Late last year, Huel, the meal-replacement brand that positions itself as “the future of food”, announced a 16% leap in full-year sales as profits almost trebled on the 12 months prior. The powder- & beverage-based brand has grown so quickly since commencing operations in 2014 that it offers valuable insight to the alcohol industry into how to market new products - even how to approach the whole NPD process - in the right way.Historically, a lot of NPD in alcohol has been driven by a mix of category growth and 'FOMO' (fear of missing out). The conversation tends to be: “Category X i
What a former road digger from the south of England can teach the alcohol industry about marketing – Comment
A lot of alcohol brand marketers have become caught up in the idea that their comm’s must look and sound exactly like the core audience for their brand.

Chris Tyas is chief strategy officer at independent creative agency Impero - the creative agency for impatient brands.



