaet III, Josiah Go)  Last November 29, 2022, National Book Store and the Shangri-La Mall sponsored a talk and book signing event featuring four bestselling business authors who gave marketing tips for 2023.  Marketing Anthropologist Chiqui Escareal-Go focused on how consumer behaviors can be quite unpredictable, being both rational and irrational; […]

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from left (Johnlu Koa, Jet Parma, Aleli Arcilla, John Rubio, Harvey Ong, Greg Banzon, Neil Trinidad, Alvin So, Ana Aboitiz-Delgado, Dr. Nicco Tan, Steven Tan, Kakam Gabunada) The global pandemic has jabbed a wrench into many organizations’ plans, making the future seem unknown. But as new consumer trends begin to emerge and more leaders are now able to combine hard […]

Six marketing and sales experts will share the new realities of the new normal in the 2nd Mansmith Brand Summit which premiers on July 8, 2020 via the online platform of Continuum Academy, where  learning can happen “at your own time, at your own pace, in your own place”.   The Summit  entitled “New Realities in Marketing“ will still be available after premier date, in case marketers and entrepreneurs […]

From left: Ian Santos, Atty Alvin Alburo, Ronnie Traballo, Josiah Go, Imelda Lim, Milona Barraca and Ramon Barredo. Sensei refers to a “master” or “teacher”. I was the insight moderator of the recently concluded Sensei Marketing Conference, organized by Sensei Business Academy. And here are some lessons shared during the said conference that focused on Maximizing Returns on a Shoestring […]

I asked the senior marketing consultants of Mansmith and Fielders Inc. to share some key trends happening in their fields. I am providing a condensed list of their inputs below. Chiqui Escareal-Go, Anthropologist.Mansmith Chief Behavioral Strategist and Chair, Women’s Business Council Philippines. 1.    Chief Customer Experience Officer – The constant and inevitable call for customer centricity as a source of competitive […]

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Bestselling sales author Emilio Macasaet III interviewed Chiqui Escareal-Go and myself during our book launch of ‘Principles and Practices in Marketing in the Philippine Setting’ in National Book Store Glorietta 1. Below is the transcript of the Q&A last Nov. 24, 2017. Q1 : In your experience, what have been some of the biggest misconceptions about marketing? Josiah: First, the […]

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Stuart Jamieson leads Nielsen’s Watch and Buy growth strategy in the Philippines as managing director since 2012. Concurrent to this role, Stuart is the cluster lead in the Emerging Markets group, overseeing the business performance of Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar. He held various leadership roles in Nielsen’s businesses in Australia and New Zealand prior to his appointment to the Philippines. […]

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